London: 1890. On the symptomatology of total transverse lesions of the spinal cord. In Med.-chir. Trans. 73 (1890): 151-217. Whole vol., 8vo, in original cloth, spine faded. Library stamps on titles and front end paper. First edition. Garrison-Morton 4577: "'Bastian's law,' transverse lesion of the cord above the lumbar enlargement..... More
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London: 1876. "I Was Able to Obtain Fermentation or Putrefaction with Well Marked Turbidity" Bastian, Henry Charlton (1837-1915). Autograph letter signed to Jabez Hogg (1817-99). [London,] March 6, 1876. 3pp. 114 x 90 mm. Traces of mounting on blank verso of second leaf, but fine otherwise. From Henry Bastian, a...... More
London: William Daniell, 1810. Plate: 271x205 mm. Margin: 295x224 mm. Very faint foxing, slight creasing, and one small pin hole in top left margin repaired. More
Paris: Mequignon l'aine, 1781. BAUDELOCQUE, Jean Louis (1746-1810). l'Art des accouchemens. 8vo. Interleaved copy, 2 vols. in 5. lvi, 610; xvi, 422 pp., 14 engraved folding plates. Paris: Mequignon l'aine, 1781. 197 x 129 mm. Quarter green vellum c. 1781, titles in gilt on spines, marbled boards, a little rubbed..... More
Margin: 213x149 mm. Very faint foxing. More
Leipzig: Thieme, 1891. Offprint from "Deutschen Medicinischen Wochenschrift" (1891). 19pp. Original printed wrappers. Baumler's inscription (trimmed) on front wrapper: "With kind regards from C. [Baumler]." Baumler wrote the classic account of pericarditis epistenocardiaca; see Garrison-Morton 2772. More
Leipzig: G. Thieme, 1892. Offprint from "Deutschen Medicinischen Wochenschrift" (1892). 15pp. Original printed wrappers. Author's inscription (slightly cropped) to Dr. John William Ogle (1824-1905) on the front wrapper: "Dr. J. W. Ogle with the Author's comp[liments]." Baumler wrote a classic account of pericarditis epistenocardiaca; see Garrison-Morton 2772. Ogle is best..... More
Freiburg: J. C. B. Mohr, 1892. [2], 33pp. Without wrappers. Baumler is best known for his classic account of pericarditis epistenocardiaca; see Garrison-Morton 2772. More
Halle: Carl Marhold, 1909. More
London: HM Stationery Office, 1926. Baxandall, David. Catalogue of the collections in the Science Museum, South Kensington, with descriptive and historical notes and illustrations. Mathematics. I. Calculating machines and instruments. London: H. M. Stationery Office, 1926. Original green printed wrappers, spine repaired, perforated library stamp on front wrapper and title..... More
St. Petersburg: Typographia Academiae Imperatoriae, 1730. The First Book on the Chinese Language Published in Europe Bayer, Theophilus [Gottlieb] Siegfried (1694-1738). Museum sinicum in quo sinicae linguae et litteraturae ratio explicatur. 2 vols. in 1, 8vo. [22], 145, [1], 190; [2], 372, [2, including errata]pp. 23 numbered plates plus 52..... More
New York: Putnam, 1871. More
New York: Harper & Bros. 1876. More
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
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
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1903. Becquerel, Henri (1852-1908). Recherches sur une propriété nouvelle de la matière . . . In: Mémoires de l’Académie des Sciences de l’Institut de France 46 (1903). Whole number, 4to. [4], 360, [4]pp. 71 photographic figures on 13 plates. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1903. 283 x 229 mm. Original..... 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
1870. Opium, its preparations and uses. Manuscript document signed. Bifolium. 4pp. N.p., n.d. [1830s?]. 251 x 204 mm. A few marginal tears, lacuna along central fold affecting a few words, but very good. Nineteenth-century document, apparently unpublished, on the preparation and uses of opium in medicine: “Opium is a production..... More