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VIRCHOW, Rudolf. Die Krankhaften Geschwülste. Vols. I-III, [all published]. Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1863-1867.
3 volumes in 4, 8o (238 x 165 mm). Publisher's catalogue at end of vol. I. 2 plates and illustrations in text. (Some occasional dampstaining and pale spotting, manuscripts notes laid into vol I offset on two leaves, upper corner of last leaf and wrapper of vol. I torn away.) Original printed wrappers, uncut (some minor soiling); cloth slipcase. Provenance: J. van der Hoeven (signatures dated 1863 and 1900 on first wrapper; bookplate in the last volume).
FIRST EDITION of Virchow's pioneering work on tumor pathology. Virchow's concepts of cellular pathology allowed him to lay the foundations of modern research in all field of pathology--inflammation, tumor growth, degenerations, etc. Virchow's theory, when he applied it to cancer, caused an error in the results and the ensuing controversy halted publication. Nevertheless, the work remains a major sourcebook for cancer, while under the impetus of his error and with significant improvements in microtomes and staining methods, his tumor pathology was reconstructed over the next twenty years from the foundations he laid. The work is generally found bound up into three volumes, and is scarce in these four original parts. Garrison-Morton 2617; Waller 1001. (4)
3 volumes in 4, 8o (238 x 165 mm). Publisher's catalogue at end of vol. I. 2 plates and illustrations in text. (Some occasional dampstaining and pale spotting, manuscripts notes laid into vol I offset on two leaves, upper corner of last leaf and wrapper of vol. I torn away.) Original printed wrappers, uncut (some minor soiling); cloth slipcase. Provenance: J. van der Hoeven (signatures dated 1863 and 1900 on first wrapper; bookplate in the last volume).
FIRST EDITION of Virchow's pioneering work on tumor pathology. Virchow's concepts of cellular pathology allowed him to lay the foundations of modern research in all field of pathology--inflammation, tumor growth, degenerations, etc. Virchow's theory, when he applied it to cancer, caused an error in the results and the ensuing controversy halted publication. Nevertheless, the work remains a major sourcebook for cancer, while under the impetus of his error and with significant improvements in microtomes and staining methods, his tumor pathology was reconstructed over the next twenty years from the foundations he laid. The work is generally found bound up into three volumes, and is scarce in these four original parts. Garrison-Morton 2617; Waller 1001. (4)