Engraved portrait, by E. Conquy after Girard
1834. 222x171 mm. More
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Membre de l'Academie des Sciences. Engraved Portrait by Ambroise Tardieu
1828. Plate: 211x143 mm. Margin: 215x160 mm. More
Engraved Portrait.
London: W. Richardson. Plate: 174x144 mm. Margin: 270x189 mm. Very faint foxing, slight fraying of bottom margin. More
Autograph letter signed to William Scoresby jr.
London: 1855. “Every Possible Assistance to You in Yr. Experiments” Argyll [Campbell, George, Eighth Duke of Argyll (1823-1900).] Autograph letter signed to William Scoresby (1789-1857). 3 pages. London, December 17, 1855. 186 x 117 mm. Fine. From George Campbell, eighth duke of Argyll, who held several important positions in the..... More
Genesis. No. 21 of 200 copies.
San Francisco: Arion Press, 1996. Arion Press. Genesis. Translated from the Hebrew by Robert Alter. Largo folio, printed in two colors on handmade paper. No. 21 of 200 copies, signed by the translator at the foot of the colophon. Original two-color frontispiece etching by Michael Mazur, signed by the artist..... More
Woodcut portrait cameo
Print: 141x105 mm. Mount: 154x121 mm. Print is trimmed around the edges. More
The art of preserving health: A poem
London: A. Millar, 1745. Second edition. Armstrong, John (1709-79). The art of preserving health: A poem. In four books. 8vo. [3]-128pp.; lacking half-title. London: A. Millar, 1745. 203 x 128 mm. Calf gilt ca. 1745, hinges cracking, light edgewear. Front flyleaf starting, light toning but very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed..... More
Mémoire sur le traitement de quelques affections de la matrice par l'emploi de l'extrait aqueux de seigle ergoté + 7 other works on the uterus. P. Ricord's copy. Presentation letter to Ricord from one author bound in.
Paris: Just-Rouvier, 1843. Arnal, Jean Louis (1806-71). Mémoire sur le traitement de quelques affections de la matrice par l’emploi de l’extrait aqueux de seigle ergoté. [4], 155pp. Paris: Just-Rouvier; Lacour et Maistrasse, 1843. 216 x 129 mm. Bound with eight other works on diseases of the uterus in 19th-century quarter..... More
Collection of 6 offprints on immunochemistry, 5 with pres. inscriptions to Hans Sachs
1903-1904. Arrhenius, Svante (1859-1927). Collection of 6 offprints on immunochemistry from the library of Hans Sachs (1877-1945) as listed below, five with presentation inscriptions to Sachs from Arrhenius. 1903-1904. Overall very good; see below for condition details. 1. (with Thorvald Madsen [1870-1957].) Anwendung der physikalischen Chemie auf das Studium der..... More
Photograph, folio size
Berlin: Adolf Eckstein, 1910. 46.5x30cm.. Includes biographical cover page. Foxing in bottom left corner. More
The Founders of Child Neurology. A new copy in very fine condition in a very fine dust jacket.
San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1990. The first biographical study of important contributors to the field of child neurology, consisting of 124 biographical sketches written by over 100 physicians specializing in neurology, child neurology, pediatrics and obstetrics. Organized chronologically into five chapters, beginning before 1800 and continuing to the present, The..... More
Communicaitons... Vol. 1, nos. 1-12
1958. Association for Computing Machinery. Communications of the Association for Computing Machinery. Vol. 1, no. 1 – Vol. 1, no. 12. (January – December 1958). 12 numbers. Original printed wrappers, a bit worn and soiled; all numbers 3-hole punched in the left margin as issued. Very good. First Edition of..... More
Docteur en Medecine de la Faculte de Montpellier, Medecin Consultant du Roi et Professeur au College de France. Engraved Portrait by Ambroise Tardieu.
Plate: 203x140 mm. Margin: 250x180 mm. Hand colored. Very good condition. More
Engraved Portrait. Engraved forthe Universal Magazine
Plate: 164x108 mm. Margin: 215x122 mm. Faint crease in bottom margin. More
Tractatus de febrium natura & differentiis.... 82pp. manuscript. With Brevis chirurgiae synopsis manuscript 81pp.
1720. Astruc, Jean (1684-1766). Tractatus de febrium natura & differentiis. Authore D. D. J. Astruc in alma Monspelliensiu[m] medicinae facultate professore regio dignissimo. Manuscript document. 4to. 76pp. N.p., 1720. Together with another medical ms. in the same hand (Brevis chirurgiae exegesis. Seu synopsis, per summaria capita . . .), 81pp..... More
Engraved Portrait. Appears to be an early kind of advertisement. Caption reads, "The Effiges of W. Atkins the Gout Dr. who for Gouts, Rumetisms, Palsey, and Convultions, and all Pains in any parts he exceedeth all men. both for Safest and speediest Cures, as appears by his book."
circa 1670. Print: 125x75 mm. Mount in passe-partout.147x88 mm. Mounted on paper with ink boarder. Faint soiling. More
Gout Doctor. Engraved Portrait.
Plate: 257x160 mm. Margin: 289x187 mm. Very faint foxing. More
Medical Bibliography. A. & B.
London: John Churchill, 1834. 8vo. Original cloth, recased retaining original spine and remains of original paper label. Light foxing to preliminary and last few leaves but a very good copy. Medical library bookplate on pastedown; no library stamps. Perhaps the funniest book in the entire history of bibliography, and one..... More
Engraved Portrait by Chapman after Drummond.
Margin: 138x92 mm. Left margin trimmed, faint soiling. More
Research notebook on synapse transmission, containing notes and computer programs, plus 3 other items
1969-1979. Invention of the Self-Monitoring Pacemaker Auerbach, Albert (d. 2005) (1) Synaptic transmission. Computer model parametric study. Volume containing autograph ms., computer printouts, graphs, etc., including numerous graphs mounted with clear tape. Approx. 200ff., in cloth binder, hand-lettered label on front cover. 280 x 219 mm. Some tape mountings detached..... More
Air Service Manual. War Department. Air Service Division of Military Aeronautics.
Washington: G.P.O., 1919. 1st edition. 4to. 446pp. original cloth with illustrations. Front hinge loose, signature on pastedown endpaper, otherwise good. More
A Treatise on the Canon of Medicine of Avicenna, Incorporating a Translation of the First Book, by O. Cameron Gruner, M.D. Original cloth, a bit worn, but with three autograph inscriptions by the author.
London: Luzac & Co, 1930. Inscribed by the author in English and with two Arabic quotations and translations: On the front free endpaper: "Beatrice Davies Cook, Inscribed by the Author. O. Cameron Gruner. On the verso of the front free endpaper: In Arabic in red ink, beneath which is the..... More
Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark
1873. Japan's Telegraphic System Ayrton, William Edward (1847-1908). A.L.s. to Latimer Clark. Tokyo, March 2, n.y. [between 1873 and 1878]. 7pp. 155 x 101 mm. Provenance: Latimer Clark. Ayrton, a pupil of Sir William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin), was a noted physicist, electrical engineer, inventor, and technical educator; his wife..... More