Author: A. Lockhart Gillespie; Havelock Ellis [ed.]
Title: The Natural History of Digestion
Description: London, Walter Scott, Ltd. 1898. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy of this illustrated nineteenth-century work on digestive processes in plants and animals. The first edition of this uncommon work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with forty-eight figures, twelve diagrams, twenty-three charts (three of which are folding), and ninety tables (three of which are folding. Collated, complete. Part of The Contemporary Science Series edited by Havelock Ellis, this work written by A. Lockhart Gillespie examines the digestive system. Illustrated throughout, this informative work discusses ancient theories of digestion, digestive processes in plants and animals, metabolism, stimulants, and much more. Four pages of publisher's advertisements to the front of the work and sixteen pages of publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with only light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean except for the odd spot to the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Digestion Biology Plants Animals Biology Not Stated


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