On the action, use and value of oxygen in the treatment of various diseases otherwise incurable or very intractable.
London: John Churchill & Sons, 1868. Original publishers cloth, spine gilt, library stamp to title. More
London: John Churchill & Sons, 1868. Original publishers cloth, spine gilt, library stamp to title. More
Amsterdam: Johannes van Someren, 1681. 4to (260x210 mm), [8] 1-494 [2] pp., engraved title by Jan Luyken, 5 engraved plates and 60 engraved full-page text illustrations, library stamps, contemporary ink notes to front endpapers, waterstaining to upper edge, title page ruled in red, browning and soiling, p.135 with tear to..... More
Göttingen: Apud Joann. Christ. Dieterich, 1790. 1790-1828. 7 parts bound in 1 volume. 4to (237 x 198 mm). pp. 30, pl. I-X; pp. 14 [1], pl. XI-XX; pp. 16, pl. XX1-XXX; pp. 16, pl. XXXI-XL; pp. 20, pl. XLI-L; pp. 19 [1], pl. LI-LX; pp. 11 [1], pl. LXI-LXV. Each..... More
St. Petersburg: Kayserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1789. 4to (295 x 220 mm). 63 [1]; 94 pp. Signatures: A-H4; A-L4 M-N2 (-N2, presumed blank), 79 of 80 leaves, lacking the engraved plate to Blumenbach's text. Text block untrimmed and partially unopened. Early 19th-century blue paper covered boards (old rebacking, head of..... More
London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1881. Original publishers cloth, 95 pp, 31 pp. of publishers ads. More
London: for J. and J. Pemberton, J. Clarke, A. Millar and J. Gray, 1735. 4to (258 x 190 mm). ix, [2], 528, [8]; [8], 376, [16] pp. and 17 folding engraved plates. Fine 20th century three-quarter morocco by George Bayntun bindery of Bath. Internally clean and crisp. Upper blank margin..... More
London: Johannem Noon, 1741. 4to. (254 x 202 mm). xi, [1], 164 pp. Title with engraved vignette, 54 folding engraved plates, light water stains and spotting,occasional annotations, library stamps, library cloth, lower cover with small dampstain. ---
Garrison-Morton 581; Norman 255 (both citing the original edition); Lindeboom 64 (this edition).Rare..... More
Leipzig: Thomam Fritsch, 1710. 4to (230x179 mm). [6], 672, [16] pp., full-page engraved frontispiece of the author facing title. Contemporary half calf, worn and bumped. Pages untrimmed, content somewhat browned and foxed (frontispiece and title heavier). Provenance: Ex library Birmingham Medical Institute, with old inscription and shelf marks to inner..... More
Copenhagen: Jul. Gjellerups Forlag, 1922. I. Atomernes Bygning og Stoffernes fysiske og kemiske Egenskaber. Offprint from: Fysisk Tidsskrift, 19 (1921). Copenhagen: Jul. Gjellerup Forlag, 1922. 8vo (233x155 mm). [2], 70 pp. Original printed wrappers, ink name on upper cover, minor rubbing. Untrimmed. Some age-toning of text. Provenance: Burndy Library bookplate..... More
Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1896. 1896-1898, 8vo (211 x 137 mm). viii, 204; x, 265 [1] pp., including half-titles, woodcut devices to titles, diagrams in text. Contemporary three-quarter roan over marbled paper, spines with 4 raised bands and gilt-lettered label (rubbing of leather and extremities, paper over lower board scratched)..... More
Paris: Victor Masson, 1854. [1854-1866]. 4 parts bound in 4 volumes. 4to (266 x 198 mm). Each volume with letterpress half-title, title and index of illustrations bound at end of vols. I-III, and a total 257 color lithographed plates on 254 sheets (7 folding) and interleaved with letterpress explanatory text..... More
Geneva: Sumptibus Leonardi Chovet & Socij, 1684. 1684-1686. 2 parts in one volume. Folio (350 x 219 mm). [10], 882 (i.e. 872), [22]; [10], 1021 (i.e. 1023) [1], [22] pp. Half title, 2 titles printed in red and black each with engraved vignette, text printed in double column, headpieces and..... More
Rome: Ex Typographia Angeli Bernabò, 1680. De motu animalium. Opus posthumum. 2 volumes. Romae, Ex Typographia Angeli Bernabò, 1680-81. 4to (22.2x15.4cm). Vol. I, 1680: (xii), 376, (12) pp., 14 folding plates; Vol. II, 1681: (iv), 520 pp., 4 folding plates. Woodcut device on titles. The 4 plates in vol. 2..... More
