Nov 11, 2008 - Sale 2162

Sale 2162 - Lot 264

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DUTROCHET, RENÉ-JOACHIM-HENRI. Mémoires pour servir à l'Histoire Anatomique et Physiologique des Végétaux et des Animaux. Half-titles. 2 volumes, including atlas containing 30 plates. Large 8vo, contemporary 1/4 green morocco gilt, spines scuffed; contents of both volumes variously foxed. Brussels, 1837

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Collection of the author's major biological papers first published the same year in Paris. "Dutrochet's most important contribution was the discovery of osmosis, to which he gave its name; he was the first to investigate the phenomenon systematically, and to recognize its fundamental significance"--Norman 673 (original edition). Garrison-Morton 110.