Leipzig & Wein: Franz Deuticke, 1894. 8vo. [iv], 197 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 7 text illustrations. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, in excellent condition. From the collection of Georg Theodor Ziehen (1862-1950), German neurologist and psychiatrist, head physician at the psychiatric clinic in Jena, and well known for the famous Ziehen-Oppenheim..... More
London: William Pamplin, 1849. 4to. 48 pp. Two title pages (1 edited by T.S. Ralph, 1849, and 1 facsimile of the original Tho. Cotes, 1632). With 1 leaf of plates. Contemporary half-vellum over marbled boards; an excellent copy from the library of Jerry Stannard. This special Latin edition is here..... More
Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1652. 12mo. [xxx], 752 pp. Third edition. Complete with the two title pages (one the famous engraved frontispiece). Early pigskin; a superb copy. More
Halle: Orphanotrophei, 1735; 1723. 2 vols. in 1. 4to. [vi], 534, [54]; [iv], 112 pp. FIRST EDITIONS. Titles in red and black with oval vignettes; a few decorative head- and tailpieces. Contemporary (?) pasteboards, interior paper lightly stained. From the library of Fr. Xav. de Hieber with his dated (1773)..... More
Zurich: Rascher & Cie, 1921. 8vo. 708 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed gray wrappers; an excellent uncut copy. First edition of Jung's most important work. "His list of psychological types is one of the most ambitious that has been proposed . . . The psychological types, in which he expounds..... 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
Konisberg & Leipzig: Hartung; Martini, 1748-1752. 3 works bound together. 8vo. [iv], 145, [15]; [vi], 356, [16], 283, [21] pp. Separate titles in red and black, each with engraved allegorical frontispiece. Modern half-morocco over marbled boards, browning throughout. Sammelband of three highly regarded works by Keil, professor of medicine and..... More
Palo Alto: Stanford University, 1896. Two works in one. 8vo. [iv], [31]-168; [431]-552 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 14 plates in the first work and 14 plates in the second, each containing numerous figures. Original publisher’s cloth; excellent condition. More
London: John Murray, 1789; 1792; 1810. 3 vols in 5. Large 4to. [iv], iv, [xxviii], 281; xii, 238; [vi], [239]-444; xii, 252; [vi]-253-437, [13] pp. (some mispagination in Volume I). First English edition of Vols. I and II, re-issue of Vol. III, including the 3 plates by William Blake. Complete..... More
New York: Thomas Seltzer, 1921. 8vo. 120 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed boards. First edition, published two years prior to the English edition. Although Lawrence was a novelist, he wrote a couple of books on psychology. The present is one of his most important on the subject. 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
Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1548. Two volumes in one. 4to. [lxiv], 756; 128, [8] pp. FIRST VALGRISI EDITION, SECOND OVERALL EDITION. Each work with Valgrisi's allegorical woodcut serpent title page, woodcut historiated initials. With the occasional marginalia. Contemporary stiff vellum, early rebacking with hand printed title. An excellent copy with the..... More
