Compendium of aviation medicine. Mimeograph typescript.
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The Bibliotheca Walleriana in the Uppsala University Library
Uppsala: 1951. Sallander, Hans (1903-83). The Bibliotheca Walleriana in the Uppsala University Library. Offprint from Nordisk Tidskrift för Bok- och Biblioteksväsen 2 (1951). 26pp. Text illustrations. 260 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers, one upper corner bent. Very good. Presentation Inscription by Erik Waller (1875-1955), creator of the Bibliotheca Walleriana..... More
On comparative longevity in man and the lower animals.
London: Macmillan, 1870. ix, [3], 135pp. plus 43-page publisher's catalogue. Lacking half-title. 189 x 128 mm. Original cloth, light edgewear, inner hinges cracking. Light foxing, some pencil marks in margins. Very good. More
On the inhalation of the vapour of ether. Journal issue
London: 1847. Snow, John (1813-58). On the inhalation of the vapour of ether. In London Medical Gazette, n.s., 4 (1847): 498-502; 539-542. Whole volume. [2], 1142pp. Text illustrations. 214 x 145 mm. 19th-century half calf, marbled boards, light rubbing and wear. Very good. First Edition, journal issue. Snow’s first real..... More
The honey ants of the Garden of the Gods and the occident ants of the American plains.
Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1882. McCook, Henry C. (1837-1911). The honey ants of the Garden of the Gods, and the occident ants of the American plains: A monograph of the architecture and habits of the honey-bearing ant, Myrmecocystus melliger . . . 188, [2]pp., including 13 full-page illustrations. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott..... More
Meharry Medical College: A history
Nashville: Sunday School Pub. Board of the Nat'l Baptist Convention, 1934. Roman, Charles Victor (1864-1934). Meharry Medical College: A history. 224pp. 33 plate leaves. Nashville: Sunday School Publishing Board of the National Baptist Convention, 1934. 230 x 152 mm. Original black-stamped patterned cloth, printed dust-jacket (some wear and chipping at..... More
Kurze Beschribung dess Landes sampt angehenckter Genealogia der Graffen und Herzogen zu Cleve
Cleve: Tobias Silberling, 1655. [4], 210pp. 8vo. Vellum c. 1655. Very good copy. More
On the pathology and mode of communicaiton of cholera. In London Med. Gazette vol. 9
London: 1849. Snow, John (1813-58). On the pathology and mode of communication of cholera. In London Medical Gazette, n.s., 9 (1849): 745-755; 923-929. Whole volume. [2], 1129pp. Text illustrations. 214 x 133 mm. 19th century half calf, cloth boards, hinges split, some wear. Internally very good. Library bookplates. First Edition..... More
Curationum medicinalium centuriae quatuor
Basel: Froben, 1556. Amatus Lusitanus [Rodrigues de Castelo Branco, João] (1511-68). Amati Lusitani, medici physici praestantissimi, curationum medicinalium centuriae quatuor . . . Folio. [16], 406, [34] pp. Basel: Froben, 1556. 305 x 203 mm. Limp vellum ca. 1556, remains of leather ties, upper extremity of spine chipped, light wear..... More
Autograph letter signed to an autograph seeker
1871. Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825-95). Autograph letter signed to an unidentified correspondent (“Dear Madam”). 4pp. (bifolium). [London], 20 January 1871. 181 x 112 mm. Minor foxing, remains of mount present (partly obscuring last letter of Huxley’s large and bold signature). Very good. Huxley’s bitingly humorous response to an autograph seeker..... More
Science in our courts of law. Proof with manuscript corrections
1860. Smith, Robert Angus (1817-84). Science in our courts of law. Proof with several manuscript corrections in pencil, presumably by Smith. 6 columns printed on large bifolium. N.p., n.d. [1860]. 512 x 339 mm. Unbound. Some small losses along folds affecting a few words, light soiling, edges a bit frayed..... More
Autograph letter signed from Ogston to Taylor
Aberdeen: 1856. Ogston, Francis (1803-87). Autograph letter signed to Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-80). 8pp. on 2 bifolia. Aberdeen, 2 July 1856. 183 x 115 mm. Some rodent damage along central fold affecting a few lines but not obscuring the sense. Very good. Docketed by Taylor. From Francis Ogston, professor of..... More
4 Autograph letters signed to Taylor
London: 1877. Hicks, John Braxton (1823-97). (1) 4 Autograph Letters signed to Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-80). 11pp. total, on one bifolium and 4 single sheets. London, 11 February – 28 March 1877. 177 x 113 mm. (2) Group of 7 documents, including 4 in Taylor’s hand, pertaining to the case..... More
The African republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo. Presentation copy
