Lithograph by A. Fuhn? after photograph by Pierre Petit
by Becquerel, Antoine
Paris: Lemercier, 1850. 39.5 x 28cm. small tear in lower right corner, minor foxing around edges.
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Recherches sur une propriété nouvelle de la matière. Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences, tome 46
by Becquerel, Henri
Paris: Firmin Didot, 1903. Becquerel, Henri (1852-1908). Recherches sur une propriété nouvelle de la matière . . . In: Mémoires de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut de France 46 (1903). Whole number, 4to. [4], 360, [4]pp. 71 photographic figures on 13 plates. Paris: Firmin-Didot, 1903. 283 x 229 mm. Original printed wrappers, front wrapper faded, some chipping to spine and lower edges. Very good copy apart from some light toning. First Edition, journal issue. Becquerel's definitive memoir on... Read More
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Sur quelques proprietes des rayons alpha emis par le radium . . . Offprint
by Becquerel, Henri
Geneva: Bureau des Archives, 1905.
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De computo, vel loquela per gestum digitorum [and] De ratione unciarum. In Hoc in volumine haec continentur M. Val. Probus de notis Roma..
by Bede, Venerable
Venice: in aedibus Ioannis Tacuini Tridinensis, 1525. [Bede, the Venerable (672/73 - 735).] De computo, vel loquela per gestum digitorum [and] De ratione unciarum. In Hoc in volumine haec continentur M. Val. Probus de notis Roma. ex codice manuscript castigatior . . . , ed. Giovanni Tacuino (Venice: G. Tacuino, 1525), ff. LV - LVII. Whole volume, 4to. [4], LXXIX [i.e., LXXXI], [1]ff. Title in red and black. Full-page woodcut of a sibyl within an architectural setting, signed "b.... Read More
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Peripheral nerve regneration. A follow-up study of 3656 World War II injuries
by Woodhall & Beebe
Washington: GPO, 1957.
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Early travellers in the Alps
by Beer, Gavin de
New York: October House, 1967.
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Notes of fractures and dislocations, with drawings
by Beevor, Charles
London, 1826. Beevor, Charles (1805-72). Notes of fractures and dislocations from: Desault: Cooper: C. Bell: Sharpe: Blomfield: and others. Autograph notebook, signed on title leaf, front cover, & top edge. 4to. [4], 177, [19]pp. Approx. 10 figures in text. Mostly written on rectos & versos, but occasionally on rectos only, pp. 160-75 blank, final [19]pp. mostly school lessons from an earlier date (written in reverse direction). Mid[?] Hospital, July, 1826-[September, 1827]. 236 x 187 mm. Dyed green vellum c.... Read More
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Die Geschichte der Diphtherie mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Immunitätslehre
by Behring, Emil Adolf von
Leipzig: Georg Thieme, 1893. vi, [2], 208pp. 222 x 144 mm. Hlaf cloth, boards, spine partly detached, light edgewear; original printed wrappers bound in. Good+.
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An account of the bones of animals being changed to a red colour by aliment only; in Phil. Trans. (1735-6), 39, 287-8; 299-300
by Belchier, John (1706-1785)
London, 1738. Belchier, John (1706-85). An account of the bones of animals being changed to a red colour by aliment only. In Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 39 (1738): 287-288; 299-300. Whole volume. [8], 405, [18]pp. Plates. London: T. Woodward . . . and C. Davis, 1738. 217 x 170 mm. 18th century quarter calf, boards, front cover nearly detached, rear hinge cracked, spine very worn, some spotting. Internally very good apart from light toning and foxing. First... Read More
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Magnificent collection of botanical books. De Belder library. Sotheby catalogue
by Belder, Robert de
London: Sotheby's, 1987.
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Upon the electrical experiments to determine the location of the bullet in the body of the late President Garfield
by Bell, Alexander Graham
Washington DC: Gibson Bros, 1882. Bell, Alexander Graham (1847-1922). Upon the electrical experiments to determine the location of the bullet in the body of the late President Garfield; an upon a successful form of induction balance for the painless detection of metallic masses in the human body. 58pp. Text illustrations. Washington DC: Gibson Brothers, 1882. 228 x 150 mm. Original printed wrappers, spine perished, evidence of previous binding in a book (oversewing, glue and mesh at spine). Very good... Read More
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Surgeon. Engraved Portrait by W. & J. Walker after Raeburn
by Bell, Benjamin
London: G.G.J. & J. Robinson (etc.), 1791. Margin: 166x110 mm. Faint soiling, small stain in lower left corner.
