Todd edwin m text (1 Ergebnisse)

dj. First Edition. Quarto (28.5cm); brown leatherette boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and illustrated paper label on front cover; 189pp; portrait frontispiece with illustrations throughout. Inscribed by author on half-title page: "To Roy Selby: This production was a great joy to me by virtue of the places and people with whom I worked and played in the process. Hope you find it interesting. / Ed Todd 17 October, 1990". Previous owner's name inked to front endpaper. Light shelf-wear with trace foxing to edges of textblock, else Near Fine. Presumed personal copy of Roy Selby, an American neurosurgeon who founded neurosurgery in Malaysia and later taught graduate psychology courses at East Texas State University. Dr. Todd presents Leonardo da Vinci's work chronologically to describe the history and development of science and medicine. Sections include "Drawing as a Tool", "Anatomical Illustrations Before Leonardo da Vinci", "The Senses", "The Brain and Cranial Nerves", and an addendum with da Vinci's handwriting, list of illustrations, abbreviations and symbols, and bibliography. [84746]. Signed.…