Neueste Entdeckungen über die Gerbsaure ... für Chemiker, Aerzte, Pharmaceuten u. Lederfabrikanten
by Buchner, A W - TANNIN
Frankfurt: Jaeger, 1833. First Edition.. Contemporary paste paper boards... A very good copy; some spotting throughout; pvt. library label on spine.. 8vo. A prize essay for the science society of Harlem. The author was a German pharmacist. The essay deals with the sources and extraction of tannin as well as its many uses in pharmacy and commerce (to cure leather). Absent from Waring and Pritzel.
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The History of the Life and Reigne of Richard the Third
by Buck, G
London: W Wilson, 1674. Second Edition.. Full contemp. calf.. A very good copy in a beautifully preserved 17th century binding.. 4to. A frontis. portrait of the subject. Buck [or Buc] the poet and historian is supposed to be the author of this work. It is based on a fragment of the orig mss. that states he was the author. The book is an attempt to prove Richard III innocent of the crimes imputed to him by the great... Read More
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Theatre of the Greeks ... relating to the rise, progress, and exhibition of the drama ....
by [Buckham, P W]
Cambridge [UK]: W P Grant, 1825. First Edition.. Original paste paper bds. .. Very good, bright copy.. 8vo, [8], [1] - 237, [1] pp. A superb early reference for the sources and scholarship pertaining to the Greek theatre.
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Bemerkungen für Landschullehrer und für Freunde derselben
by Büel, J - EDUCATION - CHILDREN
Nürnberg: Rau, 1792. First Edition.. Contemporary marbled paper over paste paper boards.. Good; age browning and spotting; binding broken.. 8vo, [4], [5] - 126, [2] pp. An essay on the education of young children and instructions for teachers in the German countryside.
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Investigations of Microscopic Foams and on Protoplasm ....
by Buetschli, O - CYTOLOGY
London: Adam and Charles Black, 1894. First English Edition.. Modern three-quarter leather; original printed cloth covers are mounted and bound in; t.e.g.. Good; front joint partially split; some modest scuffing.. 8vo, xvi, [1] - 379 pp. + 12 tinted lithographic plates and text illustrations. An important book that has been re-discovered in recent years.The fundamental view underlying this pioneering work was that living protoplasm has an alveolar structure and that many of it properties could be explained on... Read More
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Experiments to Determine the Comparative Value of the Principal Varieties of Fuel .... - OFFERED WITH - A Defence of Experiments ....
by Bull, M
Philadelphia: J Dobson, 1827-' 28. First Edition.. modern linen cloth; the Defence is dsbd.. A very good copy; untrimmed.. 8vo. A frontis.. of the testing apparatus. An early attempt to introduce some measure of rationality and economic standard into the fuel requirements for the city of Philadelphia and construct a useful index of heating costs for householders. Bull's experiments on the heating capacity of different fuels are exhaustive, using a calorimeter similar to that of Rumford, and plainly... Read More
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Gasometry Comprising the Leading Physical and Chemical Properties of Gases
by Bunsen, R
London: Walton and Maberly, 1857. First English Edition.. Original publisher's cloth.. Good; cloth "polished" (varnished?); cloth split along portion of the front joint.. 8vo, xii, [1] - 298, [2 - errata] pp. + 8 pp. of inserted adverts. There are text illustrations throughout. Bunsen's treatise on gases. The translator, Roscoe, was a student of Bunsen's and is responsible for adding three conversion tables to this translation not present in the German printing of the same year. Bunsen's... Read More
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Gasometrische Methoden
by Bunsen, R
Berlin: F Vieweg, 1857. First Edition.. Contemporary cloth backed boards.. A good copy; some wear to the head of the spine; slightly shaken.. 8vo, There are text illus. of Bunsen's apparatus. A milestone in analytic chemistry. Bunsen embarked on his work because of the practical requirements of his job: to examine the discharge gases of blast furnaces. The technique he developed for chemical analysis of gases remained standard for the rest of the century. It is fully... Read More
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Gedichte von G A Burger, 2 vols. in one
by Burger, G A - BARON MUNCHHAUSEN
Carlsruhe: Bureau der deutschen Classiker, 1815. Later Printing.. contemp half leather bdg... A good copy with spotting throughout.. 8vo. The title pages to both volumes are engraved. A handsome printing accompanied by biographical facts. Burger was the author of Baron Munchhausen fantasy.
