Du Mouvement dans les Fonctions de la Vie. Lecons Faites au College de France
first edition hardcover
1868 · Paris
by MAREY, E. J.
Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1868. First. hardcover. very good(-). Illustrated with 144 in-text figures. 479pp. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf over marbled boards (spine ends chipped; joints cracked; foxing throughout). Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1868. First edition. Marey was a pioneer in the use of serial pictures as a method of studying the mechanics of locomotion. He did much to gain acceptance for the application of graphic methods to physiology. (GM-643). This is his second book. (Inventory #: 213647)