London: John Churchill, 1861. Diagrams of the Nerves of the Human Body: Exhibiting their Origin, Divisions and Connections, with their Distribution to the various Regions of the cutaneous Surface and to all the Muscles. London: John Churchill, 1861. Large folio (485 x 336 mm), 8 pp. and 6 double-page lithographed..... More

Frankfurt am Main: C. Rötel for W. Fitzner, 1629. Two parts in two volumes. Folio (313 x 194 mm). [20], 241 [1]; [6], 118, [2] pp., including engraved printer's device on first title, 24 engraved illustrations in text (22 in first and 2 in second part, some full-page), woodcut initials..... More

Paris: Carole Guillard, 1555. 8vo (164 x 108 mm). [20], 238 ff. Text in Greek and Latin. Modern vellum, spine titled in script. Text with only little marginal browning or soiling, occasional minor light spotting, first 3 leaves including title cleaned, a few neat annotation in contemporary hand to first..... More

Paris: chez Guillaume Cavelier, 1728. 12mo (164 x 101 mm). [26], 540 pp., including 20 engraved plates, numbered I-XX. Signatures: a¹² e1 A-Y¹² Z⁶. Contemporary calf, spine with 5 raised bands gilt in compartments and with gilt-lettered morocco label (spine ends chipped, hinges split at ends, corners scuffed, soiling and..... More

Paris: J. B. Brunet et Demonville, 1778. Anatomie des parties de la génération, et de ce qui concerne la grossesse et l'accouchement, jointe a l'angéologie de tout le corps humain, avec des planches imprimées en couleur.Seconde édition, augmentée de la coupe de la symphise. Paris: Demonville, 1778. Large Folio (410..... More

Leyden: Van der Aa, 1731. 1731-1737. Three parts in two volumes. 4to (215 x 165 mm). [16], 285 [1] pp., 2 folding engr. plates; [16], 220, [188] pp.; 46 pp. Oratio dated 1731. Pages untrimmed and partially unopened. Contemporary card boards with floral-decorated paste paper (paper on spines gone, binding..... More

Antwerp: Christoph Plantin, 1571. 4to (235 x 159 mm). [20], 332, [10] pp. Woodcut device on title, large floral and historiated woodcut initials, several woodcut illustrations in text. Signatures: *⁸ **² A-X⁸ Y⁴. Including the final blank Y4. Contemporary limp vellum, yapp edges, flat spine and lower edge lettered in..... More

London, Paris: Baillière, 1843. New Memoir on the Nervous System. London, Paris: Baillière, 1843, 4to. (281 x 215 mm), x, [2], 3-94 pp., half title, 5 folding engr. plates (the last with a little hand-colouring), unobstrusive library stamps to title and plates, pages untrimmed, new endpapers. Original cloth with blindstamped..... More

Paris: Vincent, 1757. 1757-1760. 5 volumes. 12mo (165 x 96 mm). xi [1], 449 [3] pp. and 1 plate; [4], 414 (i.e. 412) pp. and 1 plate; [4], 449 [1], [2] pp. and 1 plate; [2] 480 pp.; [2] 435 [1] pp. and 1 plate. Contemporary mottled French calf, spines..... More

London: For Richard Lowndes and Matthew Gilliflower, 1673. Three parts in one volume. 8vo (167 x 105 mm). [24], 107, [21], 16, 13-172 pp. Signatures: a⁴ A-U⁸, (U3, U4 misprinted T3, T4). De Back's treatise has a separate title-page. With lengthy eighteenth-century annotations concerning Harvey to both endpapers. Contemporary calf..... More

Leyden: Jan van Kerckhem, 1737. 2 volumes in one. 4to (193 x 152 mm), [16], 170; [24], 404, [38] pp.; separate title-page to each part printed in red and black and with engraved vignette, general half-title bound at beginning, separate half-title to second part, 2 engraved plates to first part..... More

Leipzig: Leopold Voss, 1855. 8vo (222 x 148 mm). 42, [2] pp. including final advert leaf. Original printed wrappers (minor repair to fold and edges, soiled and spotted). Text somewhat browned and spotted, two pages with old ink markings, one page with annotation in contemporary hand. Provenance: Inscribed by Helmholtz..... More

Breslau und Leipzig: Korn, 1796. 8vo. [16], 253, [2:blank] pp., contemporary papercard binding (damaged, corners bumped), text spotted and dampstained. ----

Engelmann 242; Hirsch/H. III, 170; not in Lesky, Osler, Waller or Wellcome - First edition/Erste Ausgabe. - Gebräunt u. wasserfl., Einbandbezug fehlt, Ecken bestoßen. Henschel (1755-1839) recommended in this..... More