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Exposition du systeme naturel des nerfs du corps humain
by Bell, Charles
Paris: Merlin, 1825. 1st edition. Exposition du système naturel des nerfs du corps humain, suivi des mémoires sur le même sujet . . . Traduit de l'anglais par J. Genest. 8vo. xii, 270, [2]pp. 4 folding plates. Paris: J. S. Merlin, 1825. 220 x 137 mm. (uncut). Quarter morocco, marbled boards in period style. Minor foxing and toning, but very good. From the library of French physiologist Charles-Émile François-Franck (1849-1921), with his donation stamp on the title; library stamps... Read More
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Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting. Lacking 1/2 title and final plate
by Bell, Charles
London: Longman, 1806.
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Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting
by Bell, Charles
London: Longman, 1806. Lacks last plate & advertisement leaf. Modern half morocco binding.
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Clipped signatures of Charles Bell, Benjamin Travers, Henry Earle
by Bell, Charles
1820. Bell's signature, together with those of Benjamin Travers (see G-M 2931, 2941, 3433, 5587, 5843) and Henry Earle (surgeon extraordinary to Queen Victoria; inventor of a prize-winning bed for cases of fracture of the legs), on a fragment of paper measuring 40 x 87 mm. Condition is fine.
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Facsimile of manuscript... Engravings of the arteries..1801
by Bell, Charles
Medicina Rara: Meriden Gravure for. fac.
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A rapid test for the diagnosis of pregnancy
by Bellerby, Charles William
[in] Nature, (London), 133, pp. 494-95, 1934. "The Xenopus toad test for the diagnosis of pregnancy: this preliminary note followed Hogben's demonstration that Xenopus responds by ovulation to the gonadotrophic hormone."Garrison-morton.com, no. 6226.
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Observations upon the Antiquities of the Town of Herculaneum
by Cochin & Bellicard
London, 1753. Cochin, Charles Nicolas (1715-90) and Jérôme Charles Bellicard (1726-86). Observations upon the antiquities of the town of Herculaneum, discovered at the foot of Mount Vesuvius . . . vii, 236, [4]pp. 42 engraved plates. London: D. Wilson and T. Durham, 1753 [sic]. Modern full morocco gilt. Light toning but very good. First Edition in English. The publication date on the title is certainly an error, as the English edition was translated from the French edition of... Read More
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The anatomy of the human body
by Bell, John and Bell, Charles
New York: Collins, 1812. 2Am. 4 vols. in 2. (vols. 3 & 4 by Charles Bell.) 2nd American edition. 8vo. with125 engravings including 33 plates. Contemporary tree-calf, red morocco labels, worn at edges of backstrips. Covers are loose. Lightly browned, foxed, signature of an early owner, dated 1815, but good.
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U.S. Air Force Project Rand. Some aspects of the mathematical theory of control processes
by Bellman, Richard, Glicksberg and Gross. USAF
Santa Monica, CA: Rand Corporation, 1958. Bellman, R.E.; Glicksberg, I. and O.A. Gross. U.S. Air Force Project Rand. Some aspects of the mathematical theory of control processes. January 16, 1958. R-313. Santa Monica: Rand Corporation, 1958. 234 x 155 mm. Original printed wrappers with the stamp of Paul Oliver on the front wrapper. xix, 244 pp. Figs. Text-illust. Equations, graphs, tables. Very good+. .
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Le telegraphie historique depsuis les temps les plus
by Belloc, Alexis
Paris, 1894. Telegraphie dans l'Antiquite. Telegraphie en France. Telegraphie arienne. Telegraphie electrique. Le telephone en France. Telegraphie militaire. avec 75 figures. (180 x 270 mm). 347pp. Demie-reliure basane, Ed. Firmin Didot, Edite a Paris, 1894. Very good. Inscribed by the author. Quarter calf with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine.
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A collection of Lectures from Charles Bell; plus Removal of the arm, scapula and clavicle, by A. Copland, G-M. 4455.; in Lond. med. Gaz., 5
by Bell, Sir Charles (1774-1842); Hutchison, Alexander Copland (1786-1840)
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1830. Whole volume, 862pp. 135 x 210mm. text illus. Half calf with marbled boards featuring a blue-and-black Shell pattern. Boards rather rubbed and spine is missing. Bookplate tipped to front paste-down. Some edgewear, otherwise a good copy. Included in this volume are: (1) Bell, Sir Charles. In Lond. Med. Gaz., 1830, vol. V.: London University - Mr. Bell's Introductory Lecture. Oct. 1, 1829. pp. 18-21. (2) Bell, Ch.... Read More
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Photograph by Maull & Polyblank
by Bell, Thomas
1855. Bell, Thomas (1792-1880). Cabinet-size photographic portrait by Maull and Polyblank, mounted on heavy paper printed with gilt borders. [London, 1855.] 198 x 146 mm. (image); 303 x 253 mm. (mount). Traces of mounting on verso, but fine otherwise. Excellent portrait of British zoologist Thomas Bell, who described the reptile specimens brought back by Charles Darwin from the Beagle expedition and was the author of several illustrated books on natural history, including A Monograph of the Testudinata (1832-36)... Read More
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