SOEMMERRING, Samuel Thomas (1755-1830). Ueber das Organ der Seele, Konigsberg: bei Friedrich Nicolovius, 1769, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 3 folding engraved plates by Schmidt after Köck (perforation stamp on title and E3, plates mildly spotted and stamped on verso), contemporary boards (backstrip chipped) [Blake p. 424; Choulant/Frank p. 306; Norman 1973; Osler 4001; Waller 9052] Provenance: Johann Gottlieb Seidenburg (engraved booklabel); JCL (Senn Collection); together with an imperfect work by Willis. (2)

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SOEMMERRING, Samuel Thomas (1755-1830). Ueber das Organ der Seele, Konigsberg: bei Friedrich Nicolovius, 1769, 4°, FIRST EDITION, 3 folding engraved plates by Schmidt after Köck (perforation stamp on title and E3, plates mildly spotted and stamped on verso), contemporary boards (backstrip chipped) [Blake p. 424; Choulant/Frank p. 306; Norman 1973; Osler 4001; Waller 9052] Provenance: Johann Gottlieb Seidenburg (engraved booklabel); JCL (Senn Collection); together with an imperfect work by Willis. (2)

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Choulant/Frank: "This book is less valuable for its hypothesis asserting that the moisture on the ventricles of the brain is the organ of the soul, than for its exact investigations of the cerebral origins of the nerves."

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