Paris: Bechet Jeune, 1825. 2 vols. 8vo. [4], lxxv, 372; [4], 472 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 9 engraved plates. Contemporary calf-backed boards, joints weakened, corners strengthened; some browning and foxing. FIRST EDITION of the author's only work in psychology, and an early attempt to classify mental disorders. More
Paris: P. Guillaume Cavelier, 1759. 2 vols. 12mo. xvii, [iii], 478; [iv], 454 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary mottled calf, spine and labels gilt, red edges (some damage to spines and hinges, but bindings are sound). Old library plates and stamps of McGill University and Boston Medical Library (withdrawn). Contemporary ownership..... More
Paris: Chez Debure, 1787. 4to. [4], clxxx, 427, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With decorative woodcut headpieces. Contemporary half-calf over boards; occasional browning, otherwise an excellent copy from the library of Jacob and Friedrich Schurer with their bookplate. First edition of Bailly's valuable history of Eastern astronomy which was separately published..... More
Paris: the Author, 1809. 8vo. vi, 480 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 9 folding engraved plates (plate I detached). Contemporary gilt blue sheep-backed marbled boards. Some light dampstaining and toning. First edition of this privately printed chronological guide to gardening. The first section advises the reader month-by-month what work should be..... More
Paris: Deterville, 1821. 2 vols. 8vo. xiv, 688; [iv], 736 pp. SECOND EDITION. Contemporary green marbled paper boards, gilt title labels, old library shelf mark. Illustrated with eighteen folding etched plates of instruments, projections, a map, optometric explanations, laboratory apparati, and animal dissection. Internally fresh and in excellent condition. Second..... More
Metz: 1801. 8vo. [iv], 143 pp. FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Engraved frontispiece. Modern boards. Uncut and fresh. First separate edition, “the best work on the subject” (Caillet, tr). This book provides a comprehensive treatment of Vehmic (or Fehmic) courts, cruel and corrupt regional tribunals in Westphalia, Germany during the Middle Ages..... More
« Saint Leger” [but Leiden]: “Noel and Jaques Chartier” [but Elzevir], 1668. 12mo. [viii], 205, [3] pp. THIRD EDITION. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary stiff vellum, manuscript spine title. Early attribution inscription on the title. A fine copy. Third edition of this biting satirical biography of the Bishop of Melito, a Jew born..... More
Berlin: Benedikt Taschen Verlag GmbH, 1996. Large 4to. [699] pp. FIRST EDITION. Over 1300 full- and partial-page color photographic illustrations, plus sketches, maps, plans, blueprints and charts. At the back of the book is a sample of the actual fabric used to wrap the Reichstag. Original publisher's silver cloth, author..... More
Paris: J.-B. Baillière, 1849-1864. 5 vols. 4to. [vi], 743; [iv], 914; [iv], 948; [iv], 858; vi, 406 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf-backed boards. Fresh and complete. First edition, rare in the complete set. A monumental effort to compile the known pathology of the human body. Describe here for the first..... More
Paris: De L’Imprimerie de Ph.-D. Pierres, 1782. 8vo. xvi, 414, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 22 full-page engraved plates, woodcut head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf, spine elaborate gilt with label, marbled endpapers; an excellent copy. First edition; everything you need to know about sheep. For the shepherd or flock owner..... More
Leiden: de Graef for the author, 1682. 12mo. x, 294 pp. FIRST EDITION. Full-page engraved plate of a putto painting Galen. Later gilt-ruled and blind-rolled green morocco, spine, board edges, and turn-ins gilt, all edges gilt, blue silk marker. Old bookseller description glued to the front pastedown, bookplate on the..... More
[Lyon]: s.n., 1793. Three volumes. 8vo. xvi, 384; 364; 280 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary pastepaper wrappers lined with printing waste (rear panel of Vol III detached). In excellent original condition, uncut. First edition of this strange work of mystical theology and “astral light.” The author, who Brunet calls a madman..... More
