GALVANI (Luigi). MEMORIE SULLA ELETTRICITA ANIMALE... Al cel - Lot 64

GALVANI (Luigi). MEMORIE SULLA ELETTRICITA ANIMALE... Al celebre Abate Lazzaro Spallanzani... Aggiunte alcune elettriche esperienze di Gio. Aldini.... Bologna, Per le stampe del Sassi, 1797. in-4° of [2]-105-[5] pages, bradel half vellum (period binding). ORIGINAL EDITION with 8 figures on 2 folding plates. Galvani's frog preparations included the spinal cord, crural nerves and lower limbs dissected as a single block. "Using these preparations, he first applied the conductor of a static electric machine directly to the spinal cord... and observed the convulsive contractions of the muscles of the lower limbs". (DSB) His work led to the discovery of electric current (Wellcome III, p. 86). Author's handwritten ex dono: "1798. Dono del Chiarissimo Autore Sign. Dottor Luigi Galvani a Gregorio Fil. M. Casali Bentivoglio Paleotti". Ex-libris A. Denier. Scattered spotting.