Paris: de l’Imprimerie Royale, 1731. . 4to. [vi], xli, [3], 366 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece plus 8 folding engraved plates showing mortars, rockets, explosive charges, fireworks, etc., text tables. Contemporary calf, gilt paneled spine, rebacked, spine label; a wonderful copy with a “presented by” signature of Lt. Col. T. Sutton..... More
Albany: E. and E. Hosford for E.F. Backus, 1814. Half-sheet 8vo. Vol I: 1/4, 2/2, 3-30/4, 31/2; xii, 17-244 pp. Vol II: 1/2, 2-43/4 and 3 double-page and 1 folding etched plate; [iii], 8-332, [. FIRST ALBANY EDITION. Contemporary brown calf (worn but sound), gilt red morocco title label. Internally..... More
London: Pickering, 1833. 8vo. xvi, 314 pp. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Without the half-title. Text illustrations after drawings by the author. Contemporary half-calf over marbled boards. Small book-label of E.L. Kepner on verso of fly-leaf and contemporary ownership signatures on title and above "Notice." First edition, second issue. In this..... More
London: William Pickering, 1834. 8vo. xvi, 348 pp. Text illustrations. SECOND EDITION. Text illustrations after drawings by the author. Contemporary half-sheep over pebbled cloth, worn, spine stained; small marginal stain toward the back of the book, otherwise interior fine. Ownership inscription of Ediom Himt, dated 1864 on front flyleaf. Second..... More
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme . . . and T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810. 4to. [iii]-xiv, 138, [2] pp. THIRD EDITION. With 32 engraved plates including 4 outline plates, 2 text engravings. Quarter calf over marbled boards. The plates are very sharp even though the interior..... More
Cambridge: University Press, 1934-48. Six volumes. 4to. [iv], 1-68; [iv], 69-140; [iv], 141-282; [iv], 283-342; [iv], 343-410; viii, 411-420 pp. (continuous pagination). FIRST EDITION. With 61 plates (1 folding), 14 photographs, and numerous text illustrations. Last volume contains the contents and index, other sections include lengthy bibliographies. Original printed wrappers..... More
Paris, G.F. Quillau for Estienne, Lottin, Chaubert, Simon, and Alix, 1729. 12mo. [iv], 709, [3] pp. FIRST BELLENGER EDITION. Contemporary blind-ruled mottled calf (front joint cracked but holding, crown of spine damaged), gilt spine and red morocco title label, red edges. Title a little browned but otherwise a clean copy..... More
London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1878. Folio. 226 pp. Second edition. With 51 drawings on wood and 6 etchings by Léopold Flameng. Original publishers decorated cloth, rebacked and recornered in morocco, a.e.g.; interior excellent. First edition published in England; it appears the first edition in English was printed in Philadelphia..... More
New York: The Heritage Press, 1948. 4to. xvi, ii, 454 pp. Original publisher’s cloth, preserved in the original box. Interior excellent. More
London: London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825. Two volumes. 8vo. xix, [i], 367 pp; vii, [i], 465, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Elizabeth in Volume 1 signed by W. Bonds after Mich. Joh. Mireveldio. Half-calf and marbled boards bound by T. Mellard, joints loose..... More
London: Ward, Lock & Co., 1931. 4to. vii, [i], 195 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 242 illustrations, many in color. Publisher’s red cloth with black decoration on front cover, with dust jacket (torn in a number of places and missing the top of the front); interior very good. First edition of..... More
London: Hunt and Clarke, 1827. 8vo. xii, 287 pp. FIRST EDITION. Publisher’s cloth, author and title in gilt on spine; a very good copy. More
New York: Random House, 1996. Large 4to. 360 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 290 plates, 4 photographic illustrations and a reproduction of a Francis Bacon painting. Publisher’s black cloth, preserved in the publisher’s slipcase with a paper color illustration pasted onto the back. Like brand new, never opened. More
Paris: Bailliere, 1878. 8vo. 440, [1] pp. Text figures. Original cloth-backed boards; other than minor spotting, a very good copy. First edition of a series of Bernard’s essays, published posthumously. These essays were “chiefly devoted to the restatement of his views on determinism, with, however, and increasing emphasis, as time..... More
Paris: Bailliere, 1877. 8vo. viii, 576 pp. FIRST EDITION. Wood-engraved text illustrations. Contemporary morocco-backed marbled boards; marbled paste-down and fly-leaves, some underlining, an excellent copy. First edition. “Bernard showed that in diabetes there is primarily glycemia followed by glycosuria” (G&M). He here first revealed that one of the primary signs..... More
Paris: J B Baillière et Fils, 1857. 8vo. vii, [i], 488 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 32 text illustrations. Contemporary blue quarter roan and marbled boards, rubbed; interior excellent. First edition of a series of lectures on the effects of toxins and their use as medical agents, more specifically carbon monoxide..... More
Paris: Bachelier, 1856. 4to. [vi], 563 pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION. With 9 lithographed plates (3 colored, 2 folding). Complete volume with 23 additional hand-coloured plates. Uncut in the original wrappers. First edition of Bernard's most important contributions to scientific medicine. This monograph was the culmination of a series of..... More
Paris: Bachelier, 1856. 4to. pp. 379-563. FIRST EDITION. With 9 plates, the first 4 drawn by Bernard; plates 5 through 9 beautifully hand-coloured. Morocco-backed marbled boards. Minor foxing as usual, otherwise an excellent copy. First edition of Bernard's most important contributions to scientific medicine. This monograph was the culmination of..... More
Basel: Thurnheysen, 1713. 4to. [iv], 306, 35, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION. With 2 folding charts, 1 folding plate and errata. Contemporary paper over thin boards, marbled paper spine; an excellent uncut copy with wide margins, library stamp on title and some minor browning. More
London: Thomas Tegg, Simpkin & Marshall, Griffin & Co., and J. Cumming, 1824. Two volumes. 8vo. xxviii, 408 ; viii, 453, [2] pp. SECOND EDITION IN ENGLISH. With 9 engravings (4 folding) signed J. Shury. Quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine; other than some minor foxing to..... More
Amsterdam: Cornelius Nicolai, 1606. Five parts in one. oblong 8vo. [xvi], 679, [9] pp. THIRD EDITION. Allegorical engraved title and 174 engraved maps. Contemporary vellum, ties present; old light dampstain extending from upper margin affecting a number of leaves. Significant early annotations to numerous leaves and rear endpapers. 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
New York: M’Elrath, Bangs & Co., 1833. 8vo. 147 pp., plus 6 pages publisher’s advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Red cloth, a bit faded; minor foxing and spotting. First edition of this collection of poems, dedicated to Washington Irving. The author states in the preface: “These effusions are the fruit of leisure..... More
London: Robert Barker, 1611. Folio. A-B4 C6 D4 ²A-²C6 chi² A-5C6; ²A-²2A6. 752 leaves. (A3 bound backwards). Title page, the 2 leaves of the engraved map, and the final 2 leaves in excellent facsimile. Additional title page from a later edition bound in behind the facsimile. Gothic and Roman types..... More
London: Excudebat Henricus Middletonus, 1580. Four parts in one. 4to. [xvi], 219, [1]; 299, [1]; 251, [1]; 390 pp. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut title vignette, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Later tree calf in a contemporary style, spine with raised bands and “Biblia Sacra” in gilt; very narrow strip cut away..... More
