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interested in ancient art and, after prince Carl had reached adulthood, Minutoli undertook numerous foreign trips.
He was entrusted in 1820 with the direction of an expedition that until August 1821 was paid for by the Egyptian
government. The scientists Wilhelm Friedrich Hemprich and Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg, the architecture professor
Liman and the Orientalist Scholz, among others, accompanied him. Minutoli's collections, of which a
large part was lost in a shipwreck, were purchased by the king of Prussia for 22,000 talers and formed the foundation
of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. Minutoli was appointed a member of the academy of the sciences, and
soon retired (with the rank of Generalleutnant) to an estate in Lausanne, where he died in 1846. Die frühen
lithographischen Tafeln gedruckt auf schwerem Bütten, mit Darstellungen von Tempeln, Ruinen, Obelisken,
Reliefs, des Nils, vom Querschnitt einer Pyramide mit ihren Gängen, mit Wiedergaben ägyptischer Malereien,
vom Tempelbau, Abbildungen von Grabbeigaben, Mumien, Sarkophagen u. v. m. Ohne den Nachtrag von 1827.
Einband und Mappe außen berieben und bestoßen. Textband unbeschnitten und unaufgeschnitten. Die Tafeln in
exzellentem, frischen und makellos sauberen Zustand.
First edition of his magnus opus
Müller, Johannes [Peter]. Handbuch der Physiologie des Menschen für Vorlesungen. Erster
[und] Zweiter Band. Mit Königlich Würtembergischen Privilegien. 2 in 3 Bdn. Coblenz:
Verlag von J. Hölscher, 1833 - 1840. 8° [227 x 138 mm]. [4], VIII [= Vorrede, 1833], [= III-
IV; Inhalt], 368 pp., [253], 354-390 [= 369-406 pp.]; [4], XVI, [407] - 852 pp.; VI, 423 - 867
(+ 1) pp.; [6], [1] - 248 pp., [6], 249-502 pp.; [4], [503-780 pp.], 1 lith. Tafel. Mamorierte
Pappbde. d. Zt., aufgesetztes R.schild, Band 3 im Stile der ersten Bände restauriert, durchgängig
etwas braun- u. stock-fleckig, im zweiten Teil von Band 1. einige Seiten durch Wurmgang
beschädigt, minimaler Textverlust. Insgesamt gutes Exemplar. $ 1800.-
Rare set in first edition, with second title of the first vol. dated 1833. Johannes Peter Müller (1801 - 1858),
german physiologist, working as Prof. at Bonn Univ., later in Berlin. Müller was the foremost physiologist of his
day. He wrote a compendium of physiological knowledge, the Handbuch der Physiologie des Menschen (1833-
1840), which served as the primary reference text in physiology for some time. In it may be found not only a
presentation of the state of knowledge of physiology of the time but also many of Müller's speculations, theories,
research results, and conclusions. Müller shares with von Haller the appellation "father of experimental
physiology". The fifth book of the Handbuch deals with the senses and contains the statement on the specificity
of nerve energies. Although not entirely original with Müller, it was Müller who gave the principle a clear and
precise formulation and made it known through his Handbuch. It sta that we are not directly aware of objects
themselves but of the quality of nerve activity that is triggered by the objects. There are five kinds of nerves,
each conveying to the mind its own characteristic reality and not that of any other. The locus of specificity lies in
the brain, however. Müller's doctrine led later formulations such as the color vision theories of Helmholtz and
Hering, all based on the notion of nerve-fiber specificity and the discovery of sensory spots in the skin. It was the
most important contribution to physiology during the early nineteenth century. Philosophically, he stated that the
nature of our knowledge was categorically tied to the nature of the bodily organs through which knowledge is
acquired. It was an important contribution to physiological psychology. By placing the dimensions of experience
in the nerves, that is, a material substrate, it furthered the removal of mind from the realm of metaphysics and
into the realm of physical phenomena. The sixth book of Müller's Handbuch deals with a variety of
psychological subjects, such as memory, thought, temperament, and sleep. Müller discussed hearing at length
and made some sound conjectures concerning the function of the middle and inner ear, as well as some
erroneous ones. In some respects Müller was old-fashioned and believed in vital forces and the instatineous
transmission of nerve impulses, for instance, but he was also an inspiring teacher, and many physicians,
physiologists and psy-chologists, who later acquired fame themselves, had studied with him. Also bound in the
second section of vol. 1 in third edition. The volumes include Vol. 1, first section [1833], vol. 1, second section
[1834], vol. 1, second section in third edition [1838], vol. 2, first section [1837], vol. 2, second section [1838],
vol. 2, third section [1840].- Zusne 308 f.; Waller 6730; Garrison-M. 610.; Norman 1568.
[Naturforschende Freunde Berlin] Der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin
Neue Schriften. 1. – 4 Bd. [= all.].- Berlin: auf Kosten der Gesellschaft, 1795 - 1803. 4° [240
x 200 mm] XII, IV, 380 pp., [4] with 4 fold. plates (partly col.); XXVI, 458 pp., with 8 plates
(partly col.), XII, 612 pp. with 7 plates (partly col.); XII, 428 pp. with 7 plates. Contemporary