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WUNDT, Wilhelm (1832-1920). Grundzüge der Physiologischen Psychologie. Leipzing: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1874. Large 8vo (222 x 155mm). Illustrations and diagrams, errata leaf (some spotting and browning to title, light marginal browning throughout). Contemporary [or ?original] cloth-backed pebbled boards gilt (rebacked preserving original spine, although with some loss, rubbed and scuffed). Provenance: Ernst [?]Francke, 1876 (signature on front free endpaper); from the Collection of Peter and Margarethe Braune. FIRST EDITION of a work which was "the foundation of experimental psychology, [and] which uses quantitative methods to study psychological processes such as perception and the formation of ideas" (DSB). Garrison-Morton 4976: "[Wundt] is the founder of experimental psychology and his book remains the most important on the subject"; Horblit 100a; Norman 2270.