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
Vienna & Leipzig: Hugo Heller, 1911. 8vo. [ii], 97 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, rebacked with original spine laid down. First edition of an interesting series of lectures on the philosophy and history of medicine. The topics include the current state of medical knowledge relating to the role of..... More
Marseille: 1740. Folio. 335 x 220 mm. [vi], [2 bl] pp. Manuscript in brown ink on paper in one neat cursive hand, 26 lines to a full page. The four full sheets are folded into one quire and gathered by two green silk ties. Ownership inscription on the verso of..... More
Geneva: Gabriel de Tournes, 1723. 3 works in 1. [48], 840, [24]; [8], 88; [14], 170 pp. Each has separate title page, the first in red & black; frontispiece portrait of Sydenham, engraved vignettes, initials, head- and tailpieces. Modern full calf with old (original) backstrip laid down. An exceptionally clean..... More
Venice: Ex Typographia Hertziana, 1736. Folio (340 x 245 mm). [xxviii] (including half-title), 660, [34] pp. Title in red and black. With woodcut initials and ornamental head- and tailpieces. Vellum-backed marbled boards; leaves slightly browned due to paper stock. An excellent copy. Later edition of the author's collected works, first..... More
Kyoto: [n.p.], 1789-90. 3 vols. Approximately 300 double pages, including nearly 150 woodblock illustrations. Original wrappers with printed labels; interior with minor browning and occasional wormholes, otherwise a fine and complete copy preserved in a folding box. More
Philadelphia: [np], 1914. 8vo. 155 pp. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece. Purple cloth, silver lettering to upper cover and spine; top edges silver, others uncut. From the library of Alfred Heacock Whittaker, with his bookplate. First edition of this tribute to Weir Mitchell at a special meeting of the College of Physicians..... More
London: Longmans, Green, 1881. 8vo. xix, [i], 338 pp., plus 2 pages publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Original plum cloth, worn, hinges starting; other than some soiling to first few leaves, interior clean, uncut. First edition of this significant medical commentary on bacteriology, especially concerning surgical practices. Tyndall (1820-93) discusses the..... More
Padua: Nella stamperia del Seminario, 1710. Two works in one. 4to. [xvi], 51, [1]; [xii], 160 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. Each work with separate title. With 14 folding plates (10 in the first volume, 4 in the second volume). Contemporary vellum in fine condition; from the library of Antonio Pacchioni (1665-1726)..... More
Amsterdam: C.G. van der Post, 1859. 4to. [2], 77, [3] pp., including errata and contents. With 3 engraved plates. Original printed wrappers, taped (front becoming detached). Unopened. Ownership inscription dated 1859 on cover. An informative, illustrated study of the potto. The potto, also known as Bosman’s potto (after its discoverer)..... More
Berlin: A. Hirschwald, 1865. 8vo. 112 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers; an excellent copy. First edition of the famous eulogy by Virchow, summing up his great teacher's scientific abilities. Schönlein himself wrote very little; however, under his influence, Virchow became exposed to the experimental laboratory, and to physical diagnostic..... More
New York: T. & J. Swords, printers to. . . Columbia College, 1802. 8vo. 53, [3] (blanks) pp. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Disbound. First and only edition of this early American dissertation submitted to the trustees of Columbia College, in the state of New York, for the degree of Doctor..... More
Boston: William D. Ticknor & Co., 1848. 12mo. [ii], v, [111], 100 pp., plus 4 pages of publihser's advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Modern morocco, new endpapers; dedication leaf detached and title page crudely repaired. Ownership signatures on fly-leaf. FIRST USE OF ANAESTHESIA IN MAJOR SURGERY. First edition. Warren records here the..... More
Paris: Baudry’s European Library, 1835. Two volumes. 8vo. viii, [ii], 442; [iv], 402 pp. (offered with) Passages from the diary of a physician. Second series. Paris: A. and W. Galignani and Co., 1838. Calf-backed marbled boards, boards and spine a bit rubbed; both volumes foxed and stained. Small embossed German..... More
New York: Rebman Co., 1911. 4to. [ii], 175, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With 16 coloured illustrations (3 double-page and 1 folding) and 15 text figures. Original cloth, red spine label, frayed at head and foot of spine; covers toned, still an excellent copy. First edition in English describing..... More
Vienna: Anton von Haykul, 1828. 8vo. xxxii, 484 pp. With 5 full page plates (4 coloured) and a folding plate of instruments. Modern cloth-backed boards; some light spotting, library stamp. The present book is the author's most famous. It has been corrected and improved from the original printing of 1822..... More
Paris: A. Poinat, 1928. 8vo. 16 pp. FIRST EDITION. Including 3 tables. Original printed wrappers. Dampstain in lower margins, but a good copy. First edition of this early study on the application of X-rays and radium therapy for treating lung cancer. Wickham, a physician at the Anti-Cancer Center of Paris..... More
Paris: A. Poinat, 1928. 8vo. 16 pp. FIRST EDITION. Including 3 tables. Original printed wrappers. Dampstain in lower margins, but a good copy. First edition of this early study on the application of X-rays and radium therapy for treating lung cancer. Wickham, a physician at the Anti-Cancer Center of Paris..... More
Springfield: Charles C. Thomas, 1938. 8vo. 142, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 116 text illustrations, some full-page and some in color. Original cloth, front part of dust jacket only. First edition of this exemplary work on arteriosclerosis. The illustrations are quite graphic in their explanation of the medical condition. An..... More
New York: Scientific American, Aug. 14, 1897. Folio. pp. [18023]-18038. FIRST EDITION. Newspaper format. With 5 large plates as listed below: 1. Transportation of the packing case containing the balloon, June 14, 1897 2. Inspection of the balloon, July 2, 1897 3. The balloon house in Virgo Bay, Danes Island (gun boat Svensksund) 4..... More
