Lithograph of Ricord, india paper proof, mounted. 30.5x23cm
by Ricord, Ph
Paris: Lelaumier.
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ALS, 2pp., 8vo. on Ambulances de la Presse Francaise stationery
by Ricord, Philippe
Paris, 1871.
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Autograph letter signed, probably to Latimer Clark
by Rijke, Pieter Leonhard, Baron
1865. Very Good. Rijke, Pieter Leonhard, Baron (1812-1901). A.L.s. to an unidentified correspondent, probably Latimer Clark. Leiden, August 13, 1865. 3pp. 214 x 137 mm. Remains of mounting present. Provenance: Latimer Clark. Rijke published several memoirs on electricity in the Philosophical Magazine. His letter concerns several pieces of scientific equipment that he wanted his correspondent to send him, including lenses and cells made from rock salt. He mentions that he had previously obtained rock salt lenses from Ruhmkorff.... Read More
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Encheiridium anatomicum, et pathologicum, in quo ex naturali constitutione partium . .
by Riolan, Jean
Paris: apud Gasparum Meturas, 1648. Riolan, Jean (1577-1657). Encheiridium anatomicum, et pathologicum, in quo ex naturali constitutione partium, recessus à naturali statu demonstratur. 12mo. [28], 618, [14]pp. Paris: Apud Gasparum Meturas, 1648. 127 x 74 mm. Calf, gilt spine ca; 1648, hinges cracked but holding, spine extremities a bit chipped, light edgewear. Minor browning, but very good. Very Rare First Edition, with no copies except this one appearing in auction records; it was published one year before the... Read More
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Accidents: Popular directions for their immediate treatment; with observations on poisons and their antidotes
by Rivers, Henry Wheaton
New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1845. Rivers, Henry Wheaton (1814-67). Accidents: Popular directions for their immediate treatment; with observations on poisons and their antidotes. 108pp. Text illustrations. New York: J. & H. G. Langley, 1845. 191 x 118 mm. Original blindstamped cloth, gilt-lettered spine (faded, extremities chipped). Title-leaf repaired at inner margin, occasional spotting but very good. Ownership signature and stamps on front and rear endpapers. First Edition of what appears to be the first handbook... Read More
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![Rapport sur le premier salon de l'aeronautique.; [Report on the first air show]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/769/134/468134769.0.l.1.jpg)
Rapport sur le premier salon de l'aeronautique.; [Report on the first air show]
by Rives, Gustave
Paris: Librairie des Sciences Aéronautiques, 1908. Rives, Gustave. Rapport sur le premier salon de l'aeronautique. Grand Palais, Paris, Decembre 1908. 91, [5], [4, adverts.]pp. Text illustrations. Paris: Librairie des Sciences Aéronautiques, 1908. 285 x 230 mm. (partly unopened). Original printed wrappers, extremities of spine a little worn, light spotting. Very good copy. First Edition. Catalogue of the first international aeronautical exposition, held in Paris in December 1908. Included are descriptions, diagrams and photographs of the aircraft exhibited (biplanes, monoplanes,... Read More
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Observationum medicarum... centuria quarta
by Riviere, Lazare
Lyons: Antoine Cellier, 1659. First Description of Aortic Stenosis RIVIERE, Lazare (1589-1655). Observationum medicarum, & curationum insignium centurae tres. . . . Edited by Simeon Jacoz. 4to. [8], 311, [9]pp. Lyons: Antoine Cellier, 1659. 225 x 167 mm. Speckled sheep c. 1659, rubbed, small wormhole in front cover. Some foxing, browning & dampstaining, old repair to one leaf. Very good copy. Old signature and notes on endpapers. First Edition. Riviere was the first to describe stenosis of the... Read More
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Pyramids of Geezeh, from the Nile
by Roberts, D.
London: F.G. Moon, 1846. 430 x 345 mm. Light toning.
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Fountain at Cana
by Roberts, David
London: F.G. Moon, 1844. 410 x 300 mm. Light toning.
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The fabric of the body: European traditions of anaomical illustration
by Roberts, K. B.; J. D. W. Tomlinson
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. Roberts, Kenneth B. (1923-2013) and John D. W. Tomlinson (1926-2010). The fabric of the body: European traditions of anatomical illustration. xx, 638pp. Text illustrations. Oxford & New York: Clarendon Press, 1992. 272 x 218 mm. Original cloth, pictorial slipcase (slightly faded). Fine. First Edition. "An essential reinterpretation of the classics in the history of anatomical illustration, with many fine plates" (Garrison-Morton.com 6953). .
