RETZIUS, GUSTAF. - THE SIMIAN BRAIN.

Cerebra Simiarum illustrata. Das Affenhirn in bildlicher Darstellung.

Stockholm, Jena, Centraldruckerei, 1906. Folio. Fine orig. hcloth. Spines gilt, tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. (26) pp. and 67 fine collotype-plates each in 2 states (Phot. und Lichtdruck von C. Westphal, Stockholm). Fine and clean.

First edition of this gross anatomy of the ape brain, a photographic documentation of the different views of all ape brains, including the orangutang and the gorilla.
"This large atlas with its excellent plates depicting the brain of the monkey is typical of the basic contributions to neurology which this Swedish comparative anatomist made at the time of the founding of the neurone doctrine." (Heirs of Hippocrates No 2048).

Order-nr.: 51738