Oct 09, 2003 - Sale 1979

Sale 1979 - Lot 260

Price Realized: $ 288
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
SOEMMERRING, SAMUEL THOMAS VON. Vom Baue des menschlichen Körpers . . . zweite umgearbeitete Ausgabe. 6 volumes in 5. 8vo, contemporary tree sheep gilt, spines rubbed, ends worn, one lettering piece chipped; some browning. Frankfurt am Main: Varrentrapp und Wenner, 1800-01; 1796

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Second edition, except for Volume 5/2, which is from the 1791-96 original edition. "Soemmerring's text-book contained only facts actually observed by him. He departed from the usual practice of including physiology with anatomy. The book was very popular in German medical schools and Meckel considered it Soemmerring's best work. It includes a very full list of what Sommerring considered his anatomical discoveries"--Garrison-Morton 400.