L'infanticide
by BROUARDEL, P.
Paris: Bailliere et fils, 1897. FIRST EDITION. With 5 full-page and 14 text illustrations (2 plates sepia-coloured). Original front printed wrapper (extremely browned) bound into later half-vellum over boards, small tear in spine; sporadic brtowning throughout. First edition. The author incorporates the most up-to-date medical and scientific discoveries and applies them to this outstanding contribution to forensic pathology. Of major significance is his use of “Röntgen Rays” to uncover the often undetectable crime of infanticide. This was possibly the... Read More
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Lives of men of letters and science, who flourished in the time of George III
by BROUGHAM, Henry, Lord
London: Charles Knight and Co., 1847. FIRST EDITION (Vol. I); later printing of Vol. II. With 14 plates of portraits by J. Brown. Full calf, rubbed and repaired, gilt spine, simple gold tooling around edges; interior crisp and clean, with marbled edges. From the library of Arnold Thackray with his bookplate and the signature of Madge F. Eberhardt in the first volume. First edition of the first volume, and a later edition of the second volume (originally published 1846).... Read More
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Psychologia: or, an account of the nature of the rational soul. In two parts. The first, being an essay towards establishing the receiv’d doctrine, of an immaterial and consequently immortal substance, united to human body, upon sufficient grounds of reason. The second, a vindication of that receiv’d and establish’d doctrine, against a late book, call’d Second thoughts, &c. wherein all the authors pretended demonstrations to the contrary, as well philosophical and rational, as scriptural, are fully refuted; together with occasional remarks on his way of reasoning. To which is annex’d, a brief confutation of his whole hypothesis
by BROUGHTON, John
London: W.B. for T. Bennet, 1703. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary Cambridge-style calf, spine labe with title in manuscript; printed on thick leaves. An absolutely fantastic, clean copy with the bookplate of Watkin Williams (1828-1884), a Welsh judge and politician, of the County of Denbigh and the early signature of John Sheppard on the paste-down. First edition. In 1702, William Coward published Second thoughts concerning human soul in which he maintained, partly based on scripture as well as arguments found in... Read More
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Atlas Historique et bibliographique de la médecine
by BROUSSAIS, Casimir
Paris: J.-B. Baillière, 1834. SECOND EDITION. Letterpress tables throughout. Original printed blue paper wrappers (rebacked, frayed at the edges, spine repaired); minor staining and foxing, but a complete copy with a pen inscription on the front wrapper. Second edition, expanded from the first, of this timeline of advancements in medical science. In separate sections, the text outlines the history of anatomy, physiology, hygiene, medicine, surgery, obstetrics, and pharmacy. Each part includes an extensive alphabetical bibliography of books on the... Read More
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Mongolism: A study of the physical and mental characteristics of Mongolian imbeciles
by BROUSSEAU, Katie
Baltimore: The Williams & Wilkins Co, 1928. FIRST EDITION. Complete with half-title, 30 photographs on 18 leaves, numerous graphs, tables and text illustrations, index and appendix of case reports, and 19-page bibliography. In the back of the book is a 2-page description of the process of printing the book (“Sans Tache”). Library buckram, label removed from foot of spine; stamps on title and last leaf, bookplate of the Medical Society of the County of Kings. Presentation copy, signed by... Read More
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La Science de la santé, soit pour le moral, soit pour le physique
by [BROUTET, Guillaume de]
Avignon: Laurent Aubanel, 1813. FIRST EDITION. Woodcut and typographic ornaments. Untrimmed in contemporary pastepaper wrappers backed with printing waste from the same publication. A fine copy in genuine, original condition. First edition, an anonymous encyclopedic handbook of physical and moral health for laymen. Divided into two separate dictionaries, the first part contains terms related to the conservation of health and ethics, and the second addresses medicinal plants, foods, and compounds, complete with recipes and directions for use. Unlike a... Read More
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Course of lectures on the physiology and pathology of the central nervous system delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in May, 1858
by BROWN-SÉQUARD, C[harles]-É[douard]
Philadelphia: Collins, 1860. FIRST EDITION. With 3 numbered lithograph plates. Half morocco over boards, spine labels; interior very good with only minor foxing on last plate. First edition of Brown-Séquard’s investigation of spinal cord transection. In this series of lectures he defines the relative function of the posterior and anterior cord sections and their relationship to other neral pathways, and shows how trauma to transverse hemisection of the spinal cord can lead to motor paralysis and hyperesthesia at different... Read More
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Chaucer's England
by BROWNE, Matthew
London: Hurst and Blackett, 1869. FIRST EDITION. Frontispiece portrait of Chaucer, title engraving and wonderful illustrations at the beginning of each chapter. Contemporary half blue polished calf over marbled boards with gilt ruled borders, 5 raised bands with gilt tooled compartments and morocco spine labels, marbled end-papers, top edge gilt; light scuffing, spines slightly sunned. Overall a very good copy with previous owner’s signature. First edition. A fine combination biography and commentary on Chaucer’s work. Writing under the pseudonym... Read More
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The works Sir Thomas Browne
by BROWNE, Sir Thomas
London: Faber & Gwyer Ltd., 1931. Each volume with frontispiece, 12 plates total. Original blue boards, sunned, gilt tops; a fine, uncut set. Limited edition (number 57 of 210) printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper and signed by the editor Geoffrey Keynes. Includes Religio medici, Christian morals, A letter to a friend, Pseudodoxia epidemica, Hydriotaphia, Brampton urns, The garden of Cyrus, Miscellany tracts, Repertorium, as well as Browne’s miscellaneous writings and letters.
