Warburton: 1869. Beaufort, Daniel Augustus (1814-98). Autograph letter signed [“D. A. B.”; remainder of surname supplied in pencil in a different hand] to an unidentified correspondent. 4pp. Warburton, 15 December 1869. 139 x 191 mm. Faint trace of mounting on fore-edge of second leaf, but fine otherwise. From Daniel Augustus..... More
Paris: Maradan, 1789. Beaufort, Louis de (d. 1795). Le grand port-feuille politique: A l'usage des princes et des ministres . . . Large folio. [4], xv, [3]pp., plus 19 double-page folding tables. Paris: chez l'auteur; Maradan, 1789. 605 x 445 mm. (uncut). Original plain wrappers, worn, portion torn from front..... More
Plattsburgh: F. P. Allen, 1833. Beaumont, William (1785-1853). Experiments and observations on the gastric juice, and the physiology of digestion. 8vo. 280pp., text illustrations. Plattsburgh: F. P. Allen, 1833. 221 x 137 mm. Original boards, cloth spine with remains of paper label, hinges fragile, light edgewear; preserved in a cloth..... More
Margin: 151x115 mm. Very good condition. More
Paris: Lemercier, 1850. 39.5 x 28cm. small tear in lower right corner, minor foxing around edges. More
Geneva: Bureau des Archives, 1905. More
1797. Beddoes, Thomas (1760-1808). A.L.s. to Dr. [Thomas G.] Girdlestone (1758-1822). Bradford, July 25, [1797 (from postmark)]. 3pp. plus integral cover. 252 x 196 mm. Creased along original folds, light soiling on cover, lacunae repaired along folds and where seal was broken, with loss of one letter. Very good. Beddoes'..... More
New York: October House, 1967. More
London: 1826. Beevor, Charles (1805-72). Notes of fractures and dislocations from: Desault: Cooper: C. Bell: Sharpe: Blomfield: and others. Autograph notebook, signed on title leaf, front cover, & top edge. 4to. [4], 177, [19]pp. Approx. 10 figures in text. Mostly written on rectos & versos, but occasionally on rectos only..... More
London: Sotheby's, 1987. More
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1810-1819. Belidor, Bernard Forest de (1697?-1761). Architecture hydraulique, ou l'art de conduire, d'Èlever, et de menager les eaux pour les differents besoins de la vie. Edited by Claude-Louis Navier (1785-1836). 4 vols., 4to. Frontispiece portrait of Belidor in Vol. I, 230 engraved folding plates. Paris: F. Didot..... More
Washington, D.C. Geneological Record Off. 1918. 1st edition. More
Washington: National Academy of Sci. 1884. More
Washington DC: Gibson Bros. 1882. Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922). Upon the electrical experiments to determine the location of the bullet in the body of the late President Garfield; an upon a successful form of induction balance for the painless detection of metallic masses in the human body. 58pp. Text illustrations..... More
London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson (etc.), 1791. Margin: 166x110 mm. Faint soiling, small stain in lower left corner. More
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1865. Fifth edition. More
1820. Bell's signature, together with those of Benjamin Travers (see G-M 2931, 2941, 3433, 5587, 5843) and Henry Earle (surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria; inventor of a prize-winning bed for cases of fracture of the legs), on a fragment of paper measuring 40 x 87 mm. Condition is fine. More
London: Longman, 1813. Bell, Sir Charles (1774-1842). Engravings from specimens of morbid parts . . . urethra, vesica, ren, morbosa, et laesa. . . . [Fasciculus I-all published.] Folio. vii, 45pp. 12 plates after Bell, some engraved by him, others by Stewart. London: Longman . . . , 1813. 454..... More
London: Longman, 1806. Lacks last plate & advertisement leaf. Modern half morocco binding. More
London: Longman, 1806. More
Paris: Merlin, 1825. 1st edition. Exposition du système naturel des nerfs du corps humain, suivi des mémoires sur le même sujet . . . Traduit de l’anglais par J. Genest. 8vo. xii, 270, [2]pp. 4 folding plates. Paris: J. S. Merlin, 1825. 220 x 137 mm. (uncut). Quarter morocco, marbled..... More
Medicina Rara: Meriden Gravure for. fac. More
Berlin: Herbig, 1838. Grundlehren der Chirurgie. Translated by Dr. C. A. Mörer; foreword by Carl von Graefe. 2 vols. in 1. xvi, 335; viii, 318pp. Berlin: F. A. Herbig, 1838. 194 x 117 mm. Original paste paper boards, gilt-lettered label, corners and extremities worn. First and last leaves a bit..... More
London: Pickering, 1833. Second edition. Cloth. xvi, 314pp. Text illustrations after Bell's drawings. 19th cent. cloth, endpapers renewed. 222 x 138 mm. Very good copy. Second edition of ne of the great classics on the hand, touching on the hand's anatomy, physiology, bio-mechanics, comparative anatomy, sense of touch, kinesthetics, adaptive..... More