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, 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
London: Pickering, 1837. Fourth edition. Cloth. xvi, 368pp. 227 x 139 mm. 8-page publisher's catalogue in the front. Text illustrations after the author's drawings. Original cloth, paper spine label, spine a little faded. Light toning but very good. Fourth edition of one of the great classics on the hand, touching..... More
London: Pickering, 1834. Third edition. Cloth. vii, 348pp. 8-page publisher's catalogue in the front. Original cloth, paper spine label, light wear at hinges and extremities. Very good copy. 222 x 140 mm. One of the great classics on the hand, touching on the hand's anatomy, physiology, bio-mechanics, comparative anatomy, sense..... More
London: Pickering, 1833. 1st edition. xv, 288pp. Text illustrations after Bell's drawings. Later cloth. 225 x 140 mm. Library bookplate. First Edition of one of the great classics on the hand, touching on the hand's anatomy, physiology, bio-mechanics, comparative anatomy, sense of touch, kinesthetics, adaptive importance, etc. "In this work..... More
New York: Collins and Perkins, 1810. Bell, John (1763-1820). The principles of surgery. Abridged by J. Augustine Smith . . . with notes and additions. xii, 562pp. 7 plates, text illustrations. New York: Collins and Perkins, 1810. 210 x 130 mm. 19th century tree calf, front hinge cracked, light wear..... More
New York: Collins, 1812. 2Am. 4 vols. in 2. (vols. 3 & 4 by Charles Bell.) 2nd American edition. 8vo. with125 engravings including 33 plates. Contemporary tree-calf, red morocco labels, worn at edges of backstrips. Covers are loose. Lightly browned, foxed, signature of an early owner, dated 1815, but good..... More
1855. Bell, Thomas (1792-1880). Cabinet-size photographic portrait by Maull and Polyblank, mounted on heavy paper printed with gilt borders. [London, 1855.] 198 x 146 mm. (image); 303 x 253 mm. (mount). Traces of mounting on verso, but fine otherwise. Excellent portrait of British zoologist Thomas Bell, who described the reptile..... More
Bologna: ex typographia HH. Antonij Pisarrii, 1683. First edition. Inscribed by Bellini Bellini, Lorenzo (1643-1704). De urinis et pulsibus de missione sanguinis de febribus de morbis capitis, et pectoris. 4to. [20], 606 [i.e., 608]pp. Woodcut ornaments. Bologna: ex typographia HH. Antonij Pisarrii, 1683. 216 x 161 mm. Vellum c. 1683..... More
Berlin: Adolf Eckstein, 1910. 46.5x30cm.. Faint foxing in bottom margin, otherwise in very good condition. More
Leuven: 1836-39. Beneden, Pierre-Joseph van (1809-94). Cours de zoologie et d’anatomie comparée. Unpublished manuscript notebook in the hand of Beneden’s student Amand Proost. 530, [64], [86], [34]pp. (irregularly numbered; last 184 pages unnumbered), plus a few inserted leaves. Louvain [Leuven], 1836-39. 192 x 161 mm. Quarter cloth, marbled boards ca..... More
1907. Benedikt, Moritz (1835-1920). Autograph note signed on mourning stationery, dated 30.1.07 (January 30, 1907). Single sheet, 178 x 113 mm. Creased horizontally, light wear along fold. Accompanied by typescript translation and portrait photograph of Benedikt. Very good. Benedikt's response to a letter of condolence--"Your kind note is of special..... More
Plate: 110x76 mm. Margin: 193x125 mm. Some faint foxing in top left corner. More
1952. (1) Bennett, John and Kendrew, John (1917-97). The computation of Fourier syntheses with a digital electronic calculating machine. In Acta Crystallographica 5 (1952): 109-116. (2) Cochran, William; Crick, Francis (1916-2004); and Vand, Vladimir. The structure of synthetic polypeptides. I. The transform of atoms on a helix. In ibid.: 581-586..... More
Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, 1940. Bennett, Abram Elting (1898-1985) and Avis B. Purdy. Psychiatric nursing technic. 172pp. Text illustrations. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis, 1940. 216 x 145 mm. Original cloth, a bit soiled, minor wear to extremities. Very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed by both authors to Dr. Elvin B. Semrad..... More
London. Longmans... 1889. 1st edition. Bennett, William H. A case in which acute spasmodic pain in the left lower extremity was completely relieved by sub-dural division of the posterior roots. . . IN: Medico-chirurgical Transactions. 72 (1889) [329]-348. 8vo. xcv, 457pp.10 plates (2 or 3 color) & text illustrations. 220..... More
London: 1856. Bennett, William Sterndale (1816-75). Composer, conductor, pianist and music educator, called “the most distinguished composer of the early Victorian era” (Temperley, Lectures on Musical Life—William Sterndale Bennett [2006], p. 3); professor of music at the University of Cambridge; friend of Felix Mendelssohn and Robert Schumann; founding president of..... More
Superbly hand-colored india paper proof mounted on larger sheet. Print: 188x116 mm. Mount: 280x189 mm. Excellent condition. More
Dortmund: Mallinckrodt, 1804. Benzenberg, Johann Friedrich (1777-1846). Versuche über das Gesetz des Falls, über den Widerstand der Luft und über die Umdrehung der Erde . . . 8vo. xii, 423, 432a-432h, 433-542, [2]pp. Additional engraved title and 8 plates, including frontispiece. Dortmund: Mallinckrodt, 1804. 206 x 127 mm. 19th century..... More
