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London: J. Nourse, 1765. 8vo. viii, [iv], 692 pp., including index. Second edition. Full calf, covers slightly worn; occasional browning, still a very nice copy from the library of Jerry Stannard. More
London: J. Nourse, 1765. 8vo. viii, [iv], 692 pp., including index. Second edition. Full calf, covers slightly worn; occasional browning, still a very nice copy from the library of Jerry Stannard. 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
London: Taylor and Walton, 1848. 8vo. xvi, 109, [1] pp., plus [2], 16 pages of publisher's advertisements. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. With half-title and text woodcuts. Original cloth, rebacked with the original backstrip laid down, covers rubbed and corners worn. From the library of Franz Sondheimer with his bookplate; an early..... More
Philadelphia: Carr & Smith, 1801. 4to. [vi], 53, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 1 plate (trimmed) depicting a steam cabinet. Disbound. First edition describing the physical effects that bathing has on the body. He discusses warm, hot or tepid baths as therapeutics in the treatment of diseases as diverse as..... More
London: Jonathan Cape Ltd, [1925]. 8vo. [ii], 276 pp. FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION. Frontispiece and 7 plates. Original publisher’s cloth; endpapers browned, some very light scattered interior spotting. Ownership inscription to front fly-leaf. First edition, second impression. This is the author’s second book of essays on the health, diseases and..... More
London: Jonathan Cape Limited, [1928]. 8vo. 255 pp. Frontispiece and 3 plates. Original blue publisher’s cloth; preliminaries and last few pages lightly spotted. Ninth impression of the author’s first collection of medico-historical essays. Covers the medical backgrounds and their historical impact of such figures as Mr. & Mrs. Pepys, Jeanne..... More
New York: The Sun Dial Press, [1940]. 8vo. iii-xx, [ii], 11-260, [4], 17-291, [3] pp., including 3 half-titles, 2 prefaces, and a 2-page glossary. Red publisher’s cloth, top panel and inner flaps of dust-jacket laid-in; uncut. Ownership inscription to fly-leaf. Later edition. Some of the people covered are Anne Boleyn..... More
Paris: Lecaplain, 1841. Two volumes in one. 8vo. [iv], 346; [iv], 364 pp. SECOND EDITION. Bound in cloth, title in gilt on spine, spine quite faded; interior lightly spotted, still a very good copy. Second edition of Magendie’s classic work, containing his many discoveries in experimental physiology, a number of..... More
Washington, D.C. Charles Magnus, 1862. 14 x 22”. Edges chipped and portions of corners torn away, spotting over image, 2 tears (4 and 6 inches, respectively), repaired, affecting image. Matted. More
Washington, D.C. Charles Magnus, 1864. 14 x 22”. Corners chipped and portions torn away, a one inch edge of right margin over halfway up from the bottom torn away, approximate 2 inch stain in lower left portion of image. Matted. More
Paris: Ponthieu et Cie, Libraires, Palais-Royal, Décembre 1826. 8vo. xi, [iii], 416 pp. With 4 portraits. Full marbled calf, re-backed, covers with gilt floral border, front cover a bit rubbed. Bookplate for Henry William Shaw. This annual publication lists detailed obituaries for "remarkable" men who had died during the previous..... More
[Paris]: Andreas-Josephus, 1721. 4to. 8 pp. ONLY EDITION. Disbound. Heavy contemporary annotations. Only edition of this unrecorded dissertation by Maloet (1684-1742), an esteemed doctor who published on a variety of subjects during his lifetime. Maloet maintained that "life spirit" is housed in the blood. He describes how the blood's chemical..... More
January 23, 1813. 1 leaf. Written on both sides. "United States to Henry S. Waterhouse, Physician, Dr. For attending upon the sick soldiers belonging to the 9th Regiment of New York Detached Militia stationed at the French Mills County of Franklin, from the 1st day of December, 1812 to the..... More
Boston: John Eliot, 1812. 8vo. 20 pp. FIRST EDITION. Disbound. Some light soiling to first and last pages, paper slightly age toned. First edition. "Some apology is necessary for the appearance of this letter in print. It was not originally intended for publication; but having been thought by some of..... 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
Paris: Libraire de Victor Masson, 1857-79. 14 vols. 8vo. Nearly 8200 pages, including indexes and a publisher's catalogue. ONLY EDITION. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards, some wear. Title and half-title to Vol. 14 bound at back. Only edition of the collection of lectures given by the great naturalist Henri Milne-Edwards..... More
Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1888. 4to. [ii], 177 pp. THIRD EDITION. Original publisher's cloth. Presentation inscription on the fly-leaf: "Nancy Gilpin with the regards of her friend Weir Mitchell." First edition of a collection of essays dealing WITH patient care and the relationship between doctor and patient, many of which are..... More
Leipzig: Grossi. 1674. 8vo. [12], 140, [22] pp. FIRST EDITION. With errata, plus 4 plates (3 folding). Recent full calf in a contemporary style; fore-margin of title and errata leaf repaired. An uncut copy. First edition of this important work on scurvygrass by the great German physician, Moellenbrock (fl. 1650)..... More
Venice: Remondini, 1761. 2 vols. in 1. Folio. [viii], ix-xcvi, [ii], 3-298, [2]; [ii], 3-452 pp. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE. Separate titles to each volume; first title in red and black. Frontispiece portrait by Jean Renard (i.e. Giovanni Volpato, 1733-1803), engraved title vignettes. Two contemporary signatures on first blank, the..... More
New York: E. Sargeant, 1811. 8vo. pp. [ii], 297-408. Original printed top wrapper. Uncut. Austin, 1347. First edition. Mott (1785-1865) was a professor of surgery at Columbia, where he graduated, and was on the founding faculty of the university medical college of New York, now New York University School of..... More
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1887. 12mo. [viii], 262 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original blue publisher’s cloth, spine a bit worn; preliminaries and last few leaves lightly foxed. Ownership inscription to title. First edition of this collection of lectures and papers. Titles include Art and science in medicine; The..... More
Cambridge: At the University Press, 1937. 8vo. [iv], 109, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION, SECOND PRINTING. Original publisher’s cloth, in original dust-jacket, lightly soiled. Inscription to fly-leaf. From the library of Ralph Hermon Major, with his bookplate. First edition, second printing of this book based on Moynihan’s lecture on physicians who..... More
Leipzig: Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, 1924. 8vo. [iv]ff. 400, [4] pp. 9 portraits, 2 text illustrations and facsimile letter. Original printed wrappers, detached but in excellent condition. Uncut copy in slipcase. More
Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1844-59. 5 vol. 8vo. 4], iii, [1], 835, [5]; [4], 806; [4], 516; [6], 536; [4], 1012 pp., including publisher's advertisements and index. FIRST EDITION. A very nice set uniformly bound in contemporary French calf-backed marbled boards, small tear to cover of second volume. First edition of..... More
Giessae: Ex Officina Bravniana, 1767. 4to. 48 pp. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. With 1 folding engraved plate, engraved vignettes, initials and headpieces. An uncut copy in boards. First and only edition. Neubauer (1742-1777) gives a thorough account of the generative male organ citing opinions and works by authors from Vesalius..... More