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Albrecht von HALLER La generation ou exposition des phenomenes relatifs a cette fonction naturelle de leur mechanisme, de leurs causes respectives et des effets immediats qui en resultent

Albrecht von HALLER

La generation ou exposition des phenomenes relatifs a cette fonction naturelle de leur mechanisme, de leurs causes respectives et des effets immediats qui en resultent

Chez Des Ventes de la Doué, à Paris 1774, in-8 (12,5x20cm), vj (2) 641pp. et (4) 548pp., 2 volumes reliés.


Original French edition and first translation into the vernacular after the Latin original, which had appeared in the Elementa PHYSIOLOGICA in 8 volumes, published from 1757 to 1766.
Full blond speckled calf. Back to bands decorated. Parts of title and volume numbers in red morocco. Caps head frayed, ditto for the tail cap Volume 2, Volume 2, the blunt Two Piece volume number of Volume 1 missing corners. Some yellowed.
Major study of the phenomenon of generation of fertilization and embryology, with a description of the sexual organs and their function. In preparing a statement of contemporary knowledge, Haller denies certain claims previously established, including that of Malpighi, and establish new, clearing the way for new people come into the world.
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