Titles starting with D from B & L Rootenberg Rare Books & Manuscripts

Engraved diploma on vellum. Signed by Hayward's committee, which included Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-94) as professor of Anatomy & Physiology; Edward H[ammond] Clarke (1820-77) as Professor of Natural Medicine; John Bacon (fl. 1858) as Professor of Chemistry and John Ware (1796-1864) as Professor of Medical Theory and Practice. Also signed by James Walker (1794-1874), President of Harvard from 1853-60.John McLean Hayward (1837-86) became a military surgeon three years after receiving thi... more information

Engraved frontispiece of Shelley facing the original title page dated 1847, reprinted from the earlier edition with an engraved depiction of Shelley's tomb. Two fore-edge paintings of Italian landscapes are executed in colourful detail, the first portraying the Arno and the Ponte Vecchio of Florence, the second showing a shepherd leading a herd of goats into a grand walled city. Bound in coarse, hard-grain morocco with binder's coat of arms (?), expertly re-backed with the original backstrip laid do... more information

Text tables throughout. Contemporary calf; bottom edge chipped, interior browned and spotted, a few tears, and the name Jesse Thompson written over preliminary leaves, usual for a much-used textbook. Later (stereotype) edition of an extremely popular textbook. The text covers the different branches of arithmetic, computation of money, currencies, tables of compound interest, weight and measures, and other transactions for business.... more information

Original cloth, faded. Bookplate of Otto Vernon Darbishire, plus his signature dated 1906 and the signature of E. Rimin dated 1939. First edition of Pauly's most important work which represented the sum of his efforts over thirty years in evolutionary theory. "Pauly's zoological lectures reflected his dissatisfaction with Darwin's explanantion of the evolutionary process . . . stressing the psychic factor that entered into the Lamarckian doctrine"(DSB).... more information

Frontispiece photograph. Original cloth. Signature of Lindsay dated April, 1910. First edition. Thomson, a Scotch biologist, brings Darwin, his work and the issues that have arisen based on his theory of evolution, up to date. Thomson provides a foundation by explaining Darwin's concepts and doctrines, and expands them with descriptions of current work by other authors, as well as his own philosophy. Thomson was well-known for his attempts to reconcile science and religion.... more information

Front original stiff wrapper bound into cloth . Masks are on glossy paper, text is somewhat browned A sampling of the plates include the death-masks of Blaise Pascal, Isaac Newton, Jonathan Swift, Thomas Paine, Joseph Haydn, Richard Wagner, Charlotte Wolter (the only female), Nietzche, Tolstoi, Shakespeare, Washington and Goethe.... more information

Original printed boards, backed in black cloth, some light foxing, stamp of the library of the Lees-Museum in Amsterdam on title and front cover, bookplate of Dr. Charles A. Kofoid. First separate edition of the author's important treatise on the thermometer and thermometry. Ernst Gerland (1838-1910), German professor of physics at Cassel, was best known for his histories of physics and experimental physics.... more information

Original marbled wrappers. Worn, and chipped front wrapper nearly detached. Interior spotted and browned. MS notations to recto of back wrapper. Second edition (first was 1826) of an interesting work on gathering herbs for therapeutic use. This is an early American Pennsylvania German materia medica with formulae, receipts, prescriptions of plants and vegetables. ... more information

Portrait after dedication. With 2 title pages, 4 engraved plates, and numerous text illustrations. Contemporary vellum. The first edition edited by Bartholin with Rhodius' acclaimed biography of Celsus. Of particular interest are the plates illustrating ancient surgical instruments. ... more information

With 4 full-page engraved plates. Contemporary calf; minor spotting throughout. Inscribed by the author on title. First edition of Rode's acclaimed study on the nature of the fibula and other forms of surgical sutures used by the ancients. This treatise is based on the works of Celsus, one of the first medical historians. The six pages of ancient and contemporary authorities are of special interest, as are the illustrations of the various sutures with notes on the collections from which they were copied... more information

