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TREVIRANUS, Gottfried Reinhold.

Biologie oder Philosophie der lebenden Natur für Naturforscher und Aerzte.

Göttingen: Johann Friedrich Röwer, 1802.

1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Item #003682

1802-1822. Six volumes bound in seven. 8vo (186 x 113 mm). xiv, 477 [1]; iv, 508; iv; 593 [1]; x, 662; vi, 476; iv, 1-169 [3]; vi, 171-579 [1] pp. Vol. V with 4 engraved plates bound at end; vol. VI.1 and VI.2 with 2 folding letterpress tables each, vol. VI.2 with two title pages. Uniformly bound in 20th century half calf over marbled boards, each spine with gilt-lettered red morocco label and gilt ruling, red sprinkled edges, new endpapers. Vol. VI bound in two. Text, plates and tables with just some minor even browning. Provenance: College of Medicine of State Univ. of NYC (ink stamp on final page in each vol.); collection of Roman Vishniac, Russian-American biologist, photographer and pioneer in photomicroscopy. A very good, clean set. ----

FIRST EDITION of this interdisciplinary treatise for naturalists and physicians and one of the main works of romantic natural philosophy. "[Treviranus] was the first to deal extensively with the use of the microscope and laid the foundation for modern histology" (Hirsch-Hübotter). This work forms a comprehensive compendium of the history of physical life with comments on the "organization of living nature" and animal nutrition. The large folded tables show listings of the weight ratios of the major parts of the animal brain and eye for numerous species. In addition to the works of H. Steffens, Treviranus occupies an exceptional position in the middle between medicine and philosophy; He, the representative of the development idea influenced by Schelling, succeeds in combining both in a masterly way. Due to the long period of publication, complete copies as here are quite rare.
References: Hirsch-Hübotter V, 633; Horn-Schenkling 22304. - Visit our website to see more images!

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