UEBER DAS VOLUMEN DES HERZEN UND DIE WEITE DER ARTERIA PULMONALIS UND AORTA ASCENDENS IN DEN VERSCHIEDENEN LEBENSALTERN. Ein Beitrag zur Lehre vom Blutdruck, von Pubertatsentwicklung, und Senescenz,.

Cassel: Theodor Kay, 1879. 1st ed. . Grey marbled boards. Good-VG. 22 cms x 28 Cms. Series title: Schriften der Gesellschaft zur Beforderung der grammten Naturwissenchaften zu Marburg Band II Supplement heft II + 56+ 3 red & black graphs+ series title repeated but Supplementheft III+ 48 + 6 graphs as before + series title with Spplementheft IV + 64 + 2 graphs as before; ex-University of London but only their heraldic label+sm.stamp fr.pastedown, thin strip of loan sheet edge rear endpaper & ticket pocket rear pastwdown, no other provenance marks, sm.impressed German bookseller's stamp top corner fr. free endpaper, v.sm. ink 'III' top corner t.p.;marginal browning throughout, most seriously towards ends, sl.chipping in consequence to 1st series title leaf and some paper fragility to early outer edges, graphs not affected; boards clean and tight but rubbing to joints, edges & extremeties, top sp.chipped with some loss to 1 cm by joint, removing final 'e' of author's name on label, bottom sp.also v.sl.chipped, fr.board has 4 cm white disc from label removal. Despite faults this remains tight & internally unmarked. Apparently scarce. The lengthy full subtitle and subsequent part titles avaiable on request. As well as the heart and blood vessels this includes some coverage of cancer 'Pathologie der Carcinome'.