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The Hand; its mechanism and vital endowments, as evincing design and illustring the Power, wisdom and goodness of god
Illustrations: Illustrated throughout with text illustrations. Bell's classic work on the hand illustrated with his own small vignettes, discusses the hand's anatomy, phsyiology, bio-mechanics and compartive anatomy, as well as its utility and adaptive importance, the sense of touch, and related topics. Charles Bell (1774-1842), Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist and philosophical theologian. he is noted for the difference between sensory nerves and motor nerves in the spinal chord. He is also noted for describing Bell's palsy. In 1829 Francis Egerton, eighth Earl of Bridgewater, died and in his will, he left a large sum of money to the President of the Royal Society of London. The will stipulated the money was to be used to write, print and publish one thousand copies of a work On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God. The President of the Royal Society Davies Gilbert appointed eight gentlemen to write separate treatises on the subject. In 1833, he published the fourth Bridgewater Treatise, The Hand: Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments as Evincing Design. Bell published four editions of The Hand. [-See Wiki from more info]. Citations: Garrion-Morton: Book in very good condition, 22x15cm, leather, 260pp. Illustrations. London, Nelle & Daldy, York Street, 1870 ref/19
The people of Tibet
Oxford 1928 The Clarendon press Hardcover 1st Edition
Relié, 23 x 15 cm, 319 pp., Anglais, 1ère édition, illustrations, état du livre : Très Bon toutes les cartes présentes et en très bon état. couverture rigide, titre en dorure sur le dos, illustration en dorure sur la couverture avant. Un très bon exemplaire. [Cette description peut avoir été traduite par une IA.]
Portrait of the Dalai Lama
London 1946 Collins Hardcover
Relié, 22 x 15 cm, 414 pp., Anglais, Illustrations, état du livre : Très Bon [Cette description peut avoir été traduite par une IA.]
