Leipzig, Crusium, 1800. Later modest hcloth. X,362 pp. and (10) pp. of publisher's announcement. One handcoloured plate as frontispiece with 2 birds. Titlepage and introduction (10 pp.) and Aves-Index (pp. 55-58) in xerox-copy and also supplied in old handwriting. Brownspotted.
Soulsby:1154. It is Retzius' re-issue of Linné work with additions. The main part deals with birds (pp. 53-278).
Helsinki, Société Finno-Ougrienne 1918 vi + 47 + 16pp. + 31 plates (of which one depicting 45 gems in colour), 33cm., in the series "Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura / Société Finno-Ougrienne, Kansatieteellisiä julkaisuja / Travaux ethnographiques" vol.7, original softcover (repaired), text and interior in very good condition, [contains: "Grabuntersuchungen von Mag. phil H.J. Heikel in Helsingfors" (47pp.) & "Schädelbeschreibung von Prof. Dr. Gustaf Retzius in Stockholm" (16pp.)] X74882
1911 20 p., 8 pls, small folio, paperbound. Waterstain on lower margin of the text and on the plates (text and figures are not or hardly affected). With author's dedication to Dr. Shipley. Reprint from: Biologische Untersuchungen.
1910 95 p., 21 (many col.) pls, folio, hcloth (plain dust jacket). Author's dedication to Prof Y. Delage (on dust jacket and on end-paper) ''Monsieur le Professeur Yves Delage, hommage respectueux de l'auteur et avec ses remerciments sincères''.
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Stockholm, Aftonbladets Druckerei, 1902. Folio. Bound in fine orig. hcloth, gilt spine and tome-and titlelabels with gilt lettering. Light wear along edges of boards.(2),VII,301 pp., tables, maps and textillustr. A fine clean copy.
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).