Author: Hannover, Adolph [1814-1894]
Title: Om Bygningen og Udviklingen af Skjæl og Pigge hos Bruskfisk tilligemed udforligere Beskrivelse af tvende herhen hørende Former
Description: Kjøbenhavn, F.S. Muhle, (1867). orig.boards. 27x22cm, 47,(4) pp, Bookplate. Inscribed by author on flyleaf [to his brother Jacob Hannover]. Plates are foxed.. 4pp plates.. Rubbed. Spine heavily chipped & torn. Foxed. Just Good. ¶ Includes 4 single-side copper engravings. "Aftryk af Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter, 5. Række, Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematisk Afd, 7 Bd". With facing French title page: "Sur la structure et le développement des écailles et des épines chez les poissons cartilagineaux avec la description détaillée de deux formes y appartenant".With two short caption-titled extracts by Hannover ["Recherches sur les Entozaires enkystés chez le grenouille" (2pp) ; & "Epithelioma cylindraceum foliaceum og globosum" (3pp) loosely inserted. [Hannover, a Danish anatomist and pathologist, introduced microscopy to medical research in Denmark. He authored 'Om Mikroskopets Bygning og dets Brug' (1847) which was translated to English as 'On the Structure of the Microscope and its Use'].

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