London: J. Johnson, 1791. Darwin, Erasmus (1731-1802). The botanic garden: A poem, in two parts . . . 4to. xii, 214, 126, [2]; [2], ix, 197 [1]pp. General title-leaf misbound before title-leaf to Part II. 20 engraved plates, including 5 by William Blake (1757-1827); 2 of the plates are after...
London: J. Richardson for G. Nicol, 1794. Hunter, John (1728-93). A treatise on the blood, inflammation, and gun-shot wounds . . . to which is prefixed, a short account of the author’s life, by his brother-in-law, Everard Home. 4to. lxvii [1], 575 [1]pp. Engraved portrait frontispiece by William Sharp (1749-1824)...
Cambridge: for the author . . . 1738. Smith, Robert (1689-1768). A compleat system of opticks. . . . 2 vols., 4to. [6], vi, [8], 280; [2], 281-455, [1], 171, [13]pp. Printed slip, “The BOOKBINDER is desired . . . ,” tipped to verso of last leaf in Vol. II. 83 folding...
London: Longman [etc.], 1835-37. Hunter, John (1728-93). The works . . . with notes. Edited by James F. Palmer. 4 volumes plus atlas. Text: xxiv, 643; xvi, 488; xx, 638; xxi, xl, 506, 639-675 (index to first 3 vols.)pp. Frontispiece portrait and facsimile in Vol. I. Atlas: 27pp. plus engraved...
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...
Florence: F. Onofri, 1680. Zambeccari, Giuseppe (1655-1728). Esperienze . . . intorno a diverse viscere tagliate a diversi animali viventi . . . dedicate all’illustrissimo Signore Francesco Redi. 4to. 30, [2]pp. Florence: Francesco Onofri, 1680. 250 x 182 mm. 19th-century marbled boards, paper spine with printed label, spine a bit...
London: Samuel Highley, 1849. Hassall, Arthur Hill (1817-94). The microscopic anatomy of the human body. 2 vols. (text and plates). [4, ads], xxiv, 570pp. (text); [16, ads], [4]pp. plus 66 plates numbered 1 – 69 (plates 8, 17 and 38 were never published) plus explanation leaves, some plates printed in...
1823. Flourens, Pierre (1794-1867). Recherches physiques sur les propriétés et les fonctions du systême nerveux dans les animaux vertébrés. Offprint from Archives générales de médecine 2 (1823). [2], 50pp. 201 x 122 mm. Modern quarter morocco, marbled boards. Fine copy. First Edition, Offprint Issue of Flourens’ first paper on cerebral.....
London: J. Dodsley, 1771. Cadogan, William (1711-1797). A dissertation on the gout, and all chronic diseases, jointly considered . . . 8vo. [iii]-viii, 88pp.; lacking half-title (A1). London: J. Dodsley, 1771. 202 x 127 mm. 20th-century half morocco, gilt-lettered spine, cloth boards. Last leaf somewhat soiled and frayed, but very...
London: 1866-1867. Lister, Joseph (1827-1912). (1) On a new method of treating compound fracture, abscess, etc., with observations on the conditions of suppuration. In Lancet 1 (1867): 327-329, 357-359, 387-389, 507-509; 2 (1867): 95-96. (2) On the antiseptic principle in the practice of surgery. In Lancet 2 (1867): 353-356. Together...
Frankfurt: Joannes Feyrabend, 1594. Paré, Ambroise (1510? – 1590). Opera chirurgica . . . Folio. [12], 851, [27]pp. 317 woodcuts in the text, including portrait of Paré aged 68 on the verso of leaf (:)4. Title in red and black. Frankfurt: Apud Joannem Feyrabend, impensis Petri Fischeri, 1594. 334 x....
Venice: Joan. Anton. et Jacobus de Franciscus, 1604. Vesalius, Andreas (1514-64). Anatomia: Addita nunc postremo etiam antiquorum anatome. Folio. [8, including engraved title by Francisco Valegio], 510, [46], [20]pp. Woodcut text illustrations by Joannes Criegher after the original Vesalian woodcuts. The last 20 pages consist of a separately titled appendix...
Dessau & Leipzig: Auf Kosten der Verlags-Kaffe, 1784. Weber, Carl Martin (1734-1800). Entwurf einer auserlesenen medicinischpraktischen Bibliothek für angehende Aerzte. 8vo. [16]. 538, [36]pp., plus final blank. Dessau & Leipzig: Auf Kosten der Verlags-Kasse, 1784. 202 x 123 mm. 19th century marbled boards, light wear. Minor foxing and toning but...
