BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1752-1840). Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie. Gttingen: Dieterich, 1805. 8o (215 x 130 mm. uncut). Engraved title and 8 engraved plates. Contemporary blue wrappers. Provenance: Gran Wahlenberg (signature on front pastedown); Uppsala University Library (withdrawal stamp on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION. "Blumenbach was the first to show the value of comparative anatomy in the study of anthropology; his classic text went through many editions" (Garrison-Morton). Garrsion-Morton 312; Norman 252. -- BLUMENBACH. Introductio in historiam medicinae litterariam. Gttingen: Dieterich, 1786. 8o (217 x 133 mm). Engraved title vignette. Modern wrappers, uncut. FIRST EDITION. "An annotated subject bibliography, arranged chronologically from antiquity to Blumenbach's time" (Garrison-Morton 6749). Wellcome II, p. 183; Norman 251. (2)

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BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1752-1840). Handbuch der vergleichenden Anatomie. Gttingen: Dieterich, 1805. 8^o (215 x 130 mm. uncut). Engraved title and 8 engraved plates. Contemporary blue wrappers. Provenance: Gran Wahlenberg (signature on front pastedown); Uppsala University Library (withdrawal stamp on front pastedown). FIRST EDITION. "Blumenbach was the first to show the value of comparative anatomy in the study of anthropology; his classic text went through many editions" (Garrison-Morton). Garrsion-Morton 312; Norman 252. -- BLUMENBACH. Introductio in historiam medicinae litterariam. Gttingen: Dieterich, 1786. 8^o (217 x 133 mm). Engraved title vignette. Modern wrappers, uncut. FIRST EDITION. "An annotated subject bibliography, arranged chronologically from antiquity to Blumenbach's time" (Garrison-Morton 6749). Wellcome II, p. 183; Norman 251. (2)