Leiden: J. & H. Verbeek, 1754; 1756; 1758; 1761; 1764. Six volumes in two. 4to. 104 [ie 102], [1]; 114; 120; 119, [1]; 150, [2]; 166, [1] pp., including separate titles, indexes, errata, and instructions to t. FIRST EDITION. With 34 finely engraved plates. First volume (containing books 1-2) bound..... More
London: Macmillan, 1915. 8vo. 2 vols. xiii, [1],534, [4]; vi,559, [3] pp. FIRST EDITION. Original cloth; spines chipped, interior uncut. FIRST EDITION of an important series of lectures on the visceral neuroses. "most important contribution to the study of the heart since Harvey's discovery and proof of blood circulation.” G&M..... More
London: Various, Various. Titles and descriptions are as follows: 1. "On the effect of exercise upon the bodily temperature." From The Alpine Journal, May, 1871. [London: Spottiswood & Co.] 8vo. 7 pp., plus 1 chart. Unbound. Presentation copy, with the author's kind regards. 2. Palissy, Bacon, and the revival of natural science..... More
Paris: Gulielmi Pele, 1646. Two works in one. 4to. [xii], 150, [25]; 39, [1] ff. Title in red and black, decorative woodcut on dedication, 3 full-page plates and 2 text illustrations. Nineteenth century boards, re-backed; interior is lightly toned throughout, with occasional spots and a small tear in the lower..... More
Paris: Gabon, 1829-37. 5 vols. 8vo. Approximately 3000 pp. Half-calf over boards. Preliminary and last leaves are soiled and foxed, the blank leaves are loose, but text is in good condition. From the library of the Liverpool Medical Institution with bookplates on front paste downs. Second edition, revised, corrected and..... More
London: W. Owen, 1770. 8vo. xxv, [3], 490, [10] pp. Contemporary full calf. Joints weak, spine rubbed. Second edition, much expanded from Chapman's 1755 translation of Astruc's De morbis veneris, Books II-IV. Astruc (1685-1766), a professor of anatomy in Paris, was an eminent historian of syphilis who utilized pathological anatomy..... More
Paris: J.B. Bailliere, 1856. 8vo. xii, 626 pp. With 1 woodcut plate of Dr. Spittal's apparatus. Original printed wrappers, uncut and unopened, foxing throughout as usual, ink ownership inscription on title. The present volume contains the author's famous researches on the physiology of the heart and lungs, many of which..... More
1928-1929. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Three separate offprints from Proceedings of the Royal Society, London. Excellent copies in their original printed wrappers. First editions of these valuable studies from the Department of Physiological Hygiene at the University of Toronto. More
Philadelphia: Lea Bros. 1898. 8vo. 587, [1] pp., plus 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black. Numerous text illustrations. Contemporary full calf, somewhat worn, labels on spine; interior fine. First edition. This text represents data from every available source, and includes an unbelievable amount of..... More
Philadelphia: By the author, 1793. 8vo. 164 pp. Third edition. Top wrapper (original) only, though detached; some spotting. Uncut, some unopened. Signature of Robert Bolling on title. Fourth edition of Carey's eyewitness account of the great yellow fever epidemic which enveloped the city of Philadelphia in 1793. "In this little..... More
Philadelphia: Anthony Finley, 1814. 8vo. 201, [3] pp., including leaf of publisher's advertisements. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Contemporary tree calf, rebacked, spine label; margin of fly-leaf repaired, slight browning, otherewise a very nice copy from the library of George Milton Smith, with his small book-label. First American edition, originally published in..... More
Paris: J.F. Quillau, 1749. 2 vols. 8vo. cxviii, 365, [3]; 448, [6] pp. FIRST FRENCH EDITION WITH ADDITIONAL PREFACE BY DE LA CHAPELLE. Numerous woodcut initials, head- and tail pieces. Contemporary mottled calf, decorative gilt spine. Minor rubbing to joints, otherwise a lovely copy. First French edition, greatly enlarged with..... More
Paris: G. Masson, 1882. 8vo. [iv], 284 pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION. With 12 plates and numerous text illustrations. Uncut in the original front wrapper, chipped, wrapper and first few leaves nearly detached; preliminary leaves somewhat spotted. First edition of the author's most important book. The work is divided into..... More
