*** Première édition. C'est le premier ouvrage complet sur l'anatomie du cerveau des mammifères. Il a été entrepris par François Leuret (Nancy, 1797-1851), élève d'Esquirol, qui n'a pu l'achever. On lui doit le premier tome. Louis Pierre Gratiolet (1815-1875) a rédigé le tome II. Quelques rousseurs dans le texte. Bon exemplaire. *** 2 volumes in-8 et un atlas in-folio de XIII, 592 pp. / XI, (1), 692 pp. / (4), 60 pp., 32 planches h.-t. Demi-chagrin noir, dos à nerfs orné, tranches marbrées. (Reliure de l'époque.) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * First edition. "The first comprehensive systematic investigation of the mammalian brain." (Garrison-Morton 1396.01.) "Gratiolet's anatomical research culminated in the 'Anatomie comparée du systéme nerveux' (1857), a major contribution to mammalian descriptive anatomy. But this comparative anatomy offered far more than description; it presented (part II) Gratiolet's statement on the nature and meaning of intelligence, the opposed roles of "sentiment" (a consequence of external stimulus), and "sentiment" (evoked independently within the organism), and man's uniqueness founded on his capacity to reason. . This work was planned and begun by François Leuret but the research, organization, and interpretations of vol. II (1857) are due to Gratiolet." (DSB). Some foxing in text. - -.