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Religio medici: to which is added hydriotaphia, or urn-burial, a discourse on sepulchral urns; and also Christian morals
by BROWNE, Sir Thomas
London: Henry Washbourne, 1845. Later edition. Half-morocco and marbled boards, spine in compartments with title and decorations in gilt. From the libraries of Ralph Starkweather, Thomas Westwood and Larry C. Parks. M.D. with their respective bookplates. Browne’s best known work is Religio medici, or The doctor’s religion, which is his own spiritual testament and an early example of a psychological self-portrait. The work represents Browne’s attempt to arrive at a vital concept of faith, one with tolerance, humor and... Read More
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The works of the learned Sir Thomas Browne
by BROWNE, Sir Thomas
London: Tho. Basset, Ric. Chiswell, etc., 1686. FIRST COLLECTED WORKS. General title in red and black, separate titles for each part. Full-page woodcut illustration opposite the start of Hydriotaphia, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait. Contemporary calf, rebacked; a very clean copy from the library of E.N. da C. Andrade with his bookplate on the paste-down, ownership inscription of John Edwards on the fly-leaf and bookplate of Larry C. Parks, M.D. indicating his purchase in... Read More
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Pseudodoxia epidemica...
by BROWNE, Thomas
London: Edward Dod, 1646. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary calf, rebacked, corners renewed. Imprimatur leaf repaired on fore-edge, occasional foxing and browning. Presented to the library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia by Edward Wilson, with the Academy's bookplate on the front paste-down. First edition. In this work the author questions the many long held prejudices and misconceptions which hampered scientific growth. Browne's (1605-82) "vulgar errors," as it was amusingly referred to, is divided into seven books which contain... Read More
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Pseudodoxia epidemica: or, enquiries into very many recieved tenents and commonly presumed truths, together with the religio medici
by BROWNE, Thomas
London: J.R. for Nath. Ekins, 1672. With engraved portrait of author opposite title page by F.H. Van Houe. Half-leather and marbled boards; first 6 leaves loose, otherwise, interior good with numerous contemporary annotations. Sixth edition, the last to be corrected and enlarged by the author. Browne's work is divided into seven books which contain his numerous observations and experiments in physics, comparative anatomy and biology. It "contains an extraordinary amount of learning and research dispelling many superstitious beliefs. To... Read More
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Über den Bruch des Schenkelbeinhalses überhaupt, und Insbesondere eine neue Methode, denselben ohne hinken au heilen
by BRÜNNINGHAUSEN, Herman Joseph
Würzburg: Johann Jacob Stapels, 1789. FIRST EDITION. With 4 folding copper engravings (3 double-page) with 9 numbered figures. Original wrappers, top detached; text unopened, unmarked, minor foxing. An excellent copy of a rare work. First edition of the author’s monograph on femoral neck fractures and their surgical remedies. This very early operative treatment pre-dates modern methods of hip surgery and replacement by over fifty years. According to Anderson, “modern hip surgery only became feasible after 1847 with the introduction... Read More
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Christian Researches in Asia: With Notices on the Translation of the Scriptures into the Oriental Languages...
by BUCHANAN, REV. Claudius
Burlington: Stephen C. Ustick, 1812. Later edition. Contemporary brown calf, gilt tooling on spine, edges and spine worn; tear to upper corner of p. 11 (one word of text missing), text leaves browned with some foxing, stain through last 40 leaves. Ownership inscription on fly-leaf. Rare edition of an influential work. It contains sometimes lurid accounts of religious and cultural practices in India, including, for example, a section on “Immolation of females.” First published in 1811, the work Christian... Read More
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Conférences sur la théorie darwinienne de la transmutation des espèces et de l'apparition du monde organique. Application de cette théorie a l'homme. Ses rapports avec la doctrine du progrès et avec la philosophie matérialiste du passé et du présent
by BUCHNER, Louis [Ludwig]
Leipzig: Théodore Thomas, 1869. FIRST FRENCH TRANSLATION. Printer wrappers, uncut, foxing on preliminaries and browning throughout. First French translation by Auguste Jacquot, originally printed in German the prior year. "Buchner justifiably conceived the works of Darwin, for the dissemination of which he is especially to be lauded.