London: G. Robinson, 1782. 8vo. [ii], xx, [x], [5]-582, [2], 609-661, [3] pp. (complete), including the advertisements for books printed by John Walker. With frontispiece portrait of Fothergill plus 2 folding engraved plates. Contemporary calf, rebacked; foxing throughout, light water damage on the upper corners of the preliminaries, repair to..... More
Paris: Adrien Delahaye, 1857. 8vo. [vii], 110 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers; interior somewhat foxed, heavier on the preliminary and last leaves. From the library of Louis A. Duhring. FROM DUHRING’S LIBRARY. First edition of Fournier's first printed treatise, the first of a number of important clinical works on..... More
Paris: Adrien Delahaye, 1865. 8vo. 17 pp. FIRST EDITION. Including half-title. With the original front printed wrapper. Cloth-backed marbled boards; from the library of Louis A. Duhring. FROM DUHRING’S LIBRARY. First edition of one of Fournier's early efforts to research the incubation of syphilis, probably the earliest detailed study of..... More
New York: William Wood & Co., 1879. 3 vols. 8vo. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With 3 frontispieces (2 coloured), and 68 text illustrations. Original publisher's binding of purple diced cloth (some wear). First American edition, with important additions and corrections by Frerichs (1819-85), professor of pathology at Berlin. He here describes..... More
Utrecht: Halma, 1685. 4to. 23 pp. FIRST EDITION. With title-vignette and fine initial letter. Heavy wrappers with title-vignette reproduced on upper cover. Manuscript corrections in a neat hand and some skillful backing to the corners, but a very good copy. First edition. The author's name is commemorated in the term..... More
Berlin: F.A. Herbig, 1832. 8vo. vi, 102 pp., plus 4 pages publisher's ads. FIRST EDITION. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Foxing throughout due to quality of paper. First edition. Hecker (1795-1850), celebrated epidemiologist and historian of medicine, was professor of medical history at the Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat. Der schwarze Tod was..... More
Berlin: Verlag von S. Karger, 1905. 8vo. 88 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 2 plates (1 in colour), 9 text illustrations. Original printed boards, backed in cloth. First edition of a valuable investigation on the detachment of the retina by Hirsch, an assistant at the Deutschen Universität at Prague. In addition..... More
New York: C.S. Van Winkle, 1813. 8vo. FIRST EDITION. Disbound, some staining and soiling; uncut and unopened. FIRST EDITION. Austin, 973. More
London: John Churchill, 1863. 8vo. xii, 259, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 5 text woodcuts. Original cloth, covers lightly worn, insignificant crack at spine. Generally an excellent copy, but lacking the 2 plates. Inscribed by the author to the German surgeon Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch (1823-1908). First edition. The..... More
Dessau and Leipzig: [n.p.], 1784. 8vo. 506 (ie., 496) pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 folding engraved plate, woodcut vignette head- and tailpieces. Original speckled boards; minor scuffing to extremities, otherwise an excellent copy with contemporary ownership inscription of V. Stein on title, and small library stamp of Joachim W. Voigt..... More
Paris: Chez Fortin, Masson et Cie, 1842. 8vo. xvi, 360 pp. FIRST FRENCH EDITION. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards. First French edition of the author's major work on organic chemistry and its application to physiology and pathology, translated by C. Gerhardt and printed within months after the original German edition..... More
Marseille: Mossy, 1766. 8vo. xvi, 360 pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION. Full morocco with elaborate gold-tooled spine and decorative corner design. First edition of a valuable work on diseases that commonly attack seamen. Divided into two parts, the first deals with a number of prevalent diseases at sea: scurvy, seasickness..... More
