31 New Arrivals: Science & Medicine
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Uppsala: W. Schultz, 1868. Two parts comprising text volume and atlas folder with plates. Text volume: 4to (310 x 240 mm), Plates: oblong folio (320 x 500 mm). Text volume: [4], 42, xv [1] pp., lithographed frontispiece. Atlas volume: title leaf and 6 lithographed plates. Original publisher's printed wrappers to..... More
Bologna: Alessandro Benacci, 1566. Folio (310 x 210 mm). [4], 114; [2], 36 leaves, several mis-paginations. Signatures: +4, A-Z4 a-e4 f2; X2, a-i4, G1 missigned F1. Numerous woodcut diagrams in the text, decorative initials. Contemporary vellum, ink-lettered spine with calf raised bands (restored, boards and extremities rubbed, new front endpapers)..... More
Rome: Antonio de Rossi for Fausto Amidei, 1741. Large folio (436 x 297 mm). [4], 84 pp. Title printed in red and black, engraved vignette on title-page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces, 27 engraved anatomical plates by Luca Ciamberlano. Fine contemporary cat's-paw calf, spine richly gilt in compartments (boards repaired..... More
Paris: Hieronymus de Marnef & the widow of Gulielmus Cavellat, 1580. 1580-1582. 5 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (120 x 75 mm). [10], 191, [3] ff; 120, [8]; 372, [4]; 80, [8]; 159 [1] pp. including 2 blanks at end of pt. 2 and 1 blank at end of pt..... More
Braunschweig and Wolfenbüttel: Privately printed, 1727. Three parts in two volumes. Privately printed: Braunschweig 1727 and Wolfenbüttel 1730-1734. Folio (335 x 212 mm). [10], 368, [18]; [22], 1136 (i.e. 1138), [24]; [4], 64 pp. Titles printed in red and black, dedication leaves, list of subscribers in part 2, engraved portrait..... More
Frankfurt: M. Becker & L. Zetzener, 1605. 8vo (154 x 99 mm). [16], 663 [1] pp. Printer's device on title-page, woodcut initials and ornaments in text. Bound in contemporary original vellum, spine and boards with blind ruling, spine with faint ink lettering (boards and edges soiled, corners slightly bumped). Light..... More
Paris: chez Pierre Rocolet, 1634. 3 parts in 1 volume. 4to (220 x 164 mm). [24], 131 [1]; [2], 17 [1]; [12], 112 pp. Woodcut headbands and initials, separate half titles to all parts. Contemporary calf, boards paneled in gilt, spine with 5 raised bands richly gilt in compartments and..... More
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1846. Two volumes. 12mo (177 x 117 mm). vii [1], 351 [1]; v [2], 7-324, 8, 4 pp., including publisher's advertisement bound at end of second volume. Pages untrimmed. Bound in original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine, front covers display pictorial..... More
Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1910. 8vo (243 x 163 mm). viii, 164 pp. 5 halftone plates, 4 pp. of publishers ads, 3 folding printed tables, 27 text diagrams. Original publisher's printed wrappers, untrimmed, housed in a custom-made clamshell box. Creases to wrappers, short tear to blank margin of 2 leaves, light cracking..... More
Verona: [Stefano dei Nicolini da Sabbio], 1530. August 1530. 8vo (204 x 148 mm). Collation: a-e8 (-e8). 39 leaves (of 40, lacking the final of four blanks only), unfoliated. Italic type, initial spaces with guide letters. Later stiff vellum, spine with 3 raised bands. Some pages with faint marginal staining..... More
Leipzig and Vienna: Franz Deuticke, 1900. 8vo (224 x 142 mm). [4], 371, [5] pp. Contemporary cloth-backed marbled boards, spine lettered and ruled in gilt with single floral motif (rubbed, slight edge wear and fraying at head of joints). Text only very little age-toned, otherwise clean and crisp. Provenance: Johannes..... More
Florence: Tartini, 1718. 3 parts in 3 volumes. 4to (267 x 200 mm). cxii, 1-384, 369-628, [2]; [8], 1-722, [2]; [6], 484, [50] pp. Half-title in each vol., fine engraved portrait and general title printed in red and black with engraved vignette in vol. I, woodcut head- and tailpieces &..... 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
