Oct 20, 2009 - Sale 2190

Sale 2190 - Lot 112

Price Realized: $ 984
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 250 - $ 350
INSCRIBED HIS, WILHELM. Der mikrophotographische Apparat der Leipziger Anatomie. Festschrift Albert Kölliker. 3 gravure plates of microphotographs by His. 22, [2] pages. 4to, original wrappers, darkened along periphery, rear cover creased and fragile, chipped along fore edge. Leipzig, 1892

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first edition of a description of the microphotography studio in the anatomy laboratory at the University of Leipzig, then one of the most advanced of its kind, published to mark the academic jubilee of the anatomist Kölliker, the author's former professor. Known for inventing the microtome, His also pioneered the use of photography in medicine. choice association copy, inscribed by his to the physiologist Carl Ludwig, a Leipzig colleague.