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Frankfort a.M. Claude de Marne and Jean Aubry, 1593. 8vo. 562, [44] pp. ; 272, [24] pp. LATER EDITION. Woodcut portrait of the author on the title verso. Modern morocco-backed boards. Marginal worming to the first few quires, light marginal dampstaining, final quire gnawed at the outer edge, not affecting..... More
Paris: Huzard, 1813. 8vo. xxvi, 27-288 pp. FIRST EDITION. 6 large folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. Ownership inscription “Emmanuel” on the front pastedown and on the title “Eyssette.” Some minor foxing, otherwise very good. First edition of this veterinary manual on the feet of farm animals. Here the..... More
France: n.p., 1764. 12mo. 114 pp. FIRST EDITION. Stabbed and uncut in contemporary wrappers. First edition of this response to anti-Jesuit literature, published anonymously. The Compte rendu has been attributed to the Jesuits Henri-Michel Sauvage (1704-1791) and Jean Nicolas Grou (1731-1803); it takes aim at the 1762 publication of Extraits..... More
Geneva: Joannis Anthonii Chovët, 1685. Two volumes. Folio. [xxx], 736; 1106 pp. FIRST EDITION. Titles in red and black with allegorical vignette. With the famous engraved pyramid frontispiece showing a dissection scene with a pile of animals in the foreground awaiting dissection, and with 89 fine plates, mostly folding, and..... More
London: Awnsham & Johan. Churchill, 1692. Three parts in one. 12mo. [xii], 182, [2]; [viii], 200 [i.e. 190], [2] pp., including half-title and indexes. FIRST EDITION. Separate title for the Ontologia. Contemporary calf, boards ruled in blind, rebacked with the original backstrip laid down; an excellent copy. First edition of..... More
Paris: Giffart, 1710. 12mo. li, [v], 469, [3] pp. Contemporary mottled calf, spine and label gilt, edges sprinkled red. Old manuscript label on the front pastedown, old manuscript notes throughout. A remarkable copy. “Only” edition (see below) of this valuable commentary on Nostradamus’ prophecies. Here the author asserts that all..... More
Paris: Bachelier, 1846. 4to. 9 parts. FIRST EDITIONS. Original pink wrappers, Slightly faded and chipped edges; some foxing. Held together in bolding red case. 1. “Recherches sur les mouvements d’Uranus.” From Comptes rendus hebdonadaires des séances de l’academie des sciences (hereafter Comptes rendus), Volume 22, No. 22, pp. 907-918. Paris..... More
Geneva: Cramer & Philibert, 1739. Four volumes (volumes 3 and 4 in two parts each). Folio. [xii], 1082; [ii],980; [ii], 512; [ii], 742; [ii], 550; [ii], 627 pp. SECOND EDITION. Woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Contemporary calf, spines in compartments with elaborate gilt decoration and spine labels; intermittent spotting and..... More
New York: Pierre Matisse, 1959. Folio. FIRST EDITION. Complete with 22 pochoir reproductions after gouaches by the artist on Arches wove paper, with the title page, text in French by André Breton, table of contents, and justification signed by the artist in blue ink and the author in red ink..... More
Geneva; Paris: Dondey-Dupré and Sons, 1823; 1823. Two works in one. 8vo. [iv], ix, 154; 107 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. First work with a folding typographic table. Contemporary gild calf-backed marbled boards. Old description label mounted on the front pastedown. In excellent condition. First editions of these two uncommon treatises on..... More
Paris: Lottin for Magimel and Gailard, 1816. 4to. [iv], 128, [4] pp. FIRST EDITION. 2 folding and 5 full-page etched plates of firefighters and their equipment. Contemporary gilt tooled calf, panels alike with outer rules and fleur-de-lis roll, spine and label gilt with 4 compartments of fleur-de-lis, board edges and..... More
Paris: Gaspar Meturas, 1653. 12mo. [xl], 760, [12] pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary stiff vellum; title dusty, some dampstaining, first quire chipped at the top with no loss. A good copy in original condition. First edition of the French translation of Riolan’s landmark medical text. The Latin version was published 4..... More
[Paris]: [Henri Plon], [n.d.]. 8vo. [ii], 31, [1] pp. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. With an engraved frontispiece representing the instrument invented by Dr. Sales-Girons and constructed by Charriere (repeated in the text). Bound in boards, morocco backstrip. A fine copy. First and only edition of the original detailed instruction manual..... More
