G.-J. Witkowski - La Génération Humaine - 1890

Exciting illustrated edition with 260 fine wood engravings and 3 chromolithography plates cut and overlaid from this treatise devoted to the study of human reproduction, the formation and development of the human being before and after birth, as well as the various anatomical and physiological phenomena involved in generation -

Situated in the context of medicine and anatomy of the late 19th century, the work seeks to present in a methodical way the knowledge then available on the mechanisms of reproduction, by associating anatomical observations, embryological data, physiological considerations and descriptions of the organism’s development -

Witkowski approaches human generation as a complex biological phenomenon that connects the reproductive organs, sex cells, fertilization, gestation and the progressive formation of the new being -

G.-J. Witkowski - Human Generation - SD (circa 1890) - Georges Steinheil -
434 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, book in its original half-leather, wear from use, some minor defects on covers and spine, capitals, joints and corners rubbed, speckled edges, spine smooth adorned with gold fillets -

Good interior condition, browning and some foxing, nice vignette on title, book enriched with 260 fine wood engravings and 3 chromolithography plates cut and overlaid, text fairly clean, endpapers in decent state, pleasing copy -

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