Rome: apud Mascardum, 1679. 12mo (141x75 mm). [12], 283 [5] pp., including separate half title to Archimedes' Opera, final blank and 8 folding engraved plates at end. Contemporary limp vellum, a few leaves a little browned. Provenance: Bibliotheca Podolin (ink inscription to title). Good copy of a rare work printed..... More
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1920. 8vo (206 x 139 mm), [6], 81 [1] pp. Including 36 illustrations in text. Contemporar half cloth, gilt-lettered spine (extremities rubbed, corners bumped). Text littled browned, title-page browned a bit stronger at outer margins, occasional minor spotting. Provenance: Lise Meitner (her signature in pencil on title..... More
Berlin: Julius Springer, 1926. In: Zeitschrift für Physik. Vol. 35, pp. 557-615. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1926. 8vo (220 x 151 mm). Entire volume offered, viii, 954 pp. Contemporary half black library cloth with gilt-lettered spine (rebacked preserving the original spine), sprinkled edges. Text with very light age toning, but generally..... More
Rome: Antonii de Rubeis apud Pantheon in via Seminarii Romani, 1754. [BENVENUTI, Carlo]. I. De lumine dissertatio physica quam in seminario Romano ad disputandum proposuit d. Joseph Joachimus a Vereterra, et Agurto e marchionibus Castagnagae ejusdem seminarii convictor, atque academicus redivivus. Rome: Antonii de Rubeis apud Pantheon in via Seminarii..... More
Venice: Remondini, 1763. 4to (261 x 203 mm). xl, 311, [4] pp.; title printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, 4 folding copper plates. 3 bookplates on inner front cover. The 4 leaves (Rr) at end with the "Catalogus operum P. Rogerii Josephi Boscovich", errata on leave Rr4..... More
Paris: Chereau et Joubert, 1741. Large folio (513 x 330 mm). Engraved title, two leaves of engraved explanatory text, and 14 engraved plates of anatomical illustrations by Huquier after Bouchardon, numbered 2 to 15. Contemporary blue papercard boards (rubbed, extremities worn, spine and joints chipped). Internally little browned only, light..... More
Paris: Croullebois, 1813. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (201 x 125 mm), [2], viii, x, 11-163 [1]; [2], vi, 7-339 [1] pp., including half-title, general title and part titles. Bound in contemporary half calf, spine with gilt-lettered red morocco label and some gilt decoration, yellow-dyed edges (little soiling of..... More
Paris: Claude Jombert, 1729. 12mo (165 x 99 mm). [22], 164, [4] pp. 3 folding engraved plates, woodcut initials and headpieces, 2 leaves with errata and printer's advert. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine with 5 raised bands gilt in compartments and gilt-lettered red morocco label, red-dyed edges, marbled endpapers (extremities..... More
Paris: Impr. Didot jeune, 1812. 4to (252 x 195 mm). 17 [1] pp. Modern marbled paper wrappers and new endpapers, marbled edges. Text crisp and clean with only very minor occasional spotting.
Medical thesis no. 113 by the French physician David Boulanger. More
Paris: F. Pelican, 1645. L' Optique. Comprenant la cognoissance de l'oeil de la lumiere, et des couleurs. Quantité d'experiences touchant la veuë. Diuerses façons d'agir, ou d'eclairer, directament, par reflexion, ou par refraction. L'appareil contenant les fonctions des principales parties de l'oeil ... Les miroirs ardens, & leurs effects. Paris..... More
Paris: chez Briasson, 1742. Two parts in one volume, 4to (249 x 193 mm). xvi, [1] 2-163 [1]; [3] 4-91 [1] pp., title-page with large vignette, 60 folding engraved plates bound at end. Contemporary French calf, spine with 5 raised bands gilt in compartment and with red morocco label titled..... More
London: Printed by M. Flesher, for Richard Davis, 1685. Two parts in one volume. 8vo (170 x 108 mm). [8], 123 [1], [4]; [8], 95 [1] pp. Each part with separate title and pagination, first title with double-ruled border, including two final blank leaves L7-8 in first part. Signatures: A4..... More