HALLER, Albrecht von. Elemens de physiologie. - Lot 309

HALLER, Albrecht von. Elemens de physiologie. Published in Paris by Guillyn in 1769. 2 volumes in 1 volume, format In douze / In-12. Fawn marbled basane. Spine decorated with gilt fleurons, gilt title on brown leather. Gilt fillets on the edges. Red edges. Contemporary binding. X-(1)-262-(1) ; 306 pages, bands in text. Rubbing, slight edgewear to boards, cuts and corners dull or bare. Pages slightly browned. Second edition of Bordenave's translation from Latin into French. The work had previously appeared in Latin in 1749, in Gottingen. Albrecht von Haller (1708-1777), one of the greatest physiologists of modern times, provides in this classic textbook a critical overview of the anatomical and physiological knowledge of his time. A good contemporary copy, very clean inside.