[MEDICAL ATLASES]. -- RETZIUS, Magnus Gustaf (1842-1919). Das Menschenhirn. Studien in der makroskopischen Morphologie. Stockholm: Knigliche Buchdruckerei; P.A.Nordstedt & Sner, 1896. 2o. Numerous text illustrations (text volume). 96 lithographed and collotype plates (atlas). Original half white leather-grain cloth, gilt spines with red and black leather labels, blue printed boards. FIRST EDITION. An atlas of gross comparative cerebral morphology, illustrating human, simian and subprimate brains. Garrison-Morton 1426; Norman 1825. -- BRAUNE, Christian Wilhelm (1831-1892). Topographisch-anatomischer Atlas. Nach Durchschnitten an gefrornen Cadavern. Leipzig: Veit & Comp., 1872. 2o. Numerous text illustrations, 31 lithographed plates with hand-coloring, 2 folding (occasional spotting). Modern half black morocco, gilt-lettered spine, gray boards. Provenance: Prof. Dr. K. Reingold (stamped on slip pasted to title); "VAB" (stamped on slip pasted to title). FIRST EDITION. "A classical work, representing [frozen] sections of the male and female body in three planes, from preparations made with a special freezing mixture of Braune's invention. The drawings were first made on tracing paper ocer a thin layer of ice covering the delineated structures" (Choulant-Frank, p. 409). Garrison-Morton 424; Norman 335. (3)

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[MEDICAL ATLASES]. -- RETZIUS, Magnus Gustaf (1842-1919). Das Menschenhirn. Studien in der makroskopischen Morphologie. Stockholm: Knigliche Buchdruckerei; P.A.Nordstedt & Sner, 1896. 2o. Numerous text illustrations (text volume). 96 lithographed and collotype plates (atlas). Original half white leather-grain cloth, gilt spines with red and black leather labels, blue printed boards. FIRST EDITION. An atlas of gross comparative cerebral morphology, illustrating human, simian and subprimate brains. Garrison-Morton 1426; Norman 1825. -- BRAUNE, Christian Wilhelm (1831-1892). Topographisch-anatomischer Atlas. Nach Durchschnitten an gefrornen Cadavern. Leipzig: Veit & Comp., 1872. 2o. Numerous text illustrations, 31 lithographed plates with hand-coloring, 2 folding (occasional spotting). Modern half black morocco, gilt-lettered spine, gray boards. Provenance: Prof. Dr. K. Reingold (stamped on slip pasted to title); "VAB" (stamped on slip pasted to title). FIRST EDITION. "A classical work, representing [frozen] sections of the male and female body in three planes, from preparations made with a special freezing mixture of Braune's invention. The drawings were first made on tracing paper ocer a thin layer of ice covering the delineated structures" (Choulant-Frank, p. 409). Garrison-Morton 424; Norman 335. (3)