Achille Comte - Organisation et physiologie de l'homme, expliquées a l'aide de figures coloriées - 1845

Fascinating illustrated edition of this pedagogical study of the human body, its anatomical constitution and the functioning of its different organs -

The work is part of the tradition of nineteenth-century scientific manuals intended to make the mechanisms of life understood, by progressively presenting the structures that compose the organism and the functions essential to its balance -

The full title specifies that the work explains human organization with the help of colored, cut and superimposed figures, a teaching method particularly innovative for its time -

The different parts present the main anatomical systems: the skeleton and the joints, the muscles, the organs of digestion, the circulation of the blood, respiration, the sensory organs, the nervous system as well as the reproductive systems -

Achille Comte - Organization and Physiology of Man, explained with the aid of colored figures - 1845 - Méquignon-Junior and J. Leroux -
of VIII, 230 pages

Good condition of the binding, work in its period half-leather, marbled boards, wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, missing headpieces, worn corners, speckled edges, smooth decorated spine -

Good interior condition, browning, work enriched with numerous color plates, some with movable parts, good copy -

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