A History of Comparative Anatomy; From Aristotle to the Eighteenth Century. by COLE, Francis Joseph (1872-1959) - 1944

London:: Macmillan, 1944., 1944. 8vo. viii, 524 pp. 200 illustrations, index. Gilt-stamped green cloth, front joint mended; pages are good, marginal piece of page missing p. 439-440. "His major work, A History of Comparative Anatomy from Aristotle to the Eighteenth Century, appeared in 1944 and was based substantially on his own library collection." Univ. of Reading, Library and Papers]. Laid-in "air letter", (3 pages) from Cole to antiquarian Herbert Reichner, discussing a planned trip to the United States and the sale of several personal rare books, dated February 2, 1953. Also laid in: several excerpts from comparative zoology articles and a Christmas announcement from Charles Singer, leading authority of science, and his wife Dorothea. Reichner was a famed antiquarian from Vienna, who fled to America to escape the Nazis. A nice association copy.