The brain from ape to man

by Frederick Tilney

$425 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

First edition · Signed

New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1928. First edition, 4to, 2 vols; 557 illustrations; pictorial endpapers; original dark green cloth with gilt title on spine; head and tail of spine worn, bookplate on endpaper verso, very good. Signed and inscribed by Tilney to a fellow doctor on flyleaf. A classic study of the evolution of the central nervous system in the higher mammals. Garrison-Morton 350. Item #47763

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