Paris: Chez Crapart, Caille et Ravier, 1807. 2 vols. 8vo. xviii, 493, [1]; [4], 523, [1] pp. Calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine. Fourth edition.The author's popular physiological treatise, first published in 1801 and subsequently translated into many languages and editions. Based on the author's public lectures, this work established a...... More
Patavia: Paul Frambotti, 1639. 4to. [xxxii], 197, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 4 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary calf; minor spotting throughout. Inscribed by the author on title. First edition of Rode's acclaimed study on the nature of the fibula and other forms of surgical sutures used by the ancients. This..... More
Wurzburg: K. Hof, 1895-96. 8vo. 10, [2], including final blank; 9 pp., plus 3 pages publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITIONS. Original printed wrappers. First edition (fourth issue of the first paper, with the two additional pages; see Klickstein) of the first published reports on the sensational discovery of X-rays -- a...... More
Wurzburg: K. Hof, 1895-96. 8vo. 10, [2], including final blank; 9 pp., plus 3 pages publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITIONS. Original printed wrappers, with the ownership signature of Dr. H. Michaelis (?) on front wrapper. Preserved in a folding clamshell box. PMM, 380. First edition of the first published reports on..... More
Liverpool: J.McCreery for Cadell and Davis, 1798. 4to. 14, 67, [1], 12 pp. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH FROM THE ITALIAN. Engraved folding frontispiece portrait of Lorenzo de Medici. A fine copy in recent boards. First edition of Roscoe's translation. Roscoe (1753-1831), a charismatic figure, was a pioneer in the study..... More
Leiden: Theodor Haak, 1764. 8vo. [8], 338, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut decorations throughout. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine; interior with light browning. First edition of this outstanding treatise devoted to diseases incident to mariners. Rouppe (1729-80), naval physician and surgeon, describes the conditions, environmental and otherwise, in which mariners..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1855. 8vo. xiv, 403, [1] pp., plus 2 pages publisher's advertisements and 16-page publisher's catalogue dated February, 1855. FIRST EDITION. Original publisher's cloth, covers somewhat soiled, hinges loose; very minor foxing. First edition of Royle's valuable work on the fibrous plants of India, especially his..... More
Basel und Genf: H. Georg’s Verlagsbuchhandlung, 1864. Seven volumes (6 facsicles and text volume). 4to. viii, 63, [12] pp. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. With 82 unbound double-plate lithographs loose in the 6 facsicles. Text and facsicles in original printed wrappers, all contained in the original publisher's printed slipcase. Apart from..... More
Paris: Chez Barthelemy Girin, 1702. 8vo. [xlviii], 708, [4] pp. Third edition. With 6 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary calf, spine gilt in compartments. Bookplate of S. Kramer. Third edition (first printed in 1680) of a valuable illustrated treatise on anatomy and disease. This comprehensive work depicts the human body, detailing..... 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
Arrow Rock, [MO]: Published by the author, 1844. 12mo. xviii, [2], 216pp. FIRST EDITION. Wrappers; scattered browning, minor repairs on a few leaves. First edition. This work is not scarce, but it has a most interesting provenance and history, recorded in manuscript on the front flyleaf. The book apparently belonged..... More
Birmingham: Cornish Brothers Ltd., 1908. 8vo. 96, viii pp., including half-title and index. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s red cloth. An excellent, uncut and partially unopened presentation copy. First edition of the Lumleian lectures given at the Royal College of Physicians of London in 1908 by James Sawyer (1844-1919). Sawyer was in..... More
Paris: Chez Gabon, 1812. Folio. 15, [1] pp. First edition in French, atlas only. With 11 engraved plates and ten outline plates. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Scattered foxing and browning, paper repairs to first four leaves, mainly to inner margin. From the library of Richard Goolden, with his armorial bookplate..... More
St. Petersburg: A. Golovachov Press, 1866. 8vo. vi, [2], 503, [1], xii pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 folding engraved plate and numerous text illustrations. Original orange printed wrappers, spine slightly torn; interior occasional spotting, still a very good copy preserved in a folding clamshell box. First edition. Sechenov's theory of..... More
Berlin: August Hirschwald, 1863. 8vo. [iv], 51 pp. FIRST EDITION. Wrappers; a fine copy in folding case. First edition of this extraordinarily rare treatise on the reflexes of the brain, a pioneer work on cerebral reflex activity. According to Sechenov, higher brain function, including any so-called voluntary act, was basically..... More
Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1905. 8vo. [viii], 604 pp. FIRST EDITION. In the original printed wrappers, an uncut and unopened copy in the finest condition complete with frontispiece portrait of author. First edition of the collected writings of Semmelweis, one of the most important figures of nineteenth century medicine. "His discovery..... More
London: William and John Innys, 1727. 8vo. [xii], 281, [3] pp., including a listing of names of the Fellows of the College and a lengthy index. SECOND EDITION. With the publisher’s advertisements, but lacking both blank leaves. Contemporary calf, expertly rebacked; interior excellent. From the library of N. Bruce, with..... More
Erlangen & Stuttgart: Ferdinand Enke, 1871 & 1876. Two volumes in one 8vo. viii, 89, [1]; x, 314, [2] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 9 lithographed plates (2 chromolithographs); wood engraved text illustrations. Half morocco over marbled boards; front blank leaf lacking, large library label on first paste-down, paper is brittle..... More
Edinburgh: Sutherland and Knox; London: Samuel Highley, 1847. 8vo. 24 pp. FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT, SECOND EDITION (POSTMARKED A FEW DAYS LATER THAN THE FIRST. Unbound as issued. Title and last 4 leaves detached with trace of thread remaining. Upper blank corner of last leaf torn away and occasional slight soiling. Presentation..... More
New York: Greenberg, [1932]. 8vo. xiv, 253 pp. Translated from the German. Publisher’s green cloth. An excellent copy. First English translation from the German. More
Frankfurt: Varentrapp und Wenner, 1806. Folio. vii, [1], 7, [1], II, 6 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 4 engraved plates (2 in outline). Modern paper covered boards. First edition of the author's principal work on the special sense organs which contains concise and accurate descriptions of the tongue and the male..... More
Frankfurt: Varrentrapp und Wenner, 1806. Folio (408 x 282 mm). x, 36 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 5 engraved plates (4 duplicates in outline) by G. Rücker and J. C. Eckardt after drawings by C. Köck. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards. A fine uncut copy. First edition of a magnificent anatomical study..... More
Frankfurt: Varrentrapp und Wenner, 1797. 8vo. 52 pp. Original boards. A bookplate has been removed, but with the contemporary signature of Xaver Rusconi and a few pencil annotations on title. A commentary on three notable ophthalmologists' works concerning the responsibilities of helping preserve eyesight by Soemmerring (1755-1830), best remembered for..... More
London, Paris, New York & Melbourne: Cassel & Company, Limited, 1886. 8vo. xxx, [ii], 412 pp. plus 8 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. With colored frontispiece plus 5 additional plates. Brown publisher’s cloth; front flyleaf nearly detached, otherwise a very nice copy, uncut. Bookplate of the Yale University Library of..... More
Halle: Johann Jacob Gebauer, 1800-1803. 5 vols. 8vo. xii, 688; vi, 714; viii, 632; x, 564; [2], viii, 678 pp. Engraved frontispiece in vos. I & II, frontispiece portraits of Harvey and Hoffman in vos. IV & V. Uniformly bound in contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, gilt-decorated spines. Second edition..... More
