GEGENBAUR, Carl. Untersuchungen zur Vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbelthiere, Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1864, 1865, 1872. 3 volumes in one, 4° (300 x 240mm.), 37 lithographed plates, 25 of which coloured (occasional light spotting), contemporary half calf gilt, spine with raised bands with black morocco label and stamped "University College London" (worn), bookplate of W. F. R. Weldon, St. John's College, London, and label "This book was presented to University College, London, as part of the Weldon Bequest. December, 1937."
GM 337: "Gegenbaur's best work. He stressed the value of comparitive anatomy as the basis of the study of descent, considering that knowledge of the relations of corresponding parts in different animals was more important even than comparative embryology in this respect".
GEGENBAUR, Carl. Untersuchungen zur Vergleichenden Anatomie der Wirbelthiere, Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1864, 1865, 1872. 3 volumes in one, 4° (300 x 240mm.), 37 lithographed plates, 25 of which coloured (occasional light spotting), contemporary half calf gilt, spine with raised bands with black morocco label and stamped "University College London" (worn), bookplate of W. F. R. Weldon, St. John's College, London, and label "This book was presented to University College, London, as part of the Weldon Bequest. December, 1937."
GM 337: "Gegenbaur's best work. He stressed the value of comparitive anatomy as the basis of the study of descent, considering that knowledge of the relations of corresponding parts in different animals was more important even than comparative embryology in this respect".
