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
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An essay on the use of atropa belladonna, or Solanum Lethale, and the Solanum Hortense; with practical Observations on their Effects in the Cure of Scirrus, Cancer, Stricture, and various other Complaints.
London: Callow & Wilson, 1826. Lacking lower wrapper, soiled and chpped, lib stamp to title, pages uncut. More
The first comparative manual of comparative anatomy
Anatome animalium, terrestrium variorum, volatilium, aquatilium, serpentum, infectorum, ovorumque, structuram naturalem.
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
De generis humani varietate nativa liber. Editio altera longe auctior et emendatior.
Göttingen: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 1781. 8vo (203 x 125 mm), [6], 128 pp., including 2 engraved folding plates bound at the end. Modern papercard boards. Edges untrimmed. Internally browned, with some spotting and soiling mainly to margins. Provenance: Royal College of Surgeans in Ireland (ink stamp to title-page). Good copy..... More
By the founder of craniology
Decas collectionis suae craniorum diversarum gentium illustrata - [prima - sexta, nova pentas].
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
Zwo Abhandlungen über die Nutritionskraft welche von der Kayserlichen Academie der Wissenschaften in St. Petersburg den Preis getheilt erhalten haben. Die erste von Herrn Hofrath Blumenbach, die zwote von Herrn Prof. Born. Nebst einer fernern Erläuterung eben derselben Materie, von C. F. Wolff.
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
The History of Salt: With Observations on Its Geographical Distribution, Geological Formation and Medicinal and Dietetic Properties.
London: Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1881. Original publishers cloth, 95 pp, 31 pp. of publishers ads. More
Elements of Chemistry; being, The Annual Lectures . . . translated from the Original Latin by Timothy Dallowe, M.D.
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
[Physiologike], seu Oeconomia Animalis.
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
Circulus anatomico-physiologicus seu oeconomia corporis animalis hoc est cogitata functionum animalium potissimarum formalitatem et causas concernentia. Accesserunt Dissertationes physiologicae.
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
Atomernes Bygning og Stoffernes fysiske og kemiske Egenskaber / Om Atomernes Bygning [The Structure of the Atom].
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
"The peak of development achieved in the modern kinetic theory of gases"
Vorlesungen über Gastheorie / Vorlesungen über die Principe der Mechanik / Vorlesungen über Maxwells Theorie der Elektricität und des Lichtes.
Leipzig: Ambrosius Barth, 1898. Fine collection of Boltzmann's most important lectures in appealing uniform binding, here in first and second editions: I. Vorlesungen über Gastheorie, 1. Theil, 1910, 204 pp. (2nd edition), II. Vorlesungen über Gastheorie, 2. Theil, 1898, 265 pp. (first edition); III. Vorlesungen über die Principe der Mechanik..... More
Vorlesungen über Gastheorie. Two parts in one volume.
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
Medicina septentrionalis collatitia, sive rei medicae, nuperis annis a Medicis Anglis, Germanis & Daniss emissae, sylloge & syntalis.
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
Applying the laws of physics and mechanics to the animal body
De motu animalium. Opus posthumum.
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
Elementa conica Apollonii Paergei et Archimedis opera nova & breviori methodo demonstrata.
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
Lise Meitner's Copy
Der Aufbau der Materie. Drei Aufsätze über moderne Atomistik und Elektronentheorie.
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
The famous “Three Man” paper
Zur Quantenmechanik II.
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
De lumine dissertatio physica quam in seminario Romano. . . / Synopsis physicae generalis. . . / De meteoris a naturali electricismo pendentibus dissertatio physica. . . / De naturali electricismo ejusque ad auroram borealem applicatione dissertatio physica. . . / De lentibus et telescopiis dioptricis dissertatio. .
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
Fundamental work in the history of scientific thought and precursor of modern atomic theory
Theoria philosophiae naturalis redacta ad unicam legem virium in natura existentium. Editio Veneta prima ipso auctore praesente, et corrigente.
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
L'Anatomie nécessaire pour l'usage du dessin.
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
Recherches sur l'influence de l'air dans le développement, le caractère et le traitement des maladies. .
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
Essai d'optique sur la gradation de la lumière.
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
Dissertation sur la dysenterie; Présentée et soutenue à la Faculté de Médecine de Paris, le 10 juillet 1812. .
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
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 / Le cours de mathematique, representé par figures & clairement expliqué, avec quantité de connoissances & pratiques nouvelles. Le tout en faveur de la noblesse (etc.).
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