Unusually large and fine photograph of Velpeau by Goupil & Cie. for Galerie Contemporaine
by Velpeau, Alfred A.L.M.
Paris: Galerie Contemporaine.
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New elements of operative surgery
by Velpeau, Alfred A.L.M.
Washington: Duff Green, 1835. VELPEAU, Alfred A. M. (1795-1867). New elements of operative surgery. . . . With an appendix of notes, by Granville Sharp Pattison (1792-1851). 8vo. xxxv [1], 912pp. Washington: Duff Green, 1835. 208 x 136 mm. Sheep c. 1835, a little rubbed, front hinge tender. Foxed and browned, as is common with American books of this period, but very good overall. 19th cent. signature of Clement C. Speiden on front endpaper. First Edition in English of... Read More
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Descrizione delle prime scoperte dell'antica citta d'Ercolano
by Venuti, Marcello de
Rome: Nella Stemperia del Bernabo, et Lazzarini, 1748. Venuti, Marcello de (1700-1755). Descrizione delle prime scoperte dell'antica città d'Ercolano ritrovata vicino a Portici, villa della Maestà del re delle due Sicilie . . . xxiii, 146pp. Rome: Stamperia del Bernabò, e Lazarrini, 1748. 219 x 166 mm. Vellum c. 1748, head and foot of spine chipped, minor staining. A few minor dampstains, occasional foxing but very good. First Edition. In 1738 major excavations at Herculaneum resumed under the... Read More
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Four Dutch pharmacists in Japan 1869-1885
by Verburgt, Jan Willem
The Hague, 1991.
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On the Fabric of the Human Body. Vol. I: Bones & Cartilages. Translated by William F. Richardson and John B. Carman
by Vesalius, Andreas
San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1998. 1st edition. Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, first published in 1543 is, along with William Harvey's classic work from 1628 on the discovery of the circulation of the blood, one of the two most famous books in the history of medicine. A cornerstone of the scientific revolution, published the same year as Copernicus's monumental treatise on the heliocentric universe, De humani corporis fabrica inaugurated the modern study of anatomy, leading to the... Read More
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On the Fabric of the Human Body. Vol. 4: The Organs of Nutrition and Generation. Translated by W. F. Richardson and J. B. Carman
by Vesalius, Andreas
Novato: Norman Publishing, 2007. Volume 4 of this award-winning translation contains 19 chapters describing the organs of nutrition and generation, illustrated with 31 woodcuts reproduced at or near original size. The final chapter contains Vesalius's detailed instructions for performing an abdominal dissection.
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Engraved portrait by Johann Israel de Bry from Boissard's Bibliotheca illustrium virorum
by Vesalius, Andreas
1669. Speilmann, The Iconography of Andreas Vesalius (1925) no. 9, pp. 153-55, plate. 46.
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On the fabric of the human body. Vol. I. Deluxe edition.; Richardson & Carman, ed
by Vesalius, Andreas
San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1998. Deluxe edition, limited to 26 numbered and signed copies.
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On the Fabric of the Human Body. Vol. 3: The Veins and Arteries; The Nerves. Translated by William F. Richardson & John B. Carman
by Vesalius, Andreas
San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 2002. First edition in English. New. Vol. III: Book III: The Veins and Arteries; Book IV: The Nerves . Translated by William Frank Richardson, M.A., Ph.D., in collaboration with John Burd Carman, B. Med. Sc., M.B.Ch.B., D. Phil. Vol. III: Book III: The Veins and Arteries; Book IV: The Nerves, contains a total of thirty-two chapters. Each book has a large, 18 x 12-inch, fold-out diagram detailing the veins and arteries and the nerves.... Read More
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On the Fabric of the Human Body. Vol 5: The Heart and Associated Organs; The Brain. Trans. by Richardson & Carman
by Vesalius, Andreas
Novato: Norman, 2009. xx, 413pp. 34 illustrations. 9" x 12". Cloth, dust-jacket, 80-pound Mohawk Superfine Softwhite Eggshell acid-free paper. ISBN 978-0-930405-90-8. April 2009. Norman Anatomy Series, No. 5. Norman Landmark Series, No. 6. Volume V: Book VI: The Heart and Associated Organs; Book VII: The Brain contains fifteen chapters on the heart and respiratory organs and eighteen chapters on the brain and sense organs, plus a final chapter on vivisection. The volume concludes with a series of indexes,... Read More
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On the Fabric of the Human Body. Volume 5: Book VI: The Heart and Associated Organs; Book VII: The Brain. Deluxe edition limited to 26 lettered copies
by Vesalius, Andreas
Novato: Norman Publishing, 2009.