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Syrian anatomy pathology and therapeutics or “the bookd of medicines.” The Syriac text, edited from a rare manuscript, with an English translation, etc.
by BUDGE, E.A. Wallis
London, etc.: Humphrey Milford Oxford University Press, 1913. FIRST EDITION. Titles in red and black. Publisher’s red cloth, titles in gilt on spine. A fine set. First edition of this translation of a Syriac manuscript entitled the Book of Medicines. The manuscript, the date of which is unknown, was a translation itself from an early Greek manuscript of classical medicine which relied heavily on Hippocrates. Divided into three parts, the first contains lectures on human anatomy, pathology and therapeutics.... Read More
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Opera Omnia
by BULL, George
London: Richard Smith for Samuel Bridge, 1703. FIRST COLLECTED EDITION. Contemporary blind-stamped calf, rebacked, edges worn; marginal dampstaining to the final few leaves. Lacks frontispiece portrait, otherwise complete. First edition of Bull’s collected works, edited by Johannes Ernestus Grabe. Each section has a separate title page and index; a comprehensive index follows the last part. The text contains Bull’s defense of the Nicene Creed, Judgement of the Catholic Church of the first three centuries, earliest apostolic tradition of dogma,... Read More
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Dictionnaire elementaire de botanique
by BULLIARD
Paris: A.J. Dugour et Durand, 1798. SECOND OCTAVO EDITION. With 20 engraved plates (19 folding). Contemporary pasteboards, worn at corners and spine; interior with occasional browning and spotting. From the library of Jerry Stannard. Originally printed in 1783, this second octavo of the Dictionnaire was meant to be an introductory work to Bulliard’s Herbier de la France. The plates were drawn by Bulliard himself, as was most often the case. A very popular work, it went through several editions... Read More
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Life of James Abram Garfield
by BUNDY, J.M.
New York: A.S. Barnes & Co, 1881. FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece portrait, numerous text illustrations (many full-page), including map of the western reserve. Original publisher’s cloth, title in gilt on front cover and spine, head and foot a bit worn, a.e.g.; interior in fine condition. Originally published in 1880 under the title, The life of James A. Garfield, this excellent biography of Garfileld is the first edition which includes details of the assassination of the president. According to the... Read More
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A text-book of dental pathology and therapeutics, including pharmacology
by BURCHARD, Henry H.
Philadelphia: Lea Bros., 1898. FIRST EDITION. Title in red and black. Numerous text illustrations. Contemporary full calf, somewhat worn, labels on spine; interior fine. First edition. This text represents data from every available source, and includes an unbelievable amount of footnotes, references and bibliographies.
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Physiologie du fumeur
by [BURETTE, Théodose]
Paris, 1840. Wood engravings throughout. Later boards. One old paper repair, some light foxing. First edition of this humorous chapbook on the virtues of smoking. The author and illustrator remain anonymous, but they are represented in caricatures on the front wrapper. The text provides a cursory history of tobacco use including famous historical smokers, a statistical account of how much tobacco is consumed across the world in recent years, and a description of the industrial value of tobacco production... Read More
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Institutionum logicarum, libri duo ...; ‘Ermhneia Logica, seu synopseos logicae Burgersdicianae explicatio
by BURGERSDIJK, Franco Petri; HEEREBOORD, Adriano
London; Cambridge: Roger Daniels;Joan.. Field, 1663. Contemporary calf; early manuscript endpapers, occasional browning in second work. An excellent copy from the library of Erwin Tomash with his bookplate. I: First published in 1626, Institutionum logicarum was widely used at many universities in both Europe and America to teach the most complex principles of logic. The author’s neo-Aristotelianism exerted a strong influence in the next generation of philosophers at Leiden and his textbooks were still popular after his death in... Read More
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Rights of the people; or, reasons for a regicide peace. . .
by BURKE, Edmund. WILLIAMS, William, of Gray’s-Inn
London: Printed for J.S. Jordan, 1796. FIRST EDITION. Disbound; edges untrimmed, other than a few minimal spots, an excellent copy. First edition of this attack against Edmund Burke’s Letters on a regicide peace, published the same year. Burke opposed ending the war with the Republican government of France, and his work reflected his opposition to recognition of the French government. Williams sets forth the philosophical, political and economic reasons for ending the war, as well as listing in detail... Read More
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The anatomy of melancholy, what it is. With all the kindes, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, and severall cures of it. In three maine partitions with their severall sections, members, and subsections. Philosophically, medicinally, historically, opened and cut up. By Democritus Junior. With a satyricall preface, conducing to the following discourse
by BURTON, Robert
London: Peter Parker, 1676. EIGHTH EDITION. With the famous illustrated title page, woodcut initials, head- and tailpieces. Printed in double columns. Contemporary full Oxford-style calf worn and rubbed, spine label; interior overall fine with some minor spotting and a few annotations. Bookplate of Septimus Scott, possibly the famous British artist (1879-1965) whose works included oil paintings, book illustrations, advertisements, comic book covers, and so much more. He has exhibited in the Royal Academy and was a member of the... Read More
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