Cambridge: University Mathematical Laboratory, 1950. Wilkes, Maurice (1913-2010) et al. Report on the preparation of programmes for the EDSAC and the use of the library of subroutines. Dittoed document in two colors. [3], 40 [2], 26, 39, xi ff. 323 x 201 mm. N.p., September 1950. Original tan printed wrappers..... More
1855-69. [Taylor, Alfred Swaine (1806-80).] Three autograph letters signed to Taylor from British surgeon William Burke Ryan (1810-74), plus 3 sheets of Taylor’s autograph notes on a case of collapsed lung communicated to him by Burke Ryan, and a cutting from the Lancet (1855): 68-69 on a case of opium..... More
1856-58. Wilks, Samuel (1824-1911). Two autograph letters signed to Alfred Swaine Taylor (1806-80), dated 5 April and 19 April 1858, plus autograph document signed titled “Poisoning by sulphuric acid.” 10pp. total. [London], 1856-1858. 181 x 112 mm. (letters); 326 x 202 mm. (document). Very good. Docketed by Taylor. From British..... More
Boston: 1846. Morton, William T. G. (1819-68). To surgeons and physicians. Single-sheet advertising circular. Boston, [November 1846]. Faint foxing but fine. Very Rare First Printing of the First Published Advertisement for Ether Anesthesia. “The first printed document on anesthesia issued and signed by Morton was a single-page folded sheet addressed..... More
1821. Ferrero, Giovanni Francesco (fl. 1820-60). Anatomia dal vero disegnata nel 1821 da Gio. Fran.co Ferrero [manuscript title in pencil on first leaf]. Manuscript sketchbook. 42 unnumbered leaves, all but 13 containing anatomical drawings, mostly in pencil and sanguine, on one or both sides. Anatomical watercolor pasted down on 8v..... More
1815. Spurzheim, Johann Gaspar (1776-1832). Autograph letter signed to Thomas Martineau Junior (1795-1824). 2pp. plus integral address leaf. London, 18 April 1815. Lacuna repaired where seal was broken (not affecting text), remains of mounting slip on address leaf, but very good. From J. G. Spurzheim, co-developer with Gall of the..... More
Goettingen: Vandenhoek, 1743-56. Haller, Albrecht von (1708-1777). Iconum anatomicarum quibus praecipuae partes corporis humani delineatae continentur. 8 facsicles in 1, folio. Variously paginated. 47 engraved plates (some folding). Göttingen: Abram Vandenhoeck [fascicles I-IV]; Widow of Abram Vandenhoeck [fascicles VI-VIII], 1743-1756. 470 x 290 mm. Contemporary gilt-bordered calf, rebacked with corners..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925. Cushing, Harvey (1869-1939). The life of Sir William Osler. 2 vols. in 1. xiii, 685; x, 728pp. Frontispieces, 39 plates. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1925. 229 x 142 mm. Original maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine, top edges gilt, extremities and corners worn. Light browning, but good to very..... More
Venice: 1555. [Vesalius, Andreas (1514-64).] Henerus, Renatus. Adversus Iacobi Sylvii depulsionum anatomicarum calumnias, pro Andrea Vesalio apologia . . . Small 8vo. [16], 134, [2]pp. Venice: N.p., 1555. 160 x 100 mm. Limp boards ca. 1555, front hinge cracking but sound. Minor staining, wormholes in upper margins (affecting headlines and..... More
Montpellier: Apud Joannem Martel, 1698. Chirac, Pierre (1657-1732). De motu cordis adversaria analytica. 12mo. [16], 344, [2], 34pp. Folding engraved plate. Montpellier: Apud Joannem Martel, 1698. Calf, gilt spine ca. 1698, minor chipping to spine extremities, light wear. Minor toning but fine otherwise. First Edition of this rare pioneering experimental..... More
Paris: apud Gasparum Meturas, 1648. Riolan, Jean (1577-1657). Encheiridium anatomicum, et pathologicum, in quo ex naturali constitutione partium, recessus à naturali statu demonstratur. 12mo. [28], 618, [14]pp. Paris: Apud Gasparum Meturas, 1648. 127 x 74 mm. Calf, gilt spine ca; 1648, hinges cracked but holding, spine extremities a bit chipped..... More
Basel: J. Oporinus, 1555. Struthius, Josephus [Stru , Józef] (1510 – 1568/69). Sphygmicae artis iam mille ducentos annos perditae & desideratae libri V. 8vo. [16], 366, [16]pp. 2 folding tables, woodcut text illustrations. Basel: Oporinus, [1555]. 155 x 100 mm. Limp vellum ca. 1555, remains of leather ties, old paper..... More