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Woodcut portrait of Vesalius attributed to Tobias Stimmer (1539-84). Matted. 13x9. cm
by Vesalius, Andreas
Posthumous portrait of Vesalius attributed to celebrated Swiss artist Tobias Stimmer, or, alternatively, to Stimmer's brother J. Christoph Stimmer or to Stimmer's pupil Christoph Maurer. Mounted and matted. 13 x 9cm. Fine apart from faint show-through from ms. on verso. With black letter caption reading "Andreas Vesalius/Medicus und Kais. Carls des fünfften Leibartz. m. 1564." This version of the portrait with German caption was published in Nikolaus Reusner's "Contrafacturbuch" (1587), the German version of his "Icones sive imagines virorum... Read More
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Icones anatomicae. Fourteenth muscleman, Fabrica (rear view)
by Vesalius, Andreas
New York: Bremer Press, 1934.
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On the Fabric of the Human Body. Volume II. Limited edition.; Richardson & Carman, ed
by Vesalius, Andreas
San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1999. Deluxe limited edition limited to 26 signed and numbered copies.
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On the Fabric of the Human Body. Vol. 2: Ligaments & muscles. Translated by William F. Richardson and John B. Carman
by Vesalius, Andreas
San Francisco: Norman, 1999. 1st edition. Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica libri septem, first published in 1543 is, along with William Harvey's classic work from 1628 on the discovery of the circulation of the blood, one of the two most famous books in the history of medicine. A cornerstone of the scientific revolution, published the same year as Copernicus's monumental treatise on the heliocentric universe, De humani corporis fabrica inaugurated the modern study of anatomy, leading to the eventual... Read More
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On the Fabric of the Human Body. Volume IV: Book V, the Organs of Nutrition and Generation. Limited Edition
by Vesalius, Andreas
Novato, 2007. Deluxe signed edition, limited to 26 copies.
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The illustrations from the works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, Annot.& trans. by Saunders & O'Ma; Saunders & O'Malley, ed
by Vesalius, Andreas
New York: World, 1950. [Vesalius, Andreas (1514-64).] Saunders, John B. deC. M. (1903-91) and Charles D. O'Malley (1907-70). The illustrations from the works of Andreas Vesalius of Brussels. 248, [4]pp. Text illustrations. Cleveland and New York: World Publishing Company, 1950. 304 x 222 mm. Full blind-ruled morocco, gilt-lettered front cover and spine, spine a bit faded. Fine. Translations of the text from the Icones Anatomicae of 1934.In a custom full leather binding. "With annotations and translations, a... Read More
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Novum vasorum corporis humani systema
by Vieussens, Raymond
Amsterdam: Paul Marret, 1705. Novum vasorum corporis humani systema. [48], 260pp. Additional engraved title page, engraved title vignette and coat of arms, engraved plate. Amsterdam: Paul Marret, 1705. 161 x 100 mm. Vellum ca. 1705, title in ink on spine, a bit stained. Very good. First Edition. "Vieussens was among the first to describe the morbid changes in mitral stenosis, the throbbing pulse in aortic insufficiency, and the first correctly to describe the structure of the left... Read More
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Autograph letter signed to Latimer Clark
by Vinchent, Julien
1879. Very Good. Vinchent, Julien (1822-87). A.L.s. to Latimer Clark. Brussels, September 19, 1879. 1- pp. 177 x 113 mm. Provenance: Latimer Clark. Responding to Clark's request for a portrait photograph. Vinchent was Belgium's director general of the post office and telegraph. Origins of Cyberspace 209. .
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Paragone. A comparison of the arts, with an introduction and English trans. by Irma A. Richter; Richter, Irma A., ed
by Leonardo da Vinci
London: Oxford, 1949.
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Ueber gewisse, die Gesundheit benachteiligende Einflüsse der Schulen, G-M. 1617; in Virchow's Arch. path. Anat., 66, 447-470
by Virchow, Rudolf Ludwig Karl (1821-1902)
Berlin: G. Reimer, 1869. Whole volume in unbound, uncut & unopened form. Without wrappers as issued. Vol. 66, pp.514, 16pll. 135 x 220mm. A very good copy. Improvements in school hygeine and the regular inspection of school children were brought about by the efforts of Virchow. English translation, New York, 1871. Virchow's papers on public health were collected, annotated, and translated into English by L.J. Rather as Collected Essays on piblic health and epidemiology, 2 vols. [Canotn, Mass., 1985].... Read More
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Delphinium altissimum. hand-colored lithograph (plate number 128) Framed
by Vishnupersaud
Engelmann Graf,Coinet&Co.
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The pathological anatomy of the human body. Translated by George E Day. 10 plates (some hand-col)
by Vogl, Julius
London: Bailliere, 1847. With 10 plates (some hand-colored).
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Alessandro Volta. Engraved portrait By Rados after Focosi
by Volta, Alessandro
Milan: L. Rados, 1827. Volta, Alessandro (1745-1827). Engraved portrait by Luigi Rados (1773-1840) after Roberto Focosi. Milan: presso l'Editore Proprietario Luigi Rados, 1828. 490 x 347 mm. Small repairs to margins, some faint stains, otherwise very good. This fine portrait, engraved after Volta's death, shows him seated at a table, his left hand inside his coat and his right resting on the table, with an example of his "crown of cups" battery at his right and a Voltaic pile... Read More
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