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SOEMMERRING, SAMUEL THOMAS VON. Dissertatio inauguralis anatomica de basi encephali et originibus nervorum cranio egredientium. 4 double-page engraved plates by Carl Christian Glassbach, Jr., after drawings by Soemmerring. [8], 184 pages. 4to, contemporary marbled boards, spine and cover edges quite worn; text toned, variable foxing on plates. Göttingen: widow of Abraham Vandenhoeck, [1778]
First edition of the author's degree thesis, "the first accurate enumeration of the 12 cranial nerves, superseding that of Willis" (Garrison-Morton). The leading German anatomist of the early 19th century, Soemmerring (1755-1830) was known for his superlative illustrations. Choulant-Frank, page 304; Garrison/McHenry, pages 93-97; Garrison-Morton 1383; Heirs of Hippocrates 1130; Norman 1972. Bound with: Baldinger, Ernst Gottfried. Ernestus Godofredus Baldinger . . . viri praenobilissimi Sam. Thom. Soemmerring . . . dissertationem inauguralem . . . indicit. Praemittitur epitome neurologiae physiologico-pathologicae. 16 pages. Göttingen: Johann Christian Dietrich, [1778]. Enthusiastic assessment of Soemmerring's thesis by one of his professors, prefaced with a brief historical survey of developments in the knowledge of cerebral anatomy.
