Autograph letter signed to Martin Davis
by Church, Alonzo
Los Angeles, 1984. Church, Alonzo (1903-95). Autograph letter signed to Martin Davis (1928-2023). 1+ pages on single sheet. Los Angeles, 21 May 1984. 215 x 141 mm. Fine. From Alonzo Church, who made major contributions to mathematical logic, including the lambda calculus (a universal model of computation), the Church-Turing thesis on the nature of computable functions, and his proof of the unsolvability of Hilbert's famous Entscheidungsproblem. Together with his doctoral student, Alan Turing, Church is considered one of... Read More
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Medical botany
by Stephenson & Churchill
London: John Churchill, 1831. Stephenson & Churchill, Medical Botany. 4 vols. in 2, 8vo. Unpaginated. 186 attractive hand-colored botanical plates (numbered 1-185, plus an unnumbered plate of "Atropa belladonna" in Vol. I). 19th cent. half calf, marbled boards, a little rubbed. Minor foxing and offsetting from plates, but a very good set. Ownership signature, dated 1871, on endpaper. First edition. A very handsome series, including the Dublin pharmacopeia, which was not used for Woodville's botany. The handsome... Read More
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Catalogue de relieures du XVe au XIXe siecle, en vente a la librairie Gumuchian & Cie
by Gumuchian & Cie
Paris: Gumuchian & Cie. Gumuchian & Cie. Catalogue de reliures du XVe au XIXe siècle, en vente à la librairie Gumuchian & Cie. vi, 180pp. 73 plate leaves containing 135 numbered illustrations. Paris: Gumuchian & Cie., 1929. 322 x 254 mm. Original cloth, shaken, slight edgewear. Fore-edges a bit frayed but very good. Bookplate. First Edition. .
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Engraved Portrait by H. Meyer after J. Jackson
by Clarke, Edward Daniel
Margin: 270x182 mm. Faint creasing, light soiling.
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On certain functions of the spinal chord, with further investigations into its structure. By J. Lockhart Clarke, Esq. Communicated by Samuel Solly, Esq., F.R.S. pp. 347-356 in: Philosophical Transactions, Vol. 143, Part III
by Clarke, Jacob Lockhart
London: Taylor and Francis, 1853. Whole issue in original printed wrappers, mostly uncut & unopened. [iv] 311-561 [1] 15pp.; 7 plates (Plates XIX. - XXVI.) Jacob Augustus Lockhart Clarke (1817-1880) was an English physician, physiologist, histologist and neurologist. Clarke received his material edication at Guy's Hispital and St. Thomas's Hospital in London. He was liscenced by the Apothecaries Society and subsequently went to love with his mother at Pimlico, where he established a private practice. From 1851 to... Read More
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In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius
by Clavius, Christophorus
Venice: apud Io. Baptistam Ciottum, 1603. Later printing. Clavius, Christophorus. In sphaeram Ioannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius. 4to. [32], 483, [1] pp. Woodcut text illustrations. Limp vellum c. 1603. Minor foxing and toning, but very good. Seventh edition. Clavius (1538-1612), a member of the Jesuit order, was one of the most respected astronomers in Europe. He was the main architect of the Gregorian calendar (which we use today), and his astronomical textbooks were widely used for over... Read More
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Ink Drawing by Jo. Fran. Barberi
by Cleopatra
Margin: 234x195 mm. Faint creasing, small tear in left margin, soiling.
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The sputum: Its examination and clinical significance
by Clifford, Randall
New York: Macmillan, 1932. 167pp. xix, 167pp. Text illustrations. 219 x 144 mm. Original cloth, dust-jacket (light wear). Very good.
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Autograph letter signed to Edmund Belfour
by Clift, William
Regent's Park, 1846. Clift, William (1775-1849). A.L.s. to Edmund Belfour. Regent's Park, October 9, 1845. 1 page. 208 x 128 mm. Light creasing where previously folded, faint uneven browning. From William Clift, assistant to the celebrated surgeon and anatomist John Hunter and custodian of Hunter's collections of scientific materials after Hunter's death in 1793. In 1800 Clift was named the first curator of the Royal College of Surgeons' Hunterian Museum, based on Hunter's collections; the Hunterian now one of... Read More
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Autograph letter signed to a colleague
by Cloquet, Jules
Paris, 1830. Cloquet, Jules Hippolyte (1787-1840). ALS in French to unidentified colleague asking his opinion concerning the fitness for military service of a patient with rheumatic pain. 1 page, 8vo. Paris, 13 [July?] 1830. Cloquet's patient has suffered for with rheumatic disease of the joints since 1826. Cloquet asks whether his colleague would expect to be able to ameliorate this chronic disease. 22437.
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De la squeletopee, ou de la preparation des os,des articulations et de la construction des squeletes; these
by Cloquet, Jules
Paris: Mequignon-Marvis, 1819. 1st edition. 4to.74pp.modern boards. some foxing and dampstaining. good copy.
