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IVAN PAVLOV

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Science & Medicine (Pre-1930) Start Price:500.00 USD Estimated At:1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD
IVAN PAVLOV
Presented to his brilliant student, Paul Yakovlev

(1849 - 1936) Russian physiologist known for his momentous studies of reflex behavior, specifically the conditioned and unconditioned reflexes in dogs which greatly influenced the development of behavioral psychology in the early twentieth century. His book Study of Nervous Activity of Animals, Moscow, 1925, signed "The author" on the title page. Toned a bit within, rebound. This particular copy was presented to Pavlov's pupil, PAUL YAKOVLEV. Yakovlev (1894-1983) was a pioneer neurologist born in Russia who then emigrated to the U.S. A brilliant brain pathologist, Yakovlev taught at Yale and Harvard, and accumulated over 250,000 sample slides. The front flyleaf bears a later signature in Cyrillic by Yakovlev, back-dated to 1924, with a note that indicates that Pavlov sent him the book from Paris in 1924, a year before its publication date - a fact which he cannot explain. Opposite, on the pastedown of the front cover, Yakovlev taped a photo of himself seated with the aged Pavlov and quotes Pavlov's discussion with him in English and Russian: "Subcortive ganglia actuate the cerebral cortex". There is a second copy of this photo loosely laid in the book, and yet another second generation photo of Pavlov taped on a blank page within. Two Yakovlev library stamps appear within the book, one on the title page. Overall very good. SOLD WITH: PAUL YAKOVLEV, Collected Lectures", First, Second and Third Semesters, privately printed, Waltham Mass., 1942, the third semester volume bearing an ownership signature on the front flyleaf. A fine association. Four pieces.

Estimate: $1,000 - 1,500.

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