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

Sao Paulo:: Meseu de Arte Brasileira/ Fundacao Armando Alvares Penteado. 2007. hardcover. 1. Square 4to. 408 pp. 318 illus. (a few color); lower corner bumped. Near fine. . FIRST EDITION of this generously illustrated exhibition catalogue. Born in Paris, Marcel Gautherot (1910-1966) traveled extensively throughout Brazil with his friend and fellow photographer Pierre Verger. ISBN: 9788598864228 ... 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

n.p:: n.p.. 1873. hardcover. 1. Folded stationery sheet (177 x 229 mm). Langham Hotel, 2 Dec 1873 [or 20- 12-1873?] to the Hon. Arthur L. Pelham, on Clemens’ embossed Farmington Avenue, Hartford [CT] letterhead with embossed address crossed through. The text is as follows: “Dear Sir | I thank you | very much for | showing me these | specimens of schooling | in England and I | have taken the liberty | of copying a few | of them in all | their original ortho- | graphy and punctuation. | I return the... more information

(Philadelphia):: (History of Science). 1985. hardcover. 1. 8vo. 321 pp. Presentation binding: Blue simulated leather, gilt-stamped cover and spine titles. Bookplate of David C. Lindberg. Fine. . Limited edition of 150 copies issued to friends of OSIRIS and handsomely bound in simulated leather. ISBN: 0934235023 ... more information

Bruges:: Saint Catherine Press, 1. 6-1962. hardcover. 1. 23 [14+19] volumes. 8vo. 777; 550; 587; 714; 601; 844; 616; 449; 648; 630; 533; 489; 397; 369 pp. [and:] KOHLSTEDT, Sally Gregory & Margaret W. ROSSITER (eds.). OSIRIS. A research journal devoted to the history of science and its cultural influences, Second Series. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, 1985-2004. [Complete for these years]. 8vo. 321; 361; 289; 236; 313; 244; 307; 248; 250; 253; 265; 222; 443; 383; 323; 376; 373; 282; 304 pp. V... 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). ... 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

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

London:: Printed for T. Payne and Son ... T. Cadell, and P. Elmsly. 1781. hardcover. .. Octavo. Page 306 torn. Foxed throughout. Original calf; handsomely rebacked, gilt-ruled raised bands, maroon gilt title label. . With a wonderful fore-edge painting SIGNED by John T. Beer entitled, “Chatterton” with a view of Bristol and Thomas Chatterton’s portrait in a center oval piece. Manuscript note in Beer’s hand: “Curious of showing how much may be said in favour of a theory afterwards pr... more information

London:: Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies. 1809. hardcover. 2. 8vo. viii, 208, ix-x, [2] pp. 20 hand-tinted aquatint plates of English country scenes; light foxing & offsetting. Rebacked preserving original gilt ruled mottled calf boards, gilt decorated spine, gilt stamped green & brown leather spine labels; corners showing. Very good. . FIRST EDITION. Twenty stunning hand-tinted aquatint plates depicting classic scenes of the English countryside and its historic buildings. The writer, and ordain... more information

From:: Proceeding of the Royal Society. Vol. XVI, No. 96. 1867. paperback. 1. 8vo. Pages 183-188. [Entire issue: 155-188 pp.] 11 figs. Original printed wrappers; edges slightly soiled. Fine. . George William Callender "was house-surgeon at St. Bartolomew's, was in 1861 elected assistant surgeon, and in 1871 surgeon to the hospital. At the same time he was.... demonstrator of anatomy, lecturer on comparative anatomy and on anatomy (1865), and finally (1873) lecturer on surgery.... He published a pap... more information

Philadelphia:: James Webster. 1823. hardcover. 2. Two parts in one. Small 4to. (212 x 129 mm) xx, 221; 168 pp. Small piece at top of title-page torn away without loss, foxed throughout. Original brown calf, gilt-ruled spine, gilt-stamped black morocco spine label; extremities rubbed, small piece of spine label missing. Book label of Morris Lancaster, 1851, bookseller label of J. G. Auner, Philadelphia. Very good. . Second American edition. “Hamilton was a student of William Cullen and Alexander Munro s... more information

Philadelphia:: Key, Mielke & Biddle. 1832. hardcover. 11. Small 4to. viii, 332 pp. 2 plates. Original speckled calf, neatly rebacked, gilt spine rules, black morocco spine label, new toned endleaves. Text lightly washed. Very good. . “This translation of Volume I of Larrey’s Clinique chirurgicale (Paris, 1829-1836) was made by Edward Florens Rivinus (1802-1872). Even though Rivinus only translated the first of Larrey’s multi-volume work, he commented in the Preface that ‘The great im... more information

Paris:: [From the author], 1694. 1715. hardcover. 1. Published: Chez l’Auteur & La Compagnie des Libraires Associez. 4to. [8], 572, [12, 2], 77, [1] pp. Contemporary full dark calf, raised bands, gilt- stamped spine title and panels; spine ends worn, outer hinges splitting, but holding strong. Signature [L’Vander dyncht?] and exlib ink stamps on title-page. Fine. . “The present work was originally issued as Volume II of the fourth edition (1694) of Mauriceau’s Traité des malad... more information