Cambridge: Harvard U.P., 1930. Strong, Richard Pearson (1872-1948), ed. The African republic of Liberia and the Belgian Congo. 2 vols. xxvi, 568; ix, 569-1064pp. 8 color plates; text illustrations and maps. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1930. 264 x 191 mm. Original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spines and front covers, light edgewear..... More
Observations on certain horny excrescences of the human body / On nebulous stars properly so called. In Philosophical Transactions 81 (1791)
London: 1791. Herschel, William (1738-1822). On nebulous stars, properly so called. In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 81, part 1 (1791): 71-88. With: Home, Everard (1756-1832). Observations on certain horny excrescences of the human body. In ibid.: 95-105. Whole volume, 4to. vi, [2], 127, [1], 26, iv..... More
Musée retrospectif de la classe 16 médecine & chirurgie à l'Exposition universelle internationale de 1900, à Paris
Paris: 1900. Tuffier, Théodore (1857-1929). Musée retrospectif de la classe 16: Médecine & chirurgie à l’Exposition universelle internationale de 1900, à Paris. Rapport. 52, [2]pp. 2 plates, text illustrations. St. Cloud: Imprimerie Belin Frères, n.d. [1900]. 281 x 192 mm. Original printed wrappers, paper backstrip, some tears and creases. Very..... More
The conchologist. Inscribed copy
Boston: Russel, Odiorne & Metcalf, 1834. Warren, John. The conchologist. [4], 204pp. Lithographed frontispiece and 15 lithographed plates. Boston: Russell, Odiorne & Metcalf, 1834. 211 x 163 mm. Quarter sheep, gilt spine, marbled boards ca. 1834, hinges cracked, lower extremity of spine chipped, light edgewear. Occasional light spotting, two small..... More
De uteri partiumque eius confectione
Strasbourg: H. Sybold. Bonaccioli, Ludovico (1475-1536). De uteri partiumque eius confectione. Eiudsem. Quonam usu in absentibus etiamnum Venus citetur. Quid, quale, undeque prolificium semen, unde menstrua etc. 8vo. [72]ff. (signatures A – I8). Strasburg: H. Sybold, n.d. [1530]. 156 x 98 mm. Vellum ca. 1530, spine repaired, traces of worming..... More
De humani corporis fabrica libri VII epitome
Basel: Oporinus, 1543. Vesalius, Andreas (1514-64). Suorum de humani corporis fabrica librorum epitome. Broadsheet folio. [14]ff. signed A-M [N-O],with woodcut title, large woodcut portrait of Vesalius, 9 full-page anatomical woodcuts, 2 full-page figures of a nude male and female, 2 sheets of woodcut anatomical details for cutting out & mounting..... More
Grundriß der Luftfahrtmedizin. 2nd ed.
Leipzig: J. A. Barth, 1944. Ruff and Strughold. Grundriß der Luftfahrtmedizin. Vi, [2], 249pp. Text illustrations. Leipzig: J. A. Barth, 1944. 232 x 156 mm. Original quarter cloth, printed boards. Endpapers a little foxed, but fine. Second edition Ruff and Strughold’s work, revised and expanded to incorporate the advances in..... More
Grundriß der Luftfahrtmedizin
Leipzig: J. A. Barth, 1939. Ruff, Siegfried (1907-89) and Hubertus Strughold (1898-1986). Grundriß der Luftfahrtmedizin. viii, [2], 190pp. Text illustrations. Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1939. 231 x 1157 mm. Original cloth, dust-jacket (a bit soiled and chipped). Very good. Presentation Copy, Inscribed on the front free endpaper: “Herrn Ministerialdirigent Bäumker..... More
Historia piscium libri quatuor
Oxford: Sheldonial Theatre, 1686. Ray, John (1627-1705); Francis Willughby (1635-1672). De historia piscium libri quatuor. Folio. [8], 343, [1], 30, [14]pp. Engraved frontispiece by Paul van Somer; 187 engraved plates. Oxford: Sheldonian Theatre, 1686 [engraved title dated 1685]. 378 x 238 mm. Modern quarter morocco, marbled boards., front hinge a...... More
Ornithologiae libri tres
London: Joannis Martyn, 1676. Ray, John (1627-1705) Francis Willughby (1635-1672). Francisci Willughbeii . . . ornithologiae libri tres, in quibus aves omnes hactenus cognitae in methodum naturis suis convenientem redactae accurate describuntur . . . Folio. [12], 307, [5]pp. 77 engraved plates, 2 fold. tables. London: J. Martyn, 1676. 358..... More
Historiae naturalis
Amsterdam: Joannem Jacobi Fil. Schipper, 1657. Jonston, John (1603-75). Historiae naturalis de quadrupedis [de avibus; de piscibus et cetis; de exsanguibus aquaticis; de insectis, de serpentibus et draconibus; de serpentibus]. 6 works in 2 volumes, folio. Pagination and plates as follows: De quadrupedis: 164, [3]pp., engraved title and 80 plates;..... More
The etiology and pathology of typhus. Presentation copy.
Cambridge: Harvard U.P., 1922. Wolbach, Simeon Burt (1880-1954); John L. Todd (1876-1949); Francis W. Palfrey (1876-1953). The etiology and pathology of typhus. Being the main report of the Typhus Research Commission of the League of Red Cross Societies to Poland. x, 222pp. 13 plates in the text plus 34 plates..... More