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A copy that belonged to Theobald Smith, with his signature on the titlepage. [Printer:] Druck von C. Grumbach in Leipzig. Foreword dated: March, 1884. 6 ¼ in. x 9 ½ in., xxxvi, 664 pp. + [4] pp.of ads for microscopes (Boecker, Schieck), and scientific supplies. With 182 woodcut illustrations (of microscopes, laboratory equipment, cells, etc., seen under the microscope). Dark brown, pebbled cloth with a printed paper title label mounted on the spine, reading: Botanische Praticum.; marbled paper end-papers. The cover edges show wear, with a strip of the binding cloth torn away from the fore-edge section of the front cover (see scan), and the nearby cloth pasted down, (might be a laboratory accident here?); inner backing of the binding has split through at page 32-33 & pp. 544-545, leaving the binding nearly separate from the text, some creasing to upper corners of pp. [i]-32, stains to some page margins; many page (edges) are unopened after p. 76. This copy belonged to Theobald Smith, who has signed his name at the upper right of the title-page. At page 20 (discussing starch cells), he has inserted a (5 1/4 in. x 4 3/4 in.) student drawing and notes, with the starch and liver cells sketched in pencil and these ink notes added to identify these drawings (see scan): [b 2 drawings] [a 1 drawing]: Starch grains from the common white bean a. showing polar cavity b. polarized [ 1 larger drawing]: 4/29-[18] 87 fatty degeneration of peritoneal covering of liver in rabbit. This was once attached to the page by a small dot of gum; the paper shows some age-related tanning. At page 217 he has inserted a commemorative white silk ribbon as a bookmark, this is a fine image of George Washington in a floral border, with this inscription: "In Commemoration of laying the CORNER STONE of the WASHINGTON MONUMENT. Octr. 19th. 1847." This fragile silk ribbon shows tanning, small stains, creases, and has a double horizontal tear through the silk at the base of the Washington portrait (see scan). To quote the Columbia Encyclopedia (1950) on Smith: "Smith, Theobald, 1859-1934, American pathologist, born Albany, N. Y., M.D. Albany Medical College, 1883. He was professor of bacteriology at Columbian (now George Washington) University (1886-95) and of pathology at Harvard (1896-1915) and served as pathologist with the Department of Agriculture (1884-95), the Massachusetts state board of health (1895-1915), and Rockefeller Institute (1915-29). He discovered the parasite causing Texas cattle fever and its transmission by the cattle tick, differentiated between human and bovine tuberculosis, and contributed greatly to preventive medicine. He wrote 'Studies in Vaccinal Immunity' (with R. B. Little, 1923) and 'Parasitism and Disease' (1934)." These three items are sold together only: the copy of the German student's manual belonging to & signed by Theobald Smith (with the damage, as noted above); the (1887) student's drawing made by him and added to this book, and the printed-on-silk Washington ribbon/bookmark, that he might have inherited, and later added to this book. German text. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers ABE-382778734
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