Author: Baudrimont, A. and G. J. Martin Saint-Ange
Title: Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur le développement du foetus et en particulier sur l'évolution embryonnaire des oiseaux et des batriciens.
Description: Paris, Academie des Sciences, [1846]. 4to (27.5 x 22.1 cm). 224 pp., 18 engraved plates of which the first seven hand-coloured. Later cloth with title on spine. = First edition of the important and very nicely illustrated work that won the Grand Prix des Sciences Physiques pour 1846. DSBI 1 p. 517-19: "The work that won him the greatest recognition was that done with M. Saint-Ange. They studied the chemical changes that took place in embryonic development in chickens and amphibia and the toxological effects of various gaseous substances on the embryo...". Published in the Academy's series, "Savants entrangers" [pp. 469-692]. This edition precedes the offprint by four years. A copy with wide margins. Some marginal spotting to some plates only; text pages clean. Very good. Ronsil, 164 (p. 33).

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