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Communication on Water Gas to Andrew C Craig ... Philadelphia Gas Works
by Burgin, G H
Philadelphia: [ G Burgin ?], [ 1860 ]. First Edition.. orig. printed wrappers.. A good copy; some dust soiling; small piece at lower fore corner torn away.. 8vo. The production of bi - carbureted gas and its use. A relatively early work on the commmercial use of fire - damp gas for lighting and heating.
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
by [Burke, E] - AESTHETICS
London: R & J Dodsley, 1757. First Edition.. Full contemporary calf. Good; front joint cracked; small chip at the base of the spine; internally bright and crisp.. 8vo, viii, [8], 184 pp. Burke's important treatise on aesthetics. Todd suggests that appx. 500 copies were printed. Todd #5a.
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Biasio Burlini, professor dottica allArchimede in Venezia, a dilettanti d Ottica [Drop Title]
by Burlini, Biagio (Biasio) - INSTRUMENT ADVERTISEMENT
[Venice]: [The Author], ca1750. First Edition.. As issued.. Near fine; some minor paper repairs along the fold.. Small folio. [4] pp. (2 conjugate leaves) - last page blank; meas. appx 295 x 205 mm. The illustration is signed Filasi. Advertisement brochure issued by Burlini who was one of a handful of Venetian opticians in the city during 18th century. It has a leaf containing an ennumerated identification of the parts and general description for a telescope... Read More
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Insanity Tested by Science, and shown to be ... rarely connected with ... organic lesion of the brain
by Burnett, C M
London: Samuel Highley, 1848. First Edition.. orig. publisher's cloth.. A very good copy; chip at the head of the spine about one half inch; unopened.. 8vo. (i-iii)iv, (1)2 - 107, (1) pp.; publisher's adverts. Burnett's refutation of the long held idea that insanity is seated in some pathological defect of the brain. It is also a thinly veiled effort to help the way along for legislation to care for the insane. A help, in the sense that... Read More
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Collection of 70 offprints.
by Burnet, F M - TRANSPLANT SURGERY
vp, 1926/'38. OFFPRINT.. Drop down clam shell box.. Most are in very good condition with hole punches in the gutter; some of the later papers are printed on poor quality paper.. 8vo./4to. A noted surgeon who received the Nobel Prize in 1960 for his discovery of acquired immunological tolerance to tissue transplant. He also did notable research in bacteriology and communicable diseases; the organism responsible for Q fever is named after him (Rickettsia burneti). His three G-M papers... Read More
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Observations on the Surgical Anatomy of the Head and Neck ....
by Burns, A - ANATOMY - CARDIOLOGY
Glasgow: Wardlaw & Cunninghame, 1824. Second Enlarged Edition (UK prtg.).. Original blue paste paper boards and paper label.. Good; spine abraded; covers loose.. 8vo, 4 (adverts dated Feb., 1824), [4], xxix, [1 - blank], [31] - 510, [2 - plate list] pp. + 10 plates. The second enlarged edition edited by Granville Pattison who was professor of anatomy at the Univ. of Maryland in America. Pattison was a student of Burns in Edinburgh. The two men were on... Read More
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On Disorders of the Cerebral Circulation and on the Connection Between Affections of the Brain and Diseases of the Heart
by Burrows, George
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1848. First American Edition.. Original publisher's black cloth.. Very good; cloth split along the front joint.. 8vo, xii, [1] - 216, 32 (adverts - dated 1855) pp. + 6 color plates of cerebral circulation. Burrows studies showed that alterations in the cerebral circulation might be related to apoplexy. Burrows pursued the difficulties of identifying and examining circulation in the brain. Burrows correctly postulated that the cerebrospinal fluid was an important element in the contents... Read More
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At Sea [drop title]
by Burroughs, John - MANUSCRIPT
[Esopus, N.Y.?], ca1883. Full gilt stamped dark blue morocco with gilt inner dentelles and marbled endpapers; ca 1930. Binder's stamp: Blackwood.. Near fine.. Royal 8vo, 29 leaves; autograph - in Burrough's hand, and signed. Each leaf neatly inset into a larger sheet and then bound. All the appearances of a working manuscript, with corrections, revisions, and insertions. It first appeared in the April 1883 issue of The Century and published in book form as the final piece in... Read More
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On Stone Implements from the Gold Coast, West Africa
by Burton, Richard Capt. & Cameron, V L Com.
