Details
GOODSIR, JOHN (1814-1867) and Henry D.S. GOODSIR. Anatomical and Pathological Observations. Edinburgh and London, 1845.
8o (227 x 145 mm). 9 lithographed plates. Original stiff printed wrappers, uncut (rebacked); cloth folding case. Provenance: Joseph Toynbee (1815-1866), otologist and author on the subject (see lots *** [HFN 2089-90]) who placed aural surgery on a firm basis (presentation inscription from the author [presumably in John's hand] on title-page: "Joseph Toynbee Esq. with the author's kind regards").
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY TO JOSEPH TOYNBEE. Contains ten papers on anatomical and physiological topics published between 1838 and 1845, along with three papers on zoological subjects by his brother Henry. "John Goodsir's paper on 'Centres of Nutrition' anticipates to a certain extent the cell doctrine afterwards developed by Virchow. Virchow dedicated the first edition of his Cellularpathologie [see lot *** HFN 2156] to Goodsir. Goodsir's paper on the bone-forming properties of certain corpuscles found within osseous tissue represent the foundation of the study of osteogenesis, as distinct from descriptive osteology" (Garrison-Morton). A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. Garrison-Morton 2294.1; Norman 915.
8o (227 x 145 mm). 9 lithographed plates. Original stiff printed wrappers, uncut (rebacked); cloth folding case. Provenance: Joseph Toynbee (1815-1866), otologist and author on the subject (see lots *** [HFN 2089-90]) who placed aural surgery on a firm basis (presentation inscription from the author [presumably in John's hand] on title-page: "Joseph Toynbee Esq. with the author's kind regards").
FIRST EDITION. PRESENTATION COPY TO JOSEPH TOYNBEE. Contains ten papers on anatomical and physiological topics published between 1838 and 1845, along with three papers on zoological subjects by his brother Henry. "John Goodsir's paper on 'Centres of Nutrition' anticipates to a certain extent the cell doctrine afterwards developed by Virchow. Virchow dedicated the first edition of his Cellularpathologie [see lot *** HFN 2156] to Goodsir. Goodsir's paper on the bone-forming properties of certain corpuscles found within osseous tissue represent the foundation of the study of osteogenesis, as distinct from descriptive osteology" (Garrison-Morton). A FINE ASSOCIATION COPY. Garrison-Morton 2294.1; Norman 915.