DU BOIS-REYMOND, Emil (1818-1896). Untersuchungen über Thierische Elektricität, Berlin: G. Reimer, 1848-84, 2 volumes in 3, 8°, 12 folding engraved plates (blindstamped on titles and one text leaf, one title torn), recent library cloth [GM 610; Waller 2599 (2 vols. only); Wheeler Gift 1202 (vol. II only)]; Ueber das Gesetz des Muskelstomes mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des M. Gastroknemius des Frosches, Berlin: G. Unger, [1863], 8°, 2 folding tables, 2 folding engraved plates (one detached, perforation stamp and 2 ownership stamps on title), original cloth-backed printed boards (lacking backstrip, covers detached, soiled). [Waller 2597] Provenance: Berlin Collection. (4)

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DU BOIS-REYMOND, Emil (1818-1896). Untersuchungen über Thierische Elektricität, Berlin: G. Reimer, 1848-84, 2 volumes in 3, 8°, 12 folding engraved plates (blindstamped on titles and one text leaf, one title torn), recent library cloth [GM 610; Waller 2599 (2 vols. only); Wheeler Gift 1202 (vol. II only)]; Ueber das Gesetz des Muskelstomes mit besonderer Berücksichtigung des M. Gastroknemius des Frosches, Berlin: G. Unger, [1863], 8°, 2 folding tables, 2 folding engraved plates (one detached, perforation stamp and 2 ownership stamps on title), original cloth-backed printed boards (lacking backstrip, covers detached, soiled). [Waller 2597] Provenance: Berlin Collection. (4)

Lot Essay

GM: "A pupil of J. Müller, Emil du Bois was the founder of modern electrophysiology. He introduced faradic stimulation and made an exhaustive investigation of physiological tetanus."

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