Philosophie anatomique. Des organes respiratoires sous le rapport de la détermination et de l’identité de leurs pièces osseuses[Anatomical Philosophy. On the Respiratory Organs in Relation to the Determination and Identity of Their Osseous Parts]
First edition of the first of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire’s essays on “Philosophie anatomique.”
Illustrated with 10 folding plates drawn by Huet and engraved by Plée père, containing 116 figures (cf. Agassiz III, p. 29, no. 51; British Museum (Natural History) II, p. 656; Engelmann I, p. 263; Quérard III, 320; DSB V, 355-358; Cahn (Th.), La vie et l’œuvre d’Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, pp. 81-112).
Bradel binding in full marbled paper boards, smooth spine with black morocco title label, modern binding signed by Thomas Boichot.
Some foxing to the plates.
Based on a meticulous examination of the various anatomical structures of the respiratory organs i
