| BALFOUR, Francis M. (Maitland) (1851-1882): |
Handbuch der vergleichenden Embryologie. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von B. Vetter. In 2 Bänden. Jena, Gustav Fischer, 1880-81, in-8vo, XII + 580 S., ill. mit über 700 Abbildungen, 1 herald. Exlibris ÔTheophil Studer', verschied. Bibl.-Stempel, Halbleinenbände (Bibl.), Bibl.-Etikette auf den Rücken.
- Prix : 375.00 CHF
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| First German edition of Balfour's important ÇTreatise on comparative embryologyÉ, illustrated with over 700 figures. Ex-Library copy. "According to Waldeyer, this was the first successful attempt at a complete comparative embryology text; it was translated into German the same year, and one finds important references to it for decades thereafter. Not only did Balfour survey developments peculiar to each phylum and give a compartive survey of the embryology of each organ system, but he also included introductory chapters on gamete formation, fertilization, and early cleavage, additions that demonstrated his keen interest in the most recent advances in cytology. ... One can only muse how the embryological sciences in England would have progressed had Balfour not died at the early age of thirty" (DSB). Francis M. Balfour was a fellow and lecturer of Trinity College, Cambridge. |
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