MAREY, Etienne Jules. Du Mouvement dans les Fonctions de la - Lot 279

MAREY, Etienne Jules. Du Mouvement dans les Fonctions de la Vie. Leçons faites au collège de France. Published in Paris by Germer Baillière in 1868. One volume, In-8 format. Black half-chagrin. Spine decorated with stamped caissons. VIII+479 pages, 144 figures in text. Lower right corner slightly damaged. Pages 1 to 16 browned. Rare first edition of this singular work on muscular movement and nerve function, studied using the graphic method that the author (1830-1904) had already introduced for blood circulation. It is embellished with numerous figures of analytical graphs and diagrams of measuring devices. Very handsome bookplate engraved on the front flyleaf. A fine copy of an innovative text in its day.