Paris: A. Sautelet, 1826. “Tell Me What You Eat and I Will Tell You What You Are” 1.Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme (1755-1826). Physiologie du goût, ou méditations de gastronomie transcendante . . .2 vols., 8vo. [2], xiv, 390; 442pp. Paris: A. Sautelet et Cie., 1826. 206 x 126 mm. Quarter calf...
London: T. and G. Underwood, 1821. Laennec, René Théophile Hyacinth (1781-1826). A treatise on the diseases of the chest, in which they are described according to their anatomical characters, and their diagnosis established on a new principle by means of acoustick instruments. Translated by John Forbes (1787-1861). 8vo. [4], vii-xl.....
Paris: Maradan, 1794. Lamarck, Jean Baptiste (1744-1829). Recherches sur les causes des principaux faits physiques. . . . 2 vols., 8vo. xvi, 375; [4], 412pp. Engraved plate in Vol. I, folding chart in Vol. II. B1 in Vol. I is a cancel, signed “B*”. Paris: Maradan, seconde année de la...
London: J. Phillips for E. & C. Dilly, 1778. Lettsom, John Coakley (1744-1815). History of the origin of medicine: An oration, delivered at the anniversary meeting of the Medical Society of London, January 19, 1778 . . . 4to. viii, 168pp. Hand-colored frontispiece plate, black and white version of the...
Oxford: John Lichfield & James Short for Henry Cripps, 1624. “The Greatest Medical Treatise Written by a Layman” Burton, Robert (1577-1640). The anatomy of melancholy, what it is . . . the second edition, corrected and augmented by the author. Folio. [4], 64, [4], 188, [4], 189-332, [2], 333-557 [i.e....
Nuremberg: Wolfgang Mauritius, 1723. tahl, Georg Ernst (1659-1734). Fundamenta chymiae dogmaticae & experimentalis. . . . 4to. [8], 255, [25]pp. Nuremberg: Johann Ernst Adelbulner for Wolfgang Mauritz, 1723. 198 x 161 mm. Modern half vellum, floral-patterned boards. Light toning, but a very good, crisp copy. First Edition. Stahl was the...
Basel: ex officina Isingrinana, 1542. Fuchs, Leonhardt (1501-1556). De historia stirpium. Folio. [26, of 28], 33, 35-60, [1], 61-896, [4]pp.; lacking leaf 2, containing the first two pages of Fuchs’s letter to the Elector of Brandenburg. Woodcut portrait of Fuchs on verso title, full-page woodcut illustrations drawn by Albrecht Meyer...
Paris: Didot jeune, 1804. Laennec, René-Théophile-Hyacinthe (1781-1826). Propositions sur la doctrine d’Hippocrate, relativement à la médecine-pratique . . . 4to. 39pp. Paris: Didot jeune, An XII (1804). 247 x 195 mm. Later half calf gilt, paste paper boards, slight edgewear. Fine. From the library of Meyer Friedman (1910-2001), with his.....
London: apud Joannem Billium, 1620. Bacon, Francis (1561-1620). Instauratio magna. [Novum organum sive indicia vera de interpretatione naturae.] Small folio. [12, including blank leaf conjugate with engraved title], 172, 181-360, 36, [2]pp. Beautiful engraved title-page by Simon de Passe (1595-1647); early inscriptions partially erased from top margin and center of...
Verona: per gli Fratelli Merli, 1699. Rotario, Sebastiano (1667-1742). Ragioni . . . contra l’uso del salasso . . . 4to. 8, 168, 10pp. Verona: per gli Fratelli Merli, 1699. 210 x 161 mm. Limp boards ca. 1699, a bit soiled and worn. Faint dampstains in outer margins of several...
Paris: Sebstian Cramoisy & Gabriel Cramoisy, 1651. Pecquet, Jean (1622-1674). Experimenta nova anatomica, quibus incognitum hactenus chyli receptaculum, & ab eo per thoracem in ramos usque subclavios vasa lactea deteguntur. 4to. [12], 108pp. Text engravings, including full-page engraving on p. 21. Paris: Sebastian Cramoisy and Gabriel Cramoisy, 1651. 222 x....
Paris: Didot le jeune, 1828. Poiseuille, Jean Léonard Marie (1799-1869). Recherches sur la force du coeur aortique. Thèse . . . 4to. 45pp. Engraved plate. Paris: Didot le jeune, 1828. 257 x 206 mm. Modern quarter calf, marbled boards. Tiny paper flaws in 2 leaves, a few small spots, but...
