36 New Arrivals in all fields including
Two Milestone works in the History of Medicine
Weimar: im Verlage des F. S. privil. Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs. 1805. 1805-1807. 3 Parts in one volume. Large Folio (487 x 330 mm). 60 engraved plates of which 5 outlines and 55 hand-colored (8 folding). Plates only with original printed front wrappers bound in. Plates somewhat creased at fore-margin and lightly browned..... More
Strassburg: Martin Flach, 1513. Strassburg: Martinus Flach, 6 March 1513. 4to (207 x 150 mm). [114] pp. Collation: A-N4 O6 (-O6), title with woodcut border of four blocks by Hans Baldung Grien, four full-page woodcuts comprised of two illustrations in duplicate and twenty smaller woodcuts. Colophon: "Argentine Martinus Flach iunior..... More
Augsburg, Ulm: Christian Ulrich Wagner, 1731. 1731, 1733, 1735. 4 parts bound in 4 volumes. Folio (390 x 250 mm). Complete with 760 copper engravings on 758 plates plus 3 frontispieces. Vol. I: pp. [56], 1-276, half-title, letterpress title, engraved allegorial frontipsiece by Sperl after Joh. Daniel Preisler, frontispiece mezzotint..... More
Braunschweig: F.W.Meyer, 1738. Folio (348 x 213 mm). [20], 612, [68], 198, [26] pp. Engraved frontispiece, engraved headpiece with 2 portraits, 58 (57 folding) engraved plates. Contemporary three-quarter calf, spine with gilt-lettered label (label chipped with loss, spine ends and hinges expertly repaired), red-coloured edges. Text very little age-toned and..... More
Frankfurt: sumptibus Clementis Schleichij & Consortum, typis Caspari Rötelij, 1636. 8vo (159 x 99 mm). [32], 528, [16] pp., including index at end. Large printer's woodcut device to title-page. Signatures: (cross)-2(cross)8 A-Z8 Aa-Ll8. Contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Internally little browned only, a few pencil markings, final 4 leaves..... More
London: D. Wilson, 1754. Large folio (552 x 375 mm). [2] leaves (title and preface) and 39 engraved plates, each with a letterpress explanation, by Grignion after Jan van Rymsdyk, Pieter Camper, and the author. Errata on final leaf. Contemporary sheep backed boards, metal clasp (spine repaired, boards heavily rubbed..... More
Halle: typis & impensis Orphantrophei, 1715. 4to (210 x 160 mm). [6], 856 [i.e. 852], [40] pp., including final blank 5V4, index and errata. Title printed in red and black, with the engraved portrait frontispiece. Signatures: [-]3, A-4Q4, 4R2, 4S-5V4. Bifolium 4R1/2 probably a cancel with double page-numberings pp. 681..... More
London: Benjamin Motte, 1726. 8vo (193 x 120 mm). xii, 148, [6], 164; [6], 154, [8], 199 [1] pp., engraved portrait frontispiece by Sheppard after Sturt in volume 1, 5 engraved maps and 1 engraved plate of the automatic writing machine, woodcut head and tail pieces, plus other small decorations..... More
London: Printed for the Author, and sold by H. Chapelle, 1750. 4to (286 x 226 mm). viii, [4], 84 pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece* of the author by Fourdrinier after G. Allen, title printed in red and black, 32 engraved plates (2 folding, 8 in mezzotint), wood-engraved initials, head- and tailpieces..... More