London: Harrison and Sons, May, 1883. OFFPRINT.. Original printed light green wrappers.. Fine.. 8vo, [1] - 6 pp. + plate. This offprint has consecutive pagination 1-6. A rare Burton offprint missed by Penzer who cites only the journal appearance (p. 240). The last page of this offprint has a printer's notice half way down the page: "Reprinted from the Journal of the Anthropological Institute, May, 1883" with the printer's slug at the bottom of the page.
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A Plan of Improvements in the Construction and Use of Fire-Arms Great and Small ....
by Butler, John
[London?]: [The Author?], 1795?. First Edition.. orig. plain blue wrappers.. A very good copy; blank endsheet filled with contemp. notes; backstrip reinforced with library tape.. 8vo. One plate. [2], (i)ii-iv, (1)2-18, [2], 21-22 pp.; plate {plate is part of the pagination}. A rare pamphlet printed by the author for private distribution. Butler cautions the reader against allowing copies to be made or losing the printed version. The pamphlet is a well thought out and ingenious method for improving... Read More
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Über den Bau quellbarer Körper und die Bedingungen der Quellung
by Bütschli, Otto
Gottingen: Dietrich, 1896. OFFPRINT from Kgl. Gesell. der Wissen., Bd. 40. Original printed wrappers.. Very good; some marginal chipping.. 4to, [2], 68 pp. with text illustrations. One of the author's impressive studies on the of biological structures, but limited to those that could swell. DSB II, 625 - 628.
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Essays on Malaria, and Temperament
by Caldwell, C
Lexington (KY): N L Finnell & J F Herndon, 1831. First Edition.. Original cloth backed boards. . Fair; x - lib with stamps on the title and ink number on spine and pocket at back; block split.. 8vo, An early American contribution summarizing the ideas about cause and treatment of malaria supplemented by an essay on "humors" and the ideas of Galen. An interesting Kentucky imprint.
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Introductory Address on Independence of Intellect - BOUND WITH - Medical and Physical Memoirs - BOUND WITH - Elements of Phrenology - BOUND WITH - Analysis of Fever
by Caldwell, Charles - PRINTED IN KENTUCKY
Lexington, [KY], 1824 - 1826. First (only) Editions.. Contemporary three-quarter calf.. Very good; some toning and spotting throughout; binding rubbed.. 8vo, I - Printed at the Office of the Kentucky Whig, 1825, [4], [5] - 49 pp.; II - [Same], 1826, [4], [1] - 224 pp.; III - Printed for the Author by Thomas T Skillman, 1824, viii, [1] - 100 pp. + plate (Note: The plate is sometimes inserted as a folding frontispiece. In this copy, it... Read More
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[Santa Barbara California, botanical photo albums]
by Anon. - PHOTOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA
[Santa Barbara ?]: not published, ca. 1910. Unique.. Grey paper stitched with silk cord.. Near fine.. 8vo. There are two albums with a total of 16 mounted gelatin sliver prints of trees (meas. appx. 110 x 65 mm). Two small, artfully crafted, hand made albums of photographs of trees that grow in the Santa Barbara area. Each photograph is tipped on to the album sheet with a neat, hand inked identification beneath.
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Physisk Medizinske Betragtninger over Kiobenhavn, 2 vols.
by Callisen, H - PUBLIC HEALTH
Copenhagen: F Brummers, 1807- `09. First Edition.. contemp. three quarter leather.. A good set with some scuffing.. 8vo. There is a frontis.. An original work documenting the medical history and municipal provisions for medical care of the city of Copenhagen. It covers everything form hospitals to suicide statistics. Absent from Waller and Wellcome.
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Historische Notizen und Betrachtungen über die Anwendung der Atomtheorie in der Chemie ....
by Cannizzaro, St[anislao]
Stuttgart: F Enke, 1913. OFFPRINT from Samm. chem. und chem.-tech. Vor.. Original publisher's printed wrappers.. Fine; unopened.. 8vo, [2], 166 pp.
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