SECHENOV IVAN (1829-1905) Fiziologiya nervnoy sistemy [Physiology of the Nervous…

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SECHENOV IVAN (1829-1905) Fiziologiya nervnoy sistemy [Physiology of the Nervous System]. St. Petersburg, 1866. - [2], 503, VI, XII pp., 1 leaf of plates. Engraved plate on a separate insert and an illustration in the text. Composite binding: leather spine with blind stamping, patterned paper, speckled edges. Pre-revolutionary library stamps. Signature on the second flyleaf: 'Obshestvu vrachey' ["To the Society of Physicians."] The first separate edition of the Russian naturalist, founder of the domestic physiological school, and pioneer of the natural-scientific direction in psychology, Ivan Sechenov (1829-1905). This work was first published in 1863 in the "Meditsinskiy vestnik" [Medical Herald].

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SECHENOV IVAN (1829-1905) Fiziologiya nervnoy sistemy [Phys

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After Paul DUBOIS (1829-1905). "The Florentine Singer". Bronze with dark brown patina, signed on the terrace. Cast by F.BARBEDIENNE. 63 x 25 cm.

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