first edition Original publisher's paper boards and paper label within a decorative border on the front cover.
1827 · Leipzig
by Baer, Karl Ernst von
Leipzig: L Voss, 1827. First Edition. Original publisher's paper boards and paper label within a decorative border on the front cover.. Very good; spine paper somewhat abraded; occasional feint spotting.. 4to, [viii], 40, [2 - Corrigenda] pp. + engraved colored plate.
This copy with the 19th century ownership stamp of Abraham Jacobi, founder of American pediatrics, discretely placed on a blank portion of the title page.
The foundation of modern embryology and a landmark book (PMM #288a) announcing the discovery of the mammalian ovum: ... when I observed the ovary ... I discovered a small yellow spot in a little sac, then I saw these same spots in several others, and indeed in most of themalways in just one little spot. How strange, I thought, what could it be? I opened one of these little sacs, lifting it carefully with a knife onto a watchglass filled with water, and put it under the microscope. I shrank back as if struck by lightening, for I clearly saw a minuscule and well developed yellow sphere of yolk ("On the Genesis of the Ovum of Mammals and Man," trans. OMalley, Isis 47 (1956), p. 120). Von Baer concluded that every sexually reproducing animal including man develops originally from an egg cell, a unifying doctrine whose importance cannot be overemphasized (DSB). Horblit #9b; Dibner #196; G-M #477; Lilly #181. The book has the reputation of being uncommon in its original boards. An excellent association, it once being Jacobi's copy. (Inventory #: 20012)
This copy with the 19th century ownership stamp of Abraham Jacobi, founder of American pediatrics, discretely placed on a blank portion of the title page.
The foundation of modern embryology and a landmark book (PMM #288a) announcing the discovery of the mammalian ovum: ... when I observed the ovary ... I discovered a small yellow spot in a little sac, then I saw these same spots in several others, and indeed in most of themalways in just one little spot. How strange, I thought, what could it be? I opened one of these little sacs, lifting it carefully with a knife onto a watchglass filled with water, and put it under the microscope. I shrank back as if struck by lightening, for I clearly saw a minuscule and well developed yellow sphere of yolk ("On the Genesis of the Ovum of Mammals and Man," trans. OMalley, Isis 47 (1956), p. 120). Von Baer concluded that every sexually reproducing animal including man develops originally from an egg cell, a unifying doctrine whose importance cannot be overemphasized (DSB). Horblit #9b; Dibner #196; G-M #477; Lilly #181. The book has the reputation of being uncommon in its original boards. An excellent association, it once being Jacobi's copy. (Inventory #: 20012)