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Correspondence and galley proof relating to the Balham poisoning case
1876. Taylor, Alfred Swaine (1806-80). Archive of material relating to the famous Charles Bravo poisoning case, consisting of (1) Autograph letter signed to Taylor from Harry Bodkin Poland (1829-1928). Bifolium. 3pp. Temple [London], 29 May 1876. 205 x 127 mm. (2) 3 autograph letters signed to Taylor from Augustus K...... More
Autograph letter signed from Roscoe to Taylor
Manchester: 1866. Roscoe, Henry E. (1833-1915). Autograph letter signed to Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-80). Bifolium. 3pp. Manchester, 8 October 1866. 181 x 117 mm. Light soiling along folds, tiny hole in last leaf but very good. From British chemist Henry Roscoe, noted for his photochemical studies and pioneering efforts in..... More
Topologie. Erster Band. Later printing. Claude Shannon's copy with his signature.
Berlin [Ann Arbor]: Julius Springer [J. W. Edwards], 1945. [Shannon, Claude E. (1916-2001).] Alexandrov, Pavel (1896-1982); Heinz Hopf (1894-1971). Topologie. xiii, 636, [2]pp. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1935 [i.e., Ann Arbor, MI: J. W. Edwards, 1945]. Original cloth, slight edgewear. Very good. From the library of Claude E. Shannon, with his..... More
The axiomatic method in biology. Claude Shannon's copy with his signature.
Cambridge: at the University Press, 1937. Woodger, Joseph H. (1894-1981). The axiomatic method in biology. With appendices by Alfred Tarski and W. F. Floyd. x, 174pp. Cambridge: At the University Press, 1937. 214 x 139 mm. Original cloth, slight edgewear. Fine. From the library of Claude E. Shannon, with his..... More
Inequalities. Claude Shannon's copy with his signature.
Cambridge: at the University Press, 1934. More
Röntgen-Diagnostik der Erkrankungen des Kopfes. Presentation inscription to Harvey Cushing.
Vienna & Leipzig: Alfred Hölder, 1912. More
A sketch of the botany of South-Carolina and Georgia. 2 vols.
Charleston: J. R. Schenck, 1821. More
An assessment of the system of optimum coding used on the pilot Automatic Computing Engine at the National Physical Laboratory. Offprint from Phil. Trans.
1955. Wilkinson, James Hardy (1919-86). An assessment of the system of optimum coding used on the pilot Automatic Computing Engine at the National Physical Laboratory. Offprint from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series A: Mathematical and physical sciences, 248 (1955). 253-281pp. Text diagrams. 302 x 236 mm..... More
Un mot sur les idées du Docteur Gall avec un extrait de sa théorie. . .
Milan: Imprimerie du Genie Typographique, 1802. More
Herinneringen uit de lessen van Frans Joseph Gall, over de Hersenen. . .
Amsterdam: J. W. IJntema, 1806. More
Introduction au cours de physiologie du cerveau
Paris: Frmin Didot, 1808. More
De l'espece et de la classification en zoologie. Edition revue et augmentee par l'auteur
Paris: Germer Bailliere, 1869. More
Exercitationum anatomicarum fasciculs primus de structura nervorum. Fasc. 1 (all published)
Halle: In officina Curtiana Venalis, 1796. More
Chirurgischer Atlas. Erste Abtheilung. Gehirn und Umhüllung. Vol. 1 only.
Tübingen: H. Laupp, 1853-54. More
Ueber die Textur und Function der Medulla oblongata. Text and atlas
Erlangen: Ferdinand Enke, 1843. Stilling, Benedict (1810-79). Ueber die Textur und Function der Medulla oblongata. 2 vols. (text and atlas). viii, 72pp. (text); 7 plates numbered I – VII (atlas), with plate I duplicated. Erlangen: Ferdinand Enke, 1843. 302 x 238 mm. (text); 389 x 285 mm. (atlas). Library buckram..... More
The morbid anatomy of the human brain . . . Second edition, expanded
London: For the author; sold by Longman [etc.], 1828. More
Les oeuvres de . . . Avec les figures & portraicts tant de l'anatomie que des instruments de chirurgie . . .
Paris: Gabriel Buon, 1575. $30,000. More
Reports of medical cases. 2 vols. in 3
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1827-31. More
De recondita abscessuu[m] natura libri VII
Naples: Octavio Beltrani, 1632. Severino, Marco Aurelio (1580-1656). De recondite abscessuu[m] natura libri VII. 4to. 24, 48, 52, 28, 48, 144, 192, [64]pp. Engraved title, 1 engraved plate and 12 full-page engraved illustrations in the text. Naples: Ottavio Beltrano, 1632. 185 x 130 mm. Vellum (probably 18th century), title gilt-lettered..... More
Nusquam antea impressum collectorium totius fere medicine . . .
Lyon: Jacobus Myt for B. Trot, 1518. $7000. More
Kleyne Wundartznei deshoch berumbten Lanfranci . . .
Strassburg: Egenolph, 1528. More
Anatomiae, hoc est, corporis humani dissectionis pars prior. . .
Marburg: Eucharius Cervicornus [Hirtzhorn], 1537. More