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Late Professor of Chemistry in the University of Stockholm. Engraved Portrait by C. W. Sharpe after O. J. Soedermark.
Glasgow (etc.): William Mackenzie. Margin: 280x191 mm.Very faint soiling, very little and faint foxing, minute tear in bottom margin. Facsimile signature. More
Bronze medal
1848. Berzelius, Jöns Jacob (1779-1848). Jacobus Berzelius. Medal in bronze showing a right-facing bust of Berzelius on the obverse with his birth and death dates in roman numerals; the reverse with a standing winged figure and the seated figure of Hygeia along with text in Latin. Signed “P. H. Lundgren..... More
Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum
Lyon: 1578. Besson, Jacques (d. 1569?). Theatrum instrumentorum et machinarum. . . cum Franc. Beroaldi figurarum declaratione demonstrativa. Edited by François Béroalde de Verville (1558-1612). Folio. 11 unnumbered leaves. Engraved architectural title-page border and 60 full-page engraved plates following the text, numbered 1-60. The plates are unsigned but were most..... More
Scattering and polarization of protons by nuclei. Dittoed preprint.
1958. Reproduced (dittoed) typescript. In two parts: 1 - 56; 57 - 98ff. 281 x 217 mm. Unbound, stapled. Light toning but very good. From the library of Nobel Laureate Owen Chamberlain (1920-2006), with his signature on the first leaf of each part. Preprint edition. Dittoed preprint of a paper Bethe published..... More
Paperboard and paperboard containers. A history.
Chicago: 1946. Revised edition. More
Vite e ritratti di venticinque uomini illustri.
Padua: Tipografia della Minerva, 1822. First edition. [Bettoni, Nicolo]. Vite e ritratti di venticinque uomini illustri. 4to. [6], [215]pp. 25 engraved portraits with tissue guards. Padua: Tipografia della Minerva, 1822. 310 x 227 mm. 19th cent. quarter morocco, marbled boards, vellum corners, edges rubbed, corners a little bumped. Repairs to..... More
Wercken der genees-konste, bestaende in den schat der gesontheyt....
Amsterdam: Schipper, 1672. BEVERWYCK, Jan van (1594-1647). Wercken der genees-konste, bestaende in den schat der gesontheyt, schat der ongesontheyt, heelkonste. . . . 4to. [16), 252; [8), 127, [11; 328, 48; [8], 278, [12]pp. Engraved title & many fine plates in text. 245 x 185 mm. Contemporary Dutch tooled vellum..... More
Engraved Portrait by Coupe after Choquet.
Margin: 170x111 mm. Very good condition. More
Engraved Portrait by H. Cook after Vigneron.
London: Fisher, Son & Co., 1847. Margin: 277x213 mm. Very faint foxing around the edges. Facsimile signature. More
Traite d'anatomie descriptive.
Paris: Gabon; Brosson, 1801. Bichat, [Marie Francois] Xavier (1771-1802). Traite d'anatomie descriptive. 5 vols., 8vo. Paris: Gabon et Cie.; Brosson, 1801-3. 201 x 126 mm. Calf c. 1803, gilt spines, rubbed, some hinges cracking, head of Vol. V spine chipped. Occasional foxing & soiling, stains in inner margins of first..... More
Traite des membranes en general et de diverses membranes en particulier
Paris: Richard, Caille, Ravier, 1800. 8vo. 326pp. Quarter calf gilt, paste paper boards, vellum corners, hinges a little tender. Faint dampstains on first 20 or so leaves, otherwise a clean, crisp copy. First Edition. Garrison-Morton 537. The foundation of histology and tissue pathology. Bichat's most important contribution to anatomy was..... More
Die Selbständigkeit des sympathischen Nervensystems
Leipzig: Breitkopf & Haertel, 1842. Bidder, Friedrich Heinrich (1810-94) and Alfred Wilhelm Volkmann (1800-1877). Die Selbständigkeit des sympathischen Nervensystems durch anatomische Untersuchungen nachgewiesen. [4], 88pp. 3 plates. Leipzig: Breitkopf and Härtel, 1842. 267 x 211 mm. Quarter morocco, marbled boards in period style. Some foxing and toning, but very good..... More
Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark
1862. Bidder, George Parker (1806-78). A.L.s. to Latimer Clark. Dartmouth [Great Britain], December 22, 1862. 1- pp. 165 x 103 mm. Small hole punched in upper margin. Provenance: Latimer Clark. A brief social letter from a celebrated nineteenth-century "lightning calculator." Bidder possessed an extraordinary ability to perform complex mathematical calculations..... More
Plate 13 (head w/dissected jaw & tongue) from Anatomia humani corporis. 44x27.5cm (image size) First edition.
1685. Paper somewhat toned, light stains in margin, one small wormhole within the platemark barely affecting the image, two small marginal tears, faint offsetting. More
Plate 56 (fetus in utero) from Anatomia humani corporis, first edition.
1685. 52x35.5 cm.. Light marginal dampstains, faint offsetting. More
Plate 62 (dissected fetus) from Anatomia humani corporis.40x27.5cm (image size) in a trim of 51x35.5cm.
1685. slightly dampstained around edges, otherwise good. From the first edition. More
Plate 89 (skulls & music) from Anatomia humani corporis. 522 x 358 mm. First edition.
1685. Paper somewhat toned, light stains in margin, three small wormholes within the platemark not affecting the image. More
Innere Sekretion
Berlin: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1910. 1st edition. 8vo.xi, 538pp. 243 x 170mm.Original cloth, gilt. Slight wear & browing but a very good copy. Stamp & signatures on endpaper.FIRST EDITION.G-M 1123 & 3794. Biedl showed that the adrenal cortex is essential for life. With extensive bibliography revealing the extent to which..... More
Die physiologische Sehnenver- pflanzung. Inscribed by Mayer to W M Brickner
Berlin: Springer, 1916. More
Ether and chloroform: Their discovery and physiological effects.
Boston: David Clapp, 1848. Bigelow, Henry Jacob (1818-90). Ether and chloroform; their discovery and physiological effects. [2], 27, [1], 18pp. Boston: David Clapp, 1848. 241 x 151 mm. Original printed wrappers, extremities a bit worn; boxed. Very fine. First Separate Edition of two papers by Bigelow originally published in journals..... More
Bibliotheca Bigotiana seu catalogus librorum . . .
Paris: J. Boudot, C. Osmont, G. Martin, 1706. First Paris Book Auction for which a Catalogue was Printed [Bigot.] Bibliotheca Bigotiana seu catalogus librorum, quos (dum viverent) summa cura & industria, ingentique sumptu congessere viri clarissimi DD. uterque Joannes, Nicolaus, & Lud. Emericus Bigotii . . . 12mo. [8], 72..... More
Les enfants anormaux
Paris: Armand Colin, 1907. More