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BLUMENBACH, Johann Friedrich (1752-1840). Letter in German. Göttingen, ? Sept. 1777. 1 leaf, r° only, signed.
Letter by the German physician, naturalist, physiologist and anthropologist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach to an unknown addressee (probably a colleague). Blumenbach was one of the first to explore the study of the human being as an aspect of natural history. His teachings in comparative anatomy were applied to his classification of human races, of which he claimed there were five: Caucasian, Mongolian, Malayan, Ethiopian, and American.€ 150
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