Venice: Francesco Bariletti, 1603. Santorio, Santorio (1561-1636). Methodi vitandorum errorum omnium, qui in arte medica continunt libri quindecim. Folio. [6], 230, [16]ff. Venice: Francisco Bariletti, 1603. Vellum ca. 1603, lower quarter of vellum spine lacking; preserved in a cloth folding box. Mostly minor marginal worming (heavier at the end of..... More
Venice: Heirs of L. Giunta, 1546. Fracastoro, Girolamo (1478-1553). De sympathia et antipathia rerum liber unus. De contagione et contagiosis morbis et curatione libri III. 4to. [4], 76, [4]ff. Venice: Heirs of Lucantonio Giunta (colophon), 1546. 210 x 155 mm. Vellum ca. 1546, rebacked, endpapers renewed; preserved in a cloth..... More
London: W. Bent, 1787. More
Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1817. Gregory, John (1724-73). Lectures on the duties and qualifications of a physician. [2], vi, 5-232pp.; 24-page publisher’s catalogue in the front. Philadelphia: M. Carey & Con, 1817. 198 x 116 mm. Quarter calf, marbled boards in period style. Some browning and foxing as is..... More
London: W. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1770. Gregory, John (1724-73). Observations on the duties and offices of a physician; and on the method of prosecuting enquiries in philosophy. 8vo. viii, 182pp. London: Printed for W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, 1770. 206 x 128 mm. Full calf, gilt-ruled spine, leather label..... More
Berlin: Norddeutschen Buchdruckerei und Verlagsanstalt, 1881. Koch, Robert (1843-1910). Zur Untersuchung von pathologenen Organismen [front cover]. Offprint from Mittheilungen aus dem kaiserlichen Gesundheitsamte 1 (1881). Berlin: Norddeutschen Buchdruckerei und Verlagsanstalt, 1881. 48pp. 14 photographic plates. 300 x 220 mm. Original gray printed boards, black cloth spine, hinges cracked, becoming loose..... More
Cambridge: MIT, 1951. Saxenian, Hrand (1924-2014). Report R-196. Programming for Whirlwind. Sponsored by the Office of Naval Research. Mimeographed document. [1], 61, ix ff. 8 plates. Cambridge: Electronic Computer Division, Servomechanisms Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, June 11, 1951. 280 x 218 mm. Original soft-cover printed binder, labeled “Copy 30”..... More
1842. Vignoles, Charles Blacker (1793-1875). Remarks upon the railway system of France. Manuscript document in a secretarial hand, signed by Vignoles on the last text leaf (f. 71). [2, blank], 71, [2, blank]ff. 4 Trafalgar Square, London, December 1842. 323 x 210 mm. Original plain wrappers, spine and corners chipped;..... More
New York: Colt, Burgess & Co., 1839. Delafield, John, Jr. (1812-66). An inquiry into the origins of the antiquities of America . . . with an appendix, containing notes, and “A view of the causes of the superiority of the men of the northern over those of the southern hemisphere,”..... More
London: 1875-80. Royal Society. Fellows of the Royal Society. Autotype (carbon-process) composite photographic print by Herbert R. Barraud (1845-96), mounted on heavy paper. London, ca. 1875-80. Image measures 304 x 522 mm.; mount measures 405 x 600 mm. Minor dust-soiling, mount with a few marginal tears and a small crease..... More
1923. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1923). 359-364pp. 254 x 184 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. First Edition, offprint issue. Weil, Albert Einstein Bibliography, 137. More
Berlin: Springer, 1920. 15pp. 221 x 146 mm. Original printed wrappers, foxed. Minor internal foxing but very good. First edition? (cover title does not include the date Einstein delivered his lecture; see Weil). "By royal decree of June 24, 1920, a special chair in Leiden [University] was created for [Einstein]..... More
1927. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (1927). 235-245pp. 255 x 183 mm. Original printed wrappers. Fine. On the problem of motion in general relativity theory; a follow-up to his and Grommer's paper of the same title published earlier in 1927. Weil, Albert Einstein Bibliography, 160. More
