Inside the birds
Barkow, J. C. L.
Disquisitiones recentoires de arteriis mammalium et avium.
Published
1843
Item ID
39121
€195.00
Halle, Academia Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum, 1843. 4to (29.0 x 22.3 cm). 112 pp.; eight lithographed plates (one partly coloured). 20th-century blind blue boards.
A rarely seen work on the anatomy of birds and mammals, not listed in any major bibliography. Written by the anatomist and professor at the University of Breslau, Johann "Hans" Carl Leopold Barkow (1798-1873). Published in the society's Nova Acta. A very good, clean and unmarked copy. Not in Wood. The Cat. BM(NH) lists several similar titles by Barkow, but not this one.