A short system of comparative anatomy / translated from the German of J.F. Blumenbach by William Lawrence, with numerous additional notes, and an introductory view of the classification of animals. By the translator.

  • Blumenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1752-1840.
Date:
1807
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Credit: A short system of comparative anatomy / translated from the German of J.F. Blumenbach by William Lawrence, with numerous additional notes, and an introductory view of the classification of animals. By the translator. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TO Sir JOSEPH BANKS, K.B. P.R.S. &c.&c. WHOSE LABOURS HAVE SO MATERIALLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY; AND WHOSE MUNIFICENT PATRONAGE HAS SO SIGNALLY ‘PROMOTED EVERY BRANCH OF SCIENCE; THIS HUMBLE ATTEMPT TO FACILITATE THE STUDY OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY, IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, AS AN INDIVIDUAL TRIBUTE OF THAT ESTEEM AND ADMIRATION WHICH ARE SO UNIVERSALLY FELT AND EXPRESSED | BY THE LOVERS OF SCIENCE, IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD: BY HIS MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, WILLIAM LAWRENCE. Fobn-Street, Adelphi, April, 1807.