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Blumenbach, J F. Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie. Göttingen Heinrich Dieterich, 1805.

Price: US$764.40 + shipping

Description: Owner's name on front free end page. Blumenbach, physiologist and anthropologist, was Professor of Medicine at Göttingen. He was the first to show the value of comparative anatomy in the study of anthropology. (Ref. Garrison and Morton, Page 53, No. 312). Includes the page with Instructions to book-binder on the last free end page. With 8 plates. Six of the plates are missing the lower edge of the margin. Small repair and tide mark to title page. Some scattered foxing and age-toning. Some rubbing. Speckled green tint to all edges. 549 Pages. Good to Very Good. Marbled boards and spine. Edge-wear to extremities. Bumping to corners. Some rubbing to boards. Title in gilt. Dimensions: Small 8vo.

Seller: Quagga Books ABA ; ILAB, Cape Town, South Africa

BLUMENBACH, J[ohann] F[riedrich]. Handbuch der vergleichenden anatomie. Heinrich Dieterich, GÃ ttingen, 1805.

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Description: Complete with half-title, engraved title depicting a bust of Democritus and 8 engraved plates; Original boards, an excellent copy with the large bookplate of H.A. and a contemporary signature on title. First edition of this monumental work in the history of comparative anatomy and human development. Blumenbach believed that an organism's morphology was capable of being modified by the environment and that the resultant changes were inherited. He argued that zoological classification should be based on structures associated with an animal's specific functions; it was in this way that he came to make such ground-breaking contributions to comparative primate anatomy. Of special note are the numerous bibliographical references given as footnotes to the text. Blumenbach (1752-1840), physiologist and anthropologist, is widely accepted as one of the founders of scientific anthropology. Probably the most far reaching of all his contributions were his classifications of the human race. He was one of the few during his time to stress the equality of the people that made up each of these variations, regardless of differences.

Seller: B & L Rootenberg Rare Books, ABAA, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.