London: Printed for James Allestry, 1667. Folio (299 x 198 mm). [36], 246, [10] pp., title with engraved arms of the Royal Society, imprimatur leaf before title, 38 engraved plates (30 folding of which 2 double-page and mounted on stub), woodcut head-pieces and initials, errata on final page verso. Signatures..... More
Paris: Guillaume Desprez, 1670. 12mo (152 x 86 mm). [82], 365 [1], [22] pp. Signatures: ã12 ē12 ī8 o8 u1 A-P12 Q4 R8 S2. With 'Approbation des Prelats' leaf, 2 leaves of privilege with errata on verso of second, and the table on content. Title with printer's monogram device, engraved..... More
Nürnberg: [Hieronymus Andreas Formschneider], 1525. Folio (281 x 203 mm). 89 (of 90) unnumbered leaves, lacking final blank Q4 only. Signatures: A-N6 O-Q4 (-Q4). Numerous woodcuts of geometrical diagrams and architectural renderings, two woodcuts on P4 verso and Q1 recto extended with pasted-in folding slips to demonstrate a point in..... More
Augsburg: Günther Zainer, 1472. Augsburg: Günther Zainer, [1472], but not after 5 June 1473. 76 unnumbered leaves. Collation: [a-g10 h6]. Bound with 8 other theological tracts printed by Zainer, 1472-1473, in identical format and layout. Foliation added in contemporary manuscript. 35 lines, gothic type, large, 3 to 6 line, opening..... More
Heidelberg: Gotthard Vögelin, 1609. Folio (388 x 250 mm). Work in five parts, each with separate half-title page, but continuous pagination and signatures. Text in Latin with small sections in Greek. [40], 337, [3] pp., folding letterpress table, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, approx. 300 woodcut diagrams in text, complete..... More
Venice: Francesco Senese, 1558. 4to (306 x 207 mm), [12], 347 [1] pp., including numerous woodcut diagrams (many full page), including a keyboard instrument, extensive type-set music (including pieces illustrating imitative counterpoint), and historiated 5- & 8-line initials, italic letter. Early 19th-century half vellum (soiled, spine darkened with short crack..... More
Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1648. Ortus medicinae. Id est, initia physicae inaudita. Progressus medicinae novus, in morborum ultionem, ad vitam longam. Edente authoris filio, F. M. van Helmont. Amsterdam: Elzevir, 1648. [36], 1-88, 87-158, 161-176, 175-382, 373-452, 457-800 pp. With engraved portraits of Helmont and his son on *4v and some woodcuts..... More
Lausanne: chez Marc-Michel Bousquet & Compagnie, 1754. L'Inoculation Justifiee, ou Dissertation Pratique et Apologetique sur cette Methode; avec un Essai sur la Mue de la Voix. Lausanne: chez Marc-Michel Bousquet & Compagnie, 1754. xviii, 179 [1] pp. Title with woodcut vignette, woodcut head- and tailpieces. [Bound with:] TISSOT, Samuel Auguste..... More
Leiden: Conrad Wishoff, 1738. 4to (236 x 178 mm). [16], 95 [1] pp., including engraved additional title, folding engraved plate, 7 woodcut text illustrations, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. All pages uncut. Contemporary three-quarter vellum and speckled paper boards, gilt-lettered spine label (cover soiled, extremities rubbed). Minor browning, some scattered..... More
London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1792. 8vo (214 x 135 mm). xix [1], 452 pp. Text block only slightly trimmed preserving several uncut edges. Near contemporary calf, spine with gilt-lettered label and some gilt decoration; boards, board edges and turn-ins tooled in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers (light rubbing of..... More
Wiesbaden: J. F. Bergmann, 1898. 8vo (237 x 165 mm). xii, 199 [1] pp. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt-lettered, marbled edges (minor rubbing to extremities). Minor age-toning, but generally crisp and clean. Provenance: Medizinisch-Klinisches Institut München (library ink stamps to front pastedown, half-title and foot of title);..... More
Berlin: Realschulbuchhandlung, 1818. 4to (257 x 208 mm). xvi, 210 pp., 6 folding engraved plates by E. Lud Meyer and C.F. Thiele. Bound in 19th-century cloth-backed boards (minor repair to spine, extremities rubbed). Text generally clean and bright, just the title and final text leaf a bit browned and spotted..... More
Bologna: A. Benacci, 1569. De causis, signis, ac locis morborum, liber unus. Bologna: A. Benacci, 1569. 110 (i.e. 112), [4] leaves. Woodcut initials and tailpieces, 4 leaves of index at end. Signatures: A-O8 P4. Light browning of just a few leaves, but generally bright and clean throughout. Leaf A8 chipped..... More
