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HENLE, Friedrich Gustav Jacob (1809-1885). Symbolae ad anatomian villorum intestinalium, imprimis eorum epithelii et vasorum lacteorum. Berlin: Aug. Hirschwald, 1837.
4o (256 x 209 mm). (Some foxing to text, embossed stamp on title page.) Folding plate. 19th-century morocco gilt, spine gilt, edges gilt (joints cracking, chipping at ends of spine).
FIRST EDITION. Henle, a German histologist, first described the epithelia of the skin and intestines. He defined the structure and function of the epithelium, applying the term to all mucous membranes in the body. Garrison-Morton 539; Waller 4337; Wellcome III, p.246.
4o (256 x 209 mm). (Some foxing to text, embossed stamp on title page.) Folding plate. 19th-century morocco gilt, spine gilt, edges gilt (joints cracking, chipping at ends of spine).
FIRST EDITION. Henle, a German histologist, first described the epithelia of the skin and intestines. He defined the structure and function of the epithelium, applying the term to all mucous membranes in the body. Garrison-Morton 539; Waller 4337; Wellcome III, p.246.