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1790. Göttingen, apud Apud Ioann. Christ., Henricum Dieterich, 1793-1828, 4°, 30, 15, 16, 16, 20, 19, 11 pp., mit 65 Kupferstichtafeln, marmor. Halbledereinband d.Zt. fleckenfreies, feines Exemplar. First edition, first part 2nd impression, second to sixth part and supplement 1st impression! Blumenbach's most important anthropological work, containing his classical description of 65 human crania on 65 engraved copper plates. It includes a description of the uncinate ("Blumenbach's") process. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840) was essentially a comparative anatomist and "brought that science up to a high state of development. There is especially one branch of it in which he is a pioneer - namely, anthropology. Here, it is true, Buffon, with his descriptive and statistical method, and Camper, with his studies of the facial angle, had paved the way, but Blumenbach was the first who systematically worked at the subject, thereby laying the foundation on which all subsequent research has… Read More

Göttingen: Apud Joann. Christ. Dieterich, 1790. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. 1790-1828. 7 parts bound in 1 volume. 4to (237 x 198 mm). pp. 30, pl. I-X; pp. 14 [1], pl. XI-XX; pp. 16, pl. XX1-XXX; pp. 16, pl. XXXI-XL; pp. 20, pl. XLI-L; pp. 19 [1], pl. LI-LX; pp. 11 [1], pl. LXI-LXV. Each part with separate title-page and pagination, general title-page with engraved vignette, no separate title-page to first part, 65 engraved plates in total. Text of second part printed on blue paper. Bound in contemporary half calf, spine gilt-lettered and gilt-decorated, marbled endpapers (rubbing of joints and extremities). Print year of part 1 added in manuscript on title. Minor age-toning only, occasional minor spotting, part 1 title-leaf with paper repair not affecting text, part 5 title-leaf and first text leaf with paper repair affecting 3 words of text on first text leaf, 5 plates shaved at foot with partial loss of imprints, part 5 with stronger… Read More