Berlin & Leipzig: George Jakob Decker, 1779. 8vo (245 x 205 mm). [8], 68 pp., engraved title vignette, woodcut headpieces and 9 folding engraved plates of the brain by Glassbach after Hopffer. Contemporary blind-stamped half calf over marbled boards, marbled endpapers, red-dyed edges (wear and chipping of extremities). Text little..... More
Wiesbaden: Bergmann, 1894. 4to (287 x 200 mm). viii, [2], 179 [1] pp., 7 double-page plates and 3 text illustrations. 20th century marbled half calf and cloth covered boards, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettered morocco label and some gilt and blind tooling (extremities little rubbed), new endpapers, original printed..... More
Berlin: A. Hirschwald, 1874. 8vo (210 x 148 mm). xiv, 276 pp. Text illustrations and folding table. Contemporary half cloth and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine (extremities rubbed, corners bumped and scuffed). Minor browning mostly to margins. Provenance: James Tait Goodrich. ----
Garrison-Morton 1408; Cushing H368; Heirs of Hippocrates 2016. -..... More
Schaffhausen: Adam Ziegler, 1727. 4to (220 x 170 mm). [32], 984, [40] pp., title printed in red and black, engraved portrait of the author and one full-size engraved illustration, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. All pages uncut. Signatures: [pi]4 )(-3)(4 A-6N4 including first blank. Contemporary half calf, spine with red..... More
Paris: G. Steinheil, 1900. 8vo (247 x 162 mm). 126 pp., including half title, 2 chromolithographic plates protected by tissue guards, text illustrations, original printed wrappers bound in. Pages mostly unopened. Contemporary three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine with 5 raised bands and gilt lettering, marbled endpapers (extremities rubbed, joints..... More
Paris: Adrien Delahaye & Emile Lecrosnier, 1881. 8vo (231 x 146 mm). [6], xvi, 693 [1] pp., including half-title, text illustrations of the brain, 6 chromolithographic plates and 4 plates with 2 mounted photographs on cardboard each. Contemporary half morocco and marbled boards, marbled endpapers (extremities lightly rubbed). Text very..... More
Paris: Rignoux, imprimeur de la Faculté de médecine, 1857. 4to (248 x 194 mm). 58 pp. 20th century quarter morocco and grey linen, spine with 2 raised bands and gilt-lettered red morocco label. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED by the author on title page "A Mons. Collègue Royet - Souvenir d'Internat /..... More
London: Th. Cotes and R. Young, 1634. Folio (333 x 221 mm). [14], 487 [1], 553-1083 [1], 1093-1173 [1], [22] pp. Numerous pagination errors, pp. 489-552 and 1085-1092 omitted. Engraved title page by T. Cecill, 323 woodcut illustrations of anatomical subjects, surgical instruments and procedures, monsters and freaks of nature..... More
Edinburgh: for William Creech, T. Cadell, P. Elmsley, J. Murray and T. Longman, 1783. 4to (465 x 291 mm). [4] [v], vi-x, [1] 2-176 pp., 50 engraved illustrations on 41 plates (3 folding) drawn by Thomas Donaldson, Alexander Battoni and A. Fyfe; and engraved by Donaldson, Battoni and G. Cameron..... More
London: J. Dodsley, 1790. 8vo (212 x 130 mm). iv, 356 pp. Small woodcut vignette to p. iv ponting to the right. Bound in contemporary calf, rebacked with original gilt-lettered and gilt-decorated spine leather laid down, gilt-tooled boards, board edges and turn-ins, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers (extremities rubbed, corners..... More
Leipzig: Verlag von Wilhelm Engelmann, 1874. 8vo (222 x 155 mm). xii, 870, [2] pp. 155 text illustrations and diagrams, errata leaf at end. Some spotting and browning to title, light marginal browning throughout, small marginal chipping at head of title. Original cloth-backed pebbled boards gilt (rebacked preserving original spine..... More
Leipzig: Verlag von Wilh. Engelmann, 1844. 8vo (218 x 131 mm). viii, 242 pp., including half title, 9 lithographed plates. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled paper boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt (corners bumped and scuffed, extremities rubbed). Text and plates with scattered foxing throughout. Provenance: from the Collection of Peter..... More
