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Hardcover. Crown quarto. Pp. viii, 176. Plus 8 plates on 7 large folding sheets with multiple copper engraved illustrations to each. The last section of the text, pages 147-176, comprises of a detailed explanation of the plates. Woodcut head-pieces. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half calf snd sprinkled boards, spine with 5 raised bands between gilt tooled compartments, black morocco lettering-piece in gilt to second compartment, contemporary faded unobtrusive manuscript label to fifth, old repair for minute splits at head of spine, old unobtrusive institutional stamp to title-page; corner-tips trifle worn, light imprint left by a glass laid on cover. Very good copy in fine internal condition, crisp plates, by far the cleanest and most superbly preserved we have ever came across. ~ First German edition. Translated from the Latin "Anatomicae Disquisitiones de auditu et olfactu". Exceptionally well preserved copy with all the wonderful plates fresh and bright. C-1. ~ ~ NOTE: THE PRICE OF THIS BOOK IS CURRENTLY REDUCED! ~ ~ (illustrator).…