With errata, 4 engraved text illustrations, large illustrated woodcut initials, ornamental head- and tailpieces. Marchetti's anchor and dolphin device on both title pages, and an unidentified device on verso of first title with the motto "Obliquvm In Fracturis" and two small unobtrusive library stamps. Contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title on spine, covers heavily creased and worn, with wormholes throughout back cover (also running through the last couple of leaves), spine, and a few on ... more information

A prize binding of full green morocco, gilt supra-libros stamped onto front cover, "Sixth Form. Private Study" in gilt on back cover, gilt spine (worn). A fore-edge painting of the Temple of Jupiter on the Acropolis. Some minor spotting. Signatures of Albert Norman Pritchard, 1849, and George Hutchins, 1930. Later edition. Nineteenth-century edition of a classic work, with a prize binding and fore-edge painting. The text is in Greek, supplemented by the preface and index in English. Thucydides'... more information

Woodcut printers device title, chapter initials,. Contemporary limp vellum with remmants of ties. title in manuscript on spine. small wormhole at inner margin of a few leavces not affecting text. lightly toned throughout. very excellent copy First and only edition of this uncommon treatise, one of the first exclusively devoted to the study of cardiology. This little known and curious work is filled with a number of fascinating observations. The author here sets forth his ideas on pain, inflamation and dilat... more information

Armorial woodcut to title. Full contemporary blind-stamped calf (sheep?), rubbed, head of spine lacking; end-papers from printer’s waste. Top-edges branded, ownership inscription to fore-edges. Some interior damp-staining. Palau, II, 34826 FIRST EDITION of this very rare and influential medical work which pioneered the renaissance of Spanish medicine at the University of Salamanca. Bravo treats the nature of disease and health, covering such topics as how daily food plays an important role in health, t... more information

With a charming woodcut vignette headpiece. A fine copy in paste-boards. First edition. Du Bois-Foucou was one of the first, if not the first, to manufacture mineral teeth. At the time in Paris, an attempt was being made to create a denture made of hard porcelain. Du Bois-Foucou worked many years to overcome the imperfections others made, and was finally rewarded with some success; his efforts contributed to the propagation of this new mode of making artificial teeth. Although he frequently refers to Fauch... more information

Giolito's fine large engraved device on the title, illustrating a phoenix rising from a brazier bearing the initials G.G.F., surmounted by a banner reading "de la mia morte eterna vita i vivo"and flanked by putti above and by two winged lions below. His alternate device of the phoenix rising from the flames to the sun, again with the initials on the brazier but with the motto "Semper Eadem" appears on the colophon, which is dated 1558. Numerous large engraved historiated initials on ... more information

With 2 plates (1 folding) and a fine text engraving. Contemporary vellum. First edition of this curious treatise describing apparatus for supporting the body in water, or life-saving equipment, illustrated by the interesting plates. ... more information

Contemporary calf, gilt spine. Originally published as a series of dialogues under the title Historia medicinae (1710), this collection of medico-historical essays deals with practices of and attitudes towards medicine in antiquity through the middle ages, including thirty pages on Chinese medicine; the second part treats the period of Paracelsus to Stahl, with special emphasis on the iatrochemists and a valuable discussion of John Mayow. Of particular interest are passages on acupuncture and blood transfus... more information

Woodcut decorations throughout. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine; interior with light browning. First edition of this outstanding treatise devoted to diseases incident to mariners. Rouppe (1729-80), naval physician and surgeon, describes the conditions, environmental and otherwise, in which mariners are particularly susceptible (both on board ship and in port). In addition to a section on sanitation and sanitary measures, he covers scurvy and venereal diseases, and treats a variety of fevers, epilepsy,... more information

With engraved title page and 18 folding plates. Later (eighteenth- or nineteenth-century) half-calf over marbled boards; a few leaves browned due to paper stock, otherwise a very nice copy. Second edition of Borelli's major work on the application of mechanics to the muscles and a classic work in cardiology. This scarce treatise, written in the year prior to his death and published posthumously, established muscular mechanics as a firm science. Volume I treats external motions, or the motions produced ... more information