The Hague: Adrian Vlacq, 1660. 8vo (192 x 122 mm). [16], 592, [14] pp. Including engraved additional title dated 1655, engraved portrait by van Meurs after van Mander, 65 numbered engraved text illustrations (mostly full page), plus one not numbered, and 8 folding engraved plates. Contemporary vellum with yapp edges..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Mathias Becker for Th. de Bry, 1605. 8vo (c. 185 x 120 mm, the second vol. slightly smaller). Vol. I: [16], 1070, 1069-1099, 1110-1314 (i.e. 1306) pp.; engraved title-page with author's portrait on verso, engraved armorial device on verso of following leaf, 129 full-page text illustrations, final..... More
London: T.N. Longman and O. Rees, 1802. 4to (276 x 221 mm). vii [1], 87 [1] pp., 12 stipple-engraved plates (11 printed in colours and finished by hand) by T. Medland, John Stewart, W. Archibald and others after Bell, protected by tissue paper. Later three-quarter maroon calf and cloth, spine..... More
Paris, London, Brussels: J. B. Baillière, 1828. Two volumes: text vol. 8vo (197 x 125 mm), atlas vol. 4to (342 x 265 mm). xv, 653 [1] pp; [5] 6-8 pp. Including half-title and errata in text volume; title, dedication and 10 plates in atlas volume, of which two in aquatint..... 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
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
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
London: Samuel Simpson, 1685. 8vo (158 x 92 mm). [16], 80 pp. Title with double rule-border, folding engraved plate bound after p.32 depicting an anatomical diagram of the eye, errata on final prelim. page. Signatures: A-F8. Contemporary plain limp vellum, original pastedown and rear flyleaf (lacking front flyleaf, minor spotting..... More
Berlin: J. M. Rüdiger, 1704. Folio (324 x 205 mm). [24], 98 (i.e. 96), 4, [4] pp. Engraved additional title, letterpress title printed in red and in black, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 45 engraved plates by Kupffer, index at end. Contemporary half vellum over marbled boards, spine with old..... More
Paris: H.J. Jansen, 1802. Imperial folio (530x350 mm), uncut, x, [2], 108 pp., half title, portrait frontispiece, 20 engraved plates, contemporary half calf, skillfully rebacked; foxing to first pages, unobstrusive library stamps. Superb copy. ---
First edition, exeedingly rare - Nissen 798, Schrader-H. 327-328, DSB III, 38: "He performed careful..... More
Paris: 1803. Atlas volume only. Large folio (495x318 mm), portrait frontispiece by B. Roger, 34 engraved plates, contemporary soft cover, paper label to front cover, worn and soiled, top cover loose, title and plates foxed and browned throughout, library stamps to portrait and some plates. Provenance: Royal College of Surgeons..... More
Venice: Nicolas Misserino, 1609. Large folio (410 x 272 mm), [10], 3-346, [18] pp., including engraved title and 33 full-page engravings within page numbering. Signatures: a⁴ A-2X⁴ 2Y⁶. Errata and colophon on 2Y6r. Contemporary vellum, spine and lower edge lettered in ink (head of spine chipped, extremities a bit rubbed)..... More
Venice: N. Bevilacqua, 1559. Folio (314 x 220 mm). [8], 169 (i.e., 269), [2] pp. Internally generally crisp and clean, title working loose, somewhat browned and dust soiled and with minor repairs to blank margin; occasional minor spotting and very light dampstaining to outer blank margins, text markings and ink..... More
Frankfurt am Main: Matthias Becker for Theodor de Bry, 1609. Three parts in one volume. Folio (305 x 197 mm). ff. [4], pp. 1-148, ff. 149-160, [4], 161-164, pp. 165-274, [2], including general title dated 1609, 3 section titles on pp. 1, 61 and 225, all dated 1608, pagination of..... More
London: Robert Knaplock, William and John Innys, and Jacob Tonson, 1724. Large folio (440 x 320 mm). [12], lxxvii [1], 194 pp. Signatures: [*A]2 *B-*C2 a-t2 v2 B-3D2 (-v2, -3D2). Engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, double-page engraved table of the Syllabus musculorum bound after v1, and 67..... More
Utrecht: M. a Dreunen, & G. a Walcheren, 1685. 3 parts in one volume. Folio (314 x 195 mm), [18], 568, [6], [16], 303, [1], [2], 130, [2], [4], 70 pp., engr. title, engraved folding portrait of the author and 16 folding anatomical plates. Contemporary blind-tooled vellum with 6 raised..... More
Nürnberg: Hieronymus Formschneider, 1532. 22 Nov. 1534. Two works in one volume. Folio (323 x 208 mm). 79 (of 80, lacking blank) and 55 (of 56, lacking blank) unnumbered leaves. Signatures: A-E6 F4 G-N6 O4 (-O4); a-k6 (-k6). Gatherings b to k of second work misbound after gathering A of..... More
Padua: Lorenzo Pasquati / Aloysius Bencius, 1600. I. De formato foetu. Venice: Francesco Bolzetta, 1600 [colophon: Padua, Lorenzo Pasquati, 1604]. Folio (418 x 279 mm). [10], 1-150 [2] 151 [1] pp. Signatures: π1 a-b2, A-E4 F-I2 K4 L-O2 P4 Q2 R-Z4, Aa2, χ1. Engraved title by Giacomo Valeggio, 11 double-page..... More
[Oppenheim or Frankfurt]: Johann Theodorum de Bry, 1614. Folio (305 x 195 mm). [8], 163, [11] pp. Fine engraved title, woodcut initials and headpieces, several engraved and woodcut text illustrations, 11 full page, lacking final blank leaf Y4. Bound in old recased vellum of a former Fabrici copy with the..... More
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
Basel: Froben & Episcopius / Andreas Cratander, 1530. I. Opus medicum practicum, varium, vere aureum, et postremae lectionis : Claudii Galeni ... De compositione pharmacorum localium, siue secundum locos, libri decem. Basel: Froben & Episcopius, 1537. [28], 549, [3] pp., 1 illustration in text, woodcut initials. Signatures: a4 *10 b-y6..... 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
Paris: Gautier, Quillau pere & fils, and Lamesle, 1746. Large folio (517 x 361 mm and 758 x 539 mm). Two parts in two volumes with 20 fine mezzotint plates printed in four colours. Part I with general title printed in red and black, printed part title, dedication leaf, advertisement/privilege..... More
