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HALLER, Albrecht von (1708-1777). Elementa physiologiae corporis humani. Lausanne: Bousquet (Vol. I), D'Arnay (Vol. II), Grasset (Vols. III-V), Berne: Typographical Society (Vols. VI-VII), Leiden: Haak (Vol. VIII), 1757-1766.
8 volumes, 4o (263 x 215 mm., uncut, except Vol. VIII and unopened vols. IV-VI). Engraved portrait frontispiece and 5 (of 6) engraved plates. Contemporary half sheep and boards (light wear to some spines).
FIRST EDITION, except volume IV. "Haller synthesized the whole physiological knowledge of his time. In the above, probably his greatest work, Haller included some anatomical descriptions which were most valuable" (Garrison-Morton). Brunet III:23; Garrison-Morton 588; Heirs of Hippocrates 886; Osler 1148; Waller 4007; Wellcome III, p.199; Norman 975.
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Auctarium ad Alberti Halleri elementa physiologica corporis humani. Fasciculus primus [-quarti pars prima]. Lausanne: Jules Henri Pott, 1782. 4o (240 x 191 mm). Contemporary mottled sheep. A supplement to Haller's Elementa physiologica. Wellcome III, p.199; Norman 976.
[With:]
Anatomical Description of the Arteries of the Human Body. Boston: Thomas B. Wait, 1813. 8o (214 x 125 mm). 15 hand-colored woodcut plates by Josiah Foster Flagg after the illustrations in Haller's Icones anatomicae. Contemporary sheep (worn). First American edition. Norman 977. (10)
8 volumes, 4
FIRST EDITION, except volume IV. "Haller synthesized the whole physiological knowledge of his time. In the above, probably his greatest work, Haller included some anatomical descriptions which were most valuable" (Garrison-Morton). Brunet III:23; Garrison-Morton 588; Heirs of Hippocrates 886; Osler 1148; Waller 4007; Wellcome III, p.199; Norman 975.
[With:]
Auctarium ad Alberti Halleri elementa physiologica corporis humani. Fasciculus primus [-quarti pars prima]. Lausanne: Jules Henri Pott, 1782. 4
[With:]
Anatomical Description of the Arteries of the Human Body. Boston: Thomas B. Wait, 1813. 8