Berlin: F.A. Herbig, 1832. 8vo. vi, 102 pp., plus 4 pages publisher's ads. FIRST EDITION. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Foxing throughout due to quality of paper. First edition. Hecker (1795-1850), celebrated epidemiologist and historian of medicine, was professor of medical history at the Friedrich Wilhelms Universitat. Der schwarze Tod was... More about Der schwarze Tod in Vierzehnten Jahrhunder
London: [n.p.], 1845. 8vo. 2 leaves. FIRST AND ONLY EDITION. Unbound, in a protective wrapper. First and only edition of this very scarce article by Huxley, in which he identifies "Huxley's layer" and "membrane" of the root sheath of hair follicles. G&M, 412. More about "On a hitherto undescribed structure in the human hair sheath." In London Medical...
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 about Essays on physiognomy, designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind
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 about Chimie organique appliquée a la physiologie animale et a la pathologie
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 about De sedibus, et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis libri quinque
Venice: Remondini, 1761. 2 vols. in 1. Folio. [viii], ix-xcvi, [ii], 3-298, [2]; [ii], 3-452 pp. FIRST EDITION, SECOND ISSUE. Separate titles to each volume. Frontispiece portrait by Jean Renard (i.e. Giovanni Volpato, 1733-1803), engraved title vignettes. Contemporary annotation on first blank more extensive annotations (possibly notes dealing with medical... More about De sedibus, et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis libri quinque
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 about Elemens de pathologie chirurgicale
New Haven: Yale University Press, 1921. 8vo. xiv, [2], 243, [1] pp. Original cloth. More about The evolution of modern medicine
Berlin: Reimer, 1838. 4to. vi, 41, [1] pp. Complete with errata and 2 full-page engraved plates. FIRST EDITION. Quarter-morocco on marbled boards; occasional interior spotting, lower blank fore-edge sporadically browned, otherwise an excellent copy. First edition. In this famous monograph, Remak describes his findings on the histological structure of the... More about Observationes anatomicae et microscopicae de systematis nervosi structura
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 about Crania Helvetica
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 about Semmelweis' gesammelte werke herausgegeben und zum theil aus dem ungarischen übersetzt von Dr....
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 about Chirurgie der Nieren
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 about Abbildungen der menschlichen organe
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 about Abbildungen des menschlichen Hoerorganes
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 about Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde
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 about Essays on the floating-matter of the air in relation to putrefaction and infection
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 about The treatment of syphilis with salvarsan, introduction by Paul Ehrlich
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1814. 8vo. [iv], 146 pp. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary boards, rebacked; an uncut copy, with a presentation inscription from the author to James Johnston, Esq. on the title. First edition of this classic of meteorology, for which Wells was awarded the Rumford Medal of the Royal Society... More about An essay on dew, and several appearences connected with it
