PANDER, Christian Heinrich (1794-1865). Beiträge zur Entwickelungsgeschichte des Hühnchens im Eye, Würzburg, 1817, 4°, FIRST GERMAN EDITION, 10 engraved plates, 9 outline key plates and one "Taf. der Durchschnitte" plate by Edouard d'Alton the elder who took part in Pander's investigations (blind-stamp on title and one text leaf, accession number on *2, browned, one plate soiled), later cloth-backed boards [Nissen ZBI 3078; Norman 1632. A treatise on the germ-layer theory. The plates represent the most complete depiction of the chick's embryolgical development known at that date] -- Casper Friedrich WOLFF (1734-1794). Ueber die Bildung des Darmkanals im bebrüteten Hühnchen, Halle: Rengerschen, 1812, 8°, FIRST GERMAN EDITION, 2 folding engraved plates (blind-stamp on title), later boards (rubbed) [Garrison & Morton 471 "one of the acknowledged classics of embryology"] -- Albert KOLLIKER (1817-1905). Entwicklungeschichte des Menschen und der Höheren Thiere, Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 1861, 8°, FIRST EDITION, wood-engraved illustrations (perforation stamp on title), contemporary sheep-backed boards (rubbed, inner hinges broken). [Garrison & Morton 487 "First book on comparative biology"] Provenance: JCL (3)