Author: BRAUNE, Wilhelm
Title: Topographisch-Anatomischer Atlas nach durchschnitten an gefrornen Cadavern.
Description: Leipzig, Verlag von Veit & Comp., 1875. large in 4to. W. 31 black and white (photo) lithogr. pls. & 50 woodcuts in the text. Original pr. wrs., clothbacked spine. (218, II pp.). (Uncut.). A reprinted version in a smaller size of the famous 1872 atlas. Comp. G&M 424 (on the first ed. 1872) : 'Fine illustrations of frozen sections.': Hirsch vol. I, p. 685: Braune (1831 - 1892) was professor of topographical anatomy at Leipzig.': Comp. Choulant, p. 409: 'A classic work, representing sections of the male and female body in three planes, from preparations made with a special freezing mixture of Braune's invention. The drawings were first made on tracing paper over a thin layer of ice covering delineated structures.': Bedford library, 854 note. Very good copy.

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