1826-34 Charles BELL x4 [four] extracts NERVES voice philosophical transactions

Description: PRINTS BOOKS PHOTOGRAPHS MANUSCRIPTS CURIOSITIES - RARE EXTRACTS -BELL (Charles, Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, 1774-1842).Four rare papers by Charles Bell, 1826-34, extracted from the world's oldest science journal, the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. A total of 4 separate papers, extracted from larger volumes. Now disbound and held together with binder's string or staples. Size: 4to (29.5cm x 23cm, or slightly larger).Very Good to Good only condition. Loose and disbound from a larger volume.Text block and plates separated into two parts. Light age-toning to text leaves and minimal corner creasing. Plates with some marginal age-toning and some minor foxing. Old institutional wet stamps to rear plates. Please ask if you require a more detailed condition report, or view gallery images closely.Rare extracted papers by Charles Bell from an 1825 volume of the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions, the world's longest running scientific journal, published by the Royal Society of London. These are:[1] On the nervous circle which connects the voluntary muscles with the brain. Vol. 116. 1826. 11pp. [numbered 163-173]. Small chip to spine. [2] On the nerves of the face; being a second paper on that subject. Vol. 119. 1829. 14pp [numbered 317-330]. Two engraved plates. Plates quite heavily stained. Text and plates held together with staples. [3] On the functions of some parts of the brain, and on the relations between the brain and nerves of motion and sensation. Vol. 124. 1824. 13pp [numbered 471-483]. Three engraved plates. Uniform light age-toning to plates. Text and plates held together with staples. [4] Of the organs of the human voice. Vol. 122. 1832. 22pp [numbered 299-320]. Two engraved plates. Uniform age-toning to plates, and some wear to fore-edges. First text leaf and plates detached from main text block. key words:

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