Physiology testing apparatus - instrument catalogs

Various places: Various publishers, ca 1890. First Editions.. Original printed wrappers.. There is some occ. chipping and separation of wrappers; otherwise very good.. 8vo. All are illustrated.

A superb group of late 19th century trade catalogs for German manufacturers of precision instruments for medical laboratories. In the instance of Petzold the firm was also known for its astronomical instruments. They are as follows: 1] W Petzhold - Instrumente und Apparate Physiologische Experimente und Vivisectionen, Leipzig, 1888, 8vo., 20 pp., illustrated.; 2] E Zimmermann - Preis-Verzeichniss uber Apparate zu psychologischen u. physiologischen Experimenten, Leipzig, 1894, 20 pp.; 3] O Moecke {inhaber der firma O Hornn} - Illustrietes Preis-Verzeichniss chirurgischer Instrumente ...., Leipzig, [1888]; 4] W Pfeffer - Ein neuer heizbarer Objecttisch ...., Leipzig, 1890, 18 pp., illustrated - WITH separately printed advertisements for the thermostat and object table (in proof); 5 ] F Majer - Physiologische Apparate, [Leipzig], [1888], illustrated - WITH an albumen print of the Hurthle kymographion and three sheets of autograph notes (identified as 1897) in a clear hand describing same and its use and adjustment manufactured by Eugen Albrecht of Tubingen (Universitats-Mechanikus). A rare group of German instrument makers catalogs. The Moecke has one holding in OCLC at Leipzig; everything else is unlocated.