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Autograph letter signed to [Jean-Pierre] Dantan jeune
by Cloquet, Jules
Paris, 1857. Cloquet, Jules (1790-1883). Autograph letter signed to [Jean-Pierre] Dantan jeune (1800-1869). 1 page plus integral address leaf. Paris, 20 March 1857. 208 x 134 mm. One corner of address leaf torn away (not affecting text), minimal foxing, but very good. [With:] Genty, Maurice. Jules-Germain Cloquet (1790-1883). Les biographies médicales 7, no. 9 (September 1933). 261-276pp. 2 plate leaves. Paris: J.-B. Baillière. 257 x 170 mm. Original printed wrappers. Very good. From physician and anatomist Jules Cloquet, author... Read More
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Inscription to Comte de Gasparin, with portrait
by Cloquet, Jules
Paris: Rignoux, 1854. mounted on title sheet of Not. anal. trav. sci., with portrait.
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Autograph letter signed to Citoyen [Pepin?] at Charleville
by Clouet, Jean-Francois
Sedan, 1794. Clouet, Jean-François (1751-1801). A.L.s. to Citoyen [Pepin?] at Charleville. 3pp. on 2 conjugate leaves. Sedan, 17 mai l'an 2me de la République française [1794]. Creased and a little chipped but very good. A specialist in metallurgy and active supporter of the French Revolution, Clouet was put in charge of reorganizing metallurgical establishments in his native region in 1793, and he must have written the above letter in his official capacity. He discusses iron products, mostly with... Read More
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Engraved Portrait
by Clusius, Carolus
Print: 150x118 mm. Mount: 170x141 mm. Mounted on paper. Edges trimmed, but otherwise in very good condition. From Boissard's Theatrum vitae humanae (1596).
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Engraved Portrait by J. Cochran after H. Room
by Clutterbuck, William
Margin: 190x155 mm. Faint soiling.
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Engraved Portrait by D. Veremondo Roffi after Leonardo Frati
by Cocchi, Antonio
Plate: 195x137 mm. Margin: 211x140 mm. Bottom margin is frayed, small tear in right margin, faint foxing, light soiling.
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Histoire illustree de l'hepato- gastro-enterologie de l'antiquite a nos jours. Fine copy in fine dust jacket
by Cocheton,Guerre,Pequignot
Paris: Roger Dacosta, 1987. 1st edition.
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Observations sur les antiquites de la ville d'Herculanum
by Bellicard & Cochin
Paris: Jombert, 1754. Cochin, Charles Nicolas (1715-90) and Jérôme Charles Bellicard (1726-86). Observations sur les antiquités de la ville d'Herculaneum avec quelques reflexions sur la peinture & la sculpture des anciens . . . xxxvi, 98, [10]pp. 27 engraved plates (some printed on both sides). Paris: Ch. Ant. Jombert, 1754. 187 x 107 mm. (uncut). Quarter morocco gilt, marbled boards in antique style. Title-leaf a bit soiled, occasional minor spotting but very good. First Edition. Cochin, an engraver,... Read More
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Professor of Medical Botany, Author of the Botanic Guide to Health, Treatise on Midwifery, etc. Engraved Portrait by H. B. Hall after Charpentier
by Coffin, A. I.
Margin: 190x125 mm. Very faint soiling.
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Lithograph Portrait by Rembrandt Peale after Gilbert Stuart, lithographed by Pendleton
by Coffin, Nathaniel
Margin: 221x132 mm. Some marginal stains, small faint crease in upper left corner, foxing. Portrait of American physician Nathaniel Coffin (1744-1826), drawn on stone by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1860), from the painting by Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828). Lithographed by Pendleton, pioneers of lithography in Boston.
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Engraved Portrait by J. Thomson after F. Gerard
by Cogan, Thomas
Margin: 187x109 mm. Some foxing, faint soiling. Portrait of Thomas Cogan, who in 1774 co-founded with William Hawes the Society for the Recovery of Persons Apparently Drowned, later known as the Royal Humane Society. The Royal Humane Society was the first British charity established for the purpose of resuscitating the nearly drowned. Cogan spent a good part of his life in Holland, where he learned of Amsterdam's pioneering Maatschappij tot Redding van Drenkelingen (Society to Rescue People from Drowning);... Read More
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Putnam's Semi-Monthly Library for Travellers and the Fireside
by G. P. Putnam & Co
New York: Putnams, 1852.
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Die Tuberkulose vom Standpunkte der Infectionslehre
by Cohnheim, Julius
Leipzig: Alexander Edelmann, 1880. 8vo. 44pp. Original printed wrappers, spine a bit chipped. 230 x 153 mm. Ownership inscription on front wrapper of "Fehling," most likely H.C. von Fehling (1812-85), professor in the Technical High School, Stuttgart, best known for his test for sugar in urine (G-M 680, "Fehling's solution," 1848), a test which opened the way for a definitive chemical study of diabetes mellitus. First Edition. Garrison-Morton 2329: ". . . Among [Cohnheim's] many valuable experiments, the greatest... Read More
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Frisius, D. Medicus Chirurgus et Anatomicus Excellentissimus, Physicus Reipubl. Noriberg Ordinarius. Engraved Portrait by H. Leonard
by Coiterus, Volcher
1669. Print: 179x118 mm. Mount: 210x152 mm. Print is mounted on paper. Some small tears in left and bottom margins, very faint soiling.
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