MONRO, Alexander (secundus, 1733-1817). Observations on the Structure and Function of the Nervous System. Illustrated with tables, Edinburgh: William Creech, 1783, 2°, FIRST EDITION, 50 engraved plates on 41 sheets, 3 folding (minor soiling or spotting to some plates, title-F1 holed without loss, perforation stamp on title, library stamp on verso of most plates, several plates stamped faintly on rectos), contemporary boards (rubbed, lacking most of backstrip). [Blake p. 309; GM 1385; Norman 1538; Russell 610] Provenance: JCL

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MONRO, Alexander (secundus, 1733-1817). Observations on the Structure and Function of the Nervous System. Illustrated with tables, Edinburgh: William Creech, 1783, 2°, FIRST EDITION, 50 engraved plates on 41 sheets, 3 folding (minor soiling or spotting to some plates, title-F1 holed without loss, perforation stamp on title, library stamp on verso of most plates, several plates stamped faintly on rectos), contemporary boards (rubbed, lacking most of backstrip). [Blake p. 309; GM 1385; Norman 1538; Russell 610] Provenance: JCL

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The greatest of the Monro family, Alexander is remembered in particular for this work on the study of the interior and exterior of the brain. He "advanced the study of the subject by making several original discoveries, the most famous being the foramen connecting the lateral and third ventricles of the brain, thereafter known as the 'foramen of Monro'" [DSB]

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