Titles starting with O from Jeff Weber Rare Books

Glendale, CA:: Patrick Reagh. 1992. hardcover. 1. 4to. v, 51 pp. Color frontis., 7 figs. (1 color). Black cloth, color pictorial label, red-stamped spine. Fine. . Presented to the Zamorano and Roxburghe Clubs in San Francisco on Sept. 18 & 19, 1992. ... more information

Offprint from:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 29, No. 25, 18 December 19. r1972. paperback. 1. 268 x 201 mm. 4to. 1712-1715 pp. Self-wraps. Fine. ... more information

Paris:: Masson et Cie, 1. 2-1939. paperback. 1. Seven volumes. Large 8vo. With all the original plates and illustrations, indexes and chronological table. Green cloth, gilt spine, original printed wrappers bound in. A fine set. . FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. "One of the founders of bacteriology, Pasteur is at the same time one of the greatest figures in the history of medicine. His work on fermentation, the doctrine of spontaneous generation (which he exploded), virus diseases and preventive vaccinations, ... more information

Paris:: Au Bureau de la Publication, 1. 0-1882. hardcover. 11. Thick 8vo with ATLAS volume. 807, [ads.] 16 pp. (Text vol.) Figs.; lightly foxed throughout, pages unopened. (Atlas vol.) 28 engraved plates of deformities in children, fetuses, and animals with detailed descriptions; corner torn (p. 1), plate III lower margin a tad worn (engraving unaffected). Atlas vol. neatly rebacked preserving original blind stamped brown cloth boards, new gilt spine; extremities rubbed, corners showing. Text vol. full orig... more information

Birmingham, Ala.:: Classics of Medicine Library. 1988. hardcover. 1. 24 cm. Two volumes. Illus. Full navy blue cowhide, gilt-stamped cowhide, a.e.g. Fine. . Special edition. First published by Oxford University Press in 1986. ... more information

New York & London:: W. W. Norton. 1988. hardcover. 1. FIRST EDITION. 4to. xviii, 508 pp. Numerous figs. (some color), appendix, index. Gilt-stamped tan cloth, dust jacket. Fine. . ISBN: 0393019527 ... more information

[Rochester]:: For the author. 1912. hardcover. 2. 8vo. 228 pp. Frontis., plates. Maroon cloth, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles, t.e.g.; spine faded, faint marginal stain to p. 1. Small sticker on spine. Burndy bookplate. Very good. . Author presented this copy to the New Hampshire Historical Society (with the Society's bookplate). HB17 ... more information

Venetiis,: Apud Laurentium Basilium. 1764. hardcover. 2. 186 x 120 mm. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 327 pp. Woodcut title vignette, headpieces, floriated initials, index; occasional light foxing. Contemporary full mottled calf, raised bands, red leather spine label, gilt spine; rubbed, top hinge starting at foot of spine. Bookplate of "Ex musæo Josephi Castelle, Doctoris Medici Monspeliensis" on front paste-down. Castelle's ownership signature on rear paste-down. Very good. . SECOND VENETIAN EDITION... more information

London:: Harrison & Sons. 1895. paperback. 2. 8vo. 87-161, xxii pp. Original printed wrappers. Very good. ... more information

Lyon:: Salons Berrier-Milliet, June 24. 1958. paperback. .. 216 x 270 mm. [20] pp. 24 pls. Printed wrappers. Auction catalogue: 109 lots. ... more information

(Laguna Beach, CA:: Laguna Verde Imprenta, n.d. nd. hardcover. 2. Single leaf (75 x 508 mm). Red woodcut, black text; light crease on two corners. Very good. ... more information

Paris:: Gauthier-Villars. 1948. hardcover. 1. Thick 8vo. (Article): 1897-1899 pp. 2 figs. (Whole volume): 2325 pp. Numerous articles, figs., tables, index. Later black cloth, gilt spine. Presentation bookplate to Mount Wilson Observatory from W. S. Adams. Fine. . FIRST EDITION. Interesting article on the anticipated birth of a star. ... more information

Offprint from:: Journal de Médecine. [1800]. hardcover. 2. 198 x 121 mm. 8vo. Pages (1)-7. [Entire publication: [ii], (1)-12 pp.] 1 engraved plate. Dis-bound. Bookplate of Jerry F. Donin. Very good. . FIRST SEPARATE EDITION. Demours' "observations on an artificial pupil" involved an opening close to the sclera. This paper reports on Demours' operation to form a new pupil in the unfortunate Sauvage, who was twenty-two years old at the time his eyes suffered from a "violent ophth... more information

Paris:: Sétier. 1826. paperback. 2. 224 x 149 mm. 8vo. 15, [1 blank] pp. Original printed wrappers. Very good. . The precocious Jean Teilleux, oculist at Mans, published this paper on artificial pupils ten years before his Montpellier thesis, Mélange de faits pratiques sur les maladies des yeux, 1836. See: BM Readex, XXIV, p. 999. ... more information

Stockholm:: Lorentz Ludewig Grefing. 1742. hardcover. 1. 8vo (192 x 117 mm) [4], (157)-186 pp. Engraved title vignette. Disbound. Housed in a modern chemise. Bookplate of Andras Gedeon. Fine. . FIRST EDITION. “Today Celsius is best known in connection with a thermometer scale. Although a 100-degree scale had been in use earlier, it was Celsius’ famous observations concerning the two constant degrees on a thermometer, Observationer om twänne beständiga Grader på en Thermometer, that... more information

Extract from: Annalen d. Munchnen Sternwarte, Vol. 26, 1833. Monachii:: Hubschmanniana. 1842. hardcover. 2. FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one. 4to. [iv], 147; [iv], 119, [1] pp. Tables. Lacks binding. Ms. notation on top cover. Very good. . "Lamont was the son of Robert Lamont, custodian of an earl's estate in Scotland. One of three sons of a second marriage, he displayed superior talents as early as primary school; but his education was placed in question when he was twelve by the death of his fathe... more information

Berlin:: Typis Academiae Regiae Scientiarum. 1830. hardcover. 2. 4to. [iv], 48, [2] pp. Tables, 3 engraved plates; foxed. Dis-bound. Very good. Poggendorf, II, col. 890. ... more information

Monachii:: Caroli Wolf. 1831. paperback. 2. 248 x 212 mm. 4to. 34 pp. Self-wraps; edges curled, minor foxing. Very good. . INAUGURAL DISSERTATION. On the pathology of the vena cava, researched at the Pathological-Anatomical Laboratory at Munich, and dedicated to the author's father, Johann Baptist Weissbrod, noted professor of obstetrics and surgery at the University of Munich. ... more information

London:: John Murray. 1820. hardcover. 2. 8vo. viii, 302, ads. [8] pp. Original tree calf sides, rebacked with brown morocco spine with heavy gilt tooling and original spine label preserved; spine label chipped, corners showing, else very good. Bookplate. . See Lowndes, Vol. III, p. 2475. ... more information

In: Proceedings of the Royal Society, Vol. XXXII, No. 213, 1881. London:: Harrison and Sons. 1881. paperback. 2. 214 x 140 mm. 8vo. Pages 232-247. [Entire issue: 103-332, iii, 3 pp.] Printed wrappers. Very good. . FIRST EDITION. "FIRST ALLOGRAFT TRANSPLANATATION OF BONE IN HUMANS." Garrison and Morton. Sir William Macewen was professor of surgery at the University of Glasgow. Macewen was notable for his methods of osteotomy for genu valgum, radical cure of oblique inguinal hernia, treatment of ane... more information