Tübingen: Cotta, 1810. I: Zur Farbenlehre. Tübingen: Cotta, 1810. Two parts bound in two volumes. 8vo (198 x 121 mm). xlviii, 654; xxviii, 757 [1] pp. Contemporary dark-green glossy paper boards, spines ruled and lettered in gilt (wear to extremities, corners scuffed and bumped), bound without endpapers. Very light age-toning..... More
Abram Vandenhoeck: Göttingen, 1743. Eight parts in one volume. Göttingen: Abram Vandenhoeck (fascicules I-IV), Widow of Abram Vandenhoeck (fascicules V-VIII), 1743-1756. Folio (430 x 271 mm). [2], 46; 48; [6], 63 [1]; [2], 46; 52; [8], 71 [1]; [10], 58; [2], 94 pp. Title to each part printed in red..... More
London: Lockyer Davis, and Peter Elmsly, 1783. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 73 (1783), part II, pp. 247-283, 3 engraved folding plates by James Basire. London: Lockyer Davis and Peter Elmsly, 1783. 4to (275 x 214 mm). Entire volume, two parts, vii [1], 1-246, vii [1];..... More
London: Printed by C. and J. Ackers for the Author, 1751. 8vo (208 x 128 mm). [6], viii, [18], 155, [3] pp., including list of subscribers, 3 letterpress tables, 10 engraved plates and 20 engraved tables. Contemporary calf, rebacked preserving old lettering piece (boards little rubbed, corners scuffed, new endpapers)..... More
Hannover: Schmidt, 1788. Zwei Teile in einem Band. 8vo (153 x 97 mm). 2 Bl., VIII S., 6 Bl., 270 S.; 8 Bl., 336 S. Gesamttitelblatt mit gestochener Vignette, Titelblatt zu Teil 2, jeweils ohne das weisse Blatt am Ende von Teil 1. Halbledereinband der Zeit (berieben, Rücken mit kleinen..... More
London: for J. Freeman, 1750. 8vo (174 x 109 mm). xiv, 15-240 pp. Contemporary sheep, rebacked, spine with 5 raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt (boards rubbed, extremities worn, corners heavily scuffed). Text lightly browned throughout (title-page a bit stronger in outer margins), occasional minor spotting, title-leaf repaired at..... More
Lüneburg: Herold and Wahlstab, 1830. Folio (328 x 262 mm). 4 unnumbered sheets, including half-title, and 1 lithographic plate by A. Wehrt. Original boards with publisher's printed label (soiled, spine chipped). Light spotting internally, dampstaining to lower gutter throughout. ----
Wellcome V, 355; Osler 513; Heirs of Hippocrates 148. -..... More
Rouen: chez Charles Osmont, 1629. 3 parts in 1 volume. 8vo (168 x 106 mm). [4], 220; [4], 72, [14]; [4], 47 [1], [2] pp., Separate title-leaves and paginations to each part, several woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text, engraved title vignettes, intials and head-pieces. Contemporary flexible vellum with plain..... More
Ingolstadt: Anton Attenkhover, 1783. Folio (419 x 282 mm). [16], [10], 328 pp. Includes additional pictorial woodcut title from the first folio, letterpress title dated 1783 with engraved vignette portrait of Leveling by Jungwierth dated 1782, 4-page list of subscribers, 2 folding woodcut plates from the epitome (1543), over 200..... More
Weimar: Verlag des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1797. 8vo (193 x 114 mm). xxxii, 106 (i.e. 96), 80 pp. Engraved folding plate bound at end, numerous letterpress tables. 20th century half calf over marbled boards, spine decorated in gilt and with gilt-lettered label (light rubbing of extremities, corners bumped). Text very fresh and..... More
Venice: Marinus Saracenus, 1487. 14 May 1487. Chancery folio (311 x 216 mm). 272 unnumbered leaves. Signatures: aa8 bb6 a-z8 &8 A-G8 H10. Colophon on H7v, with first and final blank. Roman type, 57 lines and headline; initial spaces with guides, spaces left for Greek, two large contemporary illuminated opening..... More
Venice: J. Rubeus und B. Vercellensis, 1507. 16 January 1507. Folio (295 x 195 mm). [16], 280 leaves, lacking the final blank only. Signatures: aa-bb8 a-z8 &8 A-L8 M10 (-M10). Printer and date from colophon: ". . .per Ioannem rubeum & Bernardinum fratresque Vercellenses ... 1507. die. xvi. Ianuarii". Numerous..... More
