An Anatomical Guide to Experimental Researches on the Rabbit's Brain. A series of 40 Frontal Sections. [AND:] Atlas des Mittel- und Zwischenhirns des Kaninchens. / Atlas of the Mes- and Diencephalon of the Rabbit. [LOT OF 2 BOOKS].

Lot of 2 books. Oblong crown quarto. Pp. 3 (Introduction), 1 plate with 3 photograms with a semitransparent overlay printed with explanatory notes and accompanied by a leaf of letterpress text; 40 thick card leaves of collotype plates, each accompanied by a leaf of letterpress text; 6 (Index). HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's army green cloth, black lettering to cover and spine, spine strengthened with clear tape, first inner hinge tender with soiled; old institutional stamp and small catalogue card. Fair binding but in a very good condition internally. ~ FIRST EDITION. The fine plates are printed in collotype, one of the most accurate and attractive methods of photomechanical tonal printing processes. Highly skilled and expensive process, it cannot produce more than a limited number of impressions. It has been used for single-sheet prints and luxury portfolios, and since the 1950s has been abandoned by all except a few small specialist firms. [ADDED:] Lieselotte Gerhard: "Atlas des Mittel- und Zwischenhirns des Kaninchens. / Atlas of the Mes- and Diencephalon of the Rabbit." (Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Springer, 1968). FIRST EDITION. Royal quarto. Pp. (vi), 184. With 64 photographic illustrations. Set in double columns. HARDCOVER, bound in the original publisher's full buckram, blue lettering to cover and spine, with good dust-jacket. Book is in fine condition. Y-7. …