Paris: Gulielmi Pele, 1646. Two works in one. 4to. [xii], 150, [25]; 39, [1] ff. Title in red and black, decorative woodcut on dedication, 3 full-page plates and 2 text illustrations. Nineteenth century boards, re-backed; interior is lightly toned throughout, with occasional spots and a small tear in the lower..... More
Berlin: A. Hirschwald, 1878. 8vo. x, 621, [1] pp. Contemporary leather-backed boards. A very good copy; some stains to endpapers. An early work by Baer on alcoholism. What distinguishes the book is the extensive use of statistical samples and an astonishing attention to all facets of the disease from its..... More
Leipzig: Georg Thieme, 1893. 8vo. vii, 208 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original printed wrappers, probably removed from old covers, fore-edges of the exterior insignificantly chipped; with the unidentified signature of G. Futteur. Preserved in a clamshell box. First edition of this classic paper. While working in the Koch Laboratory, Behring demonstrated..... More
London: Taylor and Francis, 1870. 4to. iv, pp. 111-48. FIRST EDITION. Presentation slip from the author to Rivett-Carnac with his best regards pasted onto the title page. With 4 full page drawings on heavier paper of each of the new species treated. Half-morocco over linen, boards faded; interior clean but..... More
Philadelphia: Lea Bros. 1898. 8vo. 587, [1] pp., plus 16 pp. of publisher's advertisements. FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black. Numerous text illustrations. Contemporary full calf, somewhat worn, labels on spine; interior fine. First edition. This text represents data from every available source, and includes an unbelievable amount of..... More
Philadelphia: For the Author, 1804. 8vo. 26 pp. FIRST EDITION. Original wrappers. Uncut and unopened. First edition. Dedicated to Dr. William Punell of Belfield, Virginia, and Benjamin Smith Barton. More
Boston: Houghton, Osgood and Company, 1878. 8vo. xxii, 315 pp. plus frontispiece. FIRST EDITION. Original rust-coloured publisher’s cloth with brown end-papers; a fine copy. First edition of Clarke’s (1820-77) final work, a study of hallucinations and visions, and their causes. It contains an interesting study of the effects of drugs..... More
Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute, 1792. 8vo. xix, [i], 254, [2] pp., including an advertisement for the manufacturers of troy weights, glass measures, and laudanum phials, a. Contemporary tree calf, joints worn and cracked; waterstain to top corner of first quire. From the library of Nicholas I. Quackenbos with his small..... More
New York: [n.p.], 1897. 8vo. [1], 234-299 pp. FIRST EDITION. With 8 full page plates. Original wrappers bearing Cushny's manuscript presentation in German as well as the eminent neurophysiologist R. Magnus's manuscript exlibris. A small section off the spine and library stamp on front cover. First edition. The present rare..... More
Paris: G. Masson, 1882. 8vo. [iv], 284 pp., including half-title. FIRST EDITION. With 12 plates and numerous text illustrations. Uncut in the original front wrapper, chipped, wrapper and first few leaves nearly detached; preliminary leaves somewhat spotted. First edition of the author's most important book. The work is divided into..... More
Paris; London: Petrum-Guillelmur Cavelier; A. Millar, 1771;1774; 1757. 3 works in 1. 4to. xi, [1], 191, [1]; xlvii, [i], 269; [ii], 99, [1] pp. FIRST EDITION OF BOOK I, FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION OF BOOK II, Later edition of book III. Contemporary tree calf, gilt spine, edges worn, marbled endpapers. From..... More
Avignon: Joannis Joesphi Chabrier, 1751. 8vo. [ii], 239, [1] pp. Ownership inscription on title; index in contemporary MS on final leaf. Contemporary calf. Second edition, first printed the prior year in Geneva. The author provides a complete discussion of some thirty external afflictions of the eyes, ears, nose and mouth..... More
Goshen: David M. Westcott, 1795. 16mo. [ii], ii, [ii], 130, [1] pp., including errata. Contemporary calf, rebacked. An excellent copy with the bookplate of the Springfield (Massachusetts) City Library stating that the book was given by Dr. George C. McClean, and the signature of William Sheldon on the paste-down. First..... More
Paris: Laurent D'Houry, 1703. 8vo. [iv], 24, 318, [26] pp. FIRST EDITION. With half-title and leaves of approbations. Full contemporary French calf, gilt fleurons on spine with raised bands. Corners rubbed and worn, lacking front free endpaper. Autographed by the author at the end of the dedication. First edition. The..... More
London: Car. Davis, 1743. 8vo. 12, 217, [15] pp., including index (the preface and contents are misbound in the index). Contemporary calf, worn, front joint cracked. Later edition of Burnet's abstract and commentaries on Hippocrates, first published in Edinburgh, 1685. Burnet (1635?-1715), the son of an eminent Scotch lawyer, studied..... 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
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
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
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
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
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
Rome: Pietro Ferri, 1734. 4to. [xxiv], 383, [1], [22] pp. FIRST EDITION. Fine large historiated engraved initial of two putti displaying a book to the dedicatory epistle. Lacking the engraved portrait of the dedicatee. Separate half-title to Dissertazione. Contemporary vellum boards, raised bands. Ownership inscription "Di Lodovico Mattoli di Folzgno"..... More
London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1855. 8vo. xiv, 403, [1] pp., plus 2 pages publisher's advertisements and 16-page publisher's catalogue dated February, 1855. FIRST EDITION. Original publisher's cloth, covers somewhat soiled, hinges loose; very minor foxing. First edition of Royle's valuable work on the fibrous plants of India, especially his..... More
Arrow Rock, [MO]: Published by the author, 1844. 12mo. xviii, [2], 216pp. FIRST EDITION. Wrappers; scattered browning, minor repairs on a few leaves. First edition. This work is not scarce, but it has a most interesting provenance and history, recorded in manuscript on the front flyleaf. The book apparently belonged..... 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
