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SOEMMERRING, Samuel Thomas von. Abbildungen der menschlichen Organe dess Geruches. Frankfurt am Main: Varrentrapp and Wenner, 1809.
2o (410 x 280 mm). 9 engraved plates. (Some foxing, some minor chipping at sheet edges.) Modern half cloth, uncut. Provenance: Washington University Library, Medical School (ink stamp on title and a few text margins).
FIRST EDITION of a study on the olfactory organs with nine plates by Christian Kock. The first plate which shows a cross-section of the head and throat and also depicts all the other sense organs. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, no complete copies have sold at auction in at least thirty years. Choulant-Frank p.309; Garrison-Morton 1454; Heirs of Hippocrates 1137.
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FIRST EDITION of a study on the olfactory organs with nine plates by Christian Kock. The first plate which shows a cross-section of the head and throat and also depicts all the other sense organs. RARE: according to American Book Prices Current, no complete copies have sold at auction in at least thirty years. Choulant-Frank p.309; Garrison-Morton 1454; Heirs of Hippocrates 1137.