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Memoir on a new kind of medicated pad truss for the radical cure of hernia. B/W: Des anévrysmes se la région sus-claviculaire. 2nd title insc. to P. Ricord
by Jalade-Lafond; Alph. Robert
Paris, 1842. Robert, Alphonse (1801-62). Des anévrysmes de la region sus-claviculaire. Thèse . . . 133, [3]pp. Folding plate. Paris: Germer Baillière, 1842. Presentation Copy, inscribed to Ricord on the title: "à M. Ricord souvenir affectueux de son collègue." [Bound with:] Jalade-Lafond, Guillaume. Memoir on a new kind of medicated pad truss, for the radical cure of hernia. Nineteenth edition. x, 5-42pp. 6 plates. London: Baillière's Medical Library; Paris: At the author's residence, 1842. Together 2 works in 1.... Read More
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Oeuvres de Rabelais . . . Illustrations de A. Robida. 2 vols., slipcase
by Robida, Albert, illustrator; Rabelais, François
Paris: Librairie Illustrée. Rabelais, François (between 1483-94 - 1553). Oeuvres de Rabelais. 2 vols. [4], viii, 494, [2]; [4], 484pp. 42 plates, some in color; text illustrations, by Albert Robida (1848-1926). Paris: Librairie Illustrée, [1885-86]. 313 x 227 mm. Original publisher's binding of red cloth elaborately stamped in blue, black and gilt, signed "Engel rel." in the binding; slipcase. Slight edgewear, hinges a trifle weak, traces of bookplate removal on front endpapers of both volumes, but a fine example... Read More
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Le Vingtième siècle. La vie electrique. Superb original cloth binding
by Robida, Albert
1893. Robida, Albert (1848-1926). Le vingtième siècle: La vie électrique. [4], 234, [2]pp. 30 plates, some in color; text illustrations. Paris: La Librairie Illustrée, n.d. [1893]. 290 x 200 mm. Publisher's binding of light green cloth with pictorial design stamped in red, black and gilt, all edges gilt, slight soiling and wear; boxed. Occasional foxing but very good to fine. First Edition of Robida's satire on expectations for technology in the 20th century. .
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On the mechanization of the theory of equations. Offprint. Inscribed to Martin Davis
by Robinson, Abraham
1960. Robinson, Abraham (1918-74). On the mechanization of the theory of equations. Offprint from Bulletin of the Research Council of Israel 9F (1960). 47-70pp. 241 x 170 mm. Without wrappers. Very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed by Robinson to Martin Davis (1928-2023) on the first page: "To Martin Davis Cordially A. R. 4.5.61." First Edition, Offprint Issue. Robinson is best known for developing nonstandard analysis, which reincorporated infinitesimal and infinite numbers into mathematics. In the present paper, which... Read More
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Note sur quelques hypertropies glandulaires. Inscribed to Nelaton
by Robin, Charles
Paris, 1852. 24pp.
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Manuscript medical daybook / ledger
by Robin, Joseph Craven
Northumberland County, PA, 1849. Robin, Joseph Craven (1806-93). Manuscript medical daybook / ledger. Approx. 260pp., 19 or 20 pages pasted with clippings (primarily poetry). Northumberland County, PA, 1849-62. 328 x 203 mm. Original reverse calf stamped in black, worn. A few leaves in front loose, light toning and spotting, but a very good example. Medical ledger and daybook of Dr. Joseph Craven Robin, the first physician to locate and practice in Elysburg, Pennsylvania. "He first read medicine with his... Read More
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Minsky's small universal Turing machine. Offprint
by Robinson, Raphael M.
1991. Robinson, Raphael M. (1911-91). Minsky's small universal Turing machine. Offprint from International Journal of Mathematics 2 (1991). 551-562pp. 248 x 160 mm. Without wrappers as issued. Very good. First Edition, Offprint Issue. Robinson, a professor of mathematics at UC Berkeley, did major work on the foundations of mathematics. In the present paper, one of Robinson's last publications, he discussed Minsky's 4-symbol 7-state Turing machine, which Minsky constructed in 1962. "This paper contains everything that is needed... Read More
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Clinical researches in electro- surgery
by Rockwell, A.D.
New York: William Wood & Co, 1873.
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Portrait photo by Maull and Polyblank. Matted
by Roebuck, John Arthur
London, 1856. Roebuck, John Arthur (1802-79). Politician, Member of Parliament, known for his radical politics and support of reform causes; presided over a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the mismanagement of the Crimean War. 1856. 200 x 148 mm.; mount measures 297 x 248 mm. A few tiny spots on mount.
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Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen and the early history of the Roentgen Rays by Otto Glasser
by Roentgen, Wilhelm Conrad
San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1993.
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Autograph letter signed to "my cozen Tunstall," most likely Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall
by Rokeby, John
1537. Rokeby, John (d. 1573). Autograph letter signed to "my cozen Tunstall," most likely Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall (1474-1559). 1 - 1/2pp. N.p., n.d. 223 x 184 mm. Fine apart from light soiling. From ecclesiastical lawyer John Rokeby, who acted as one of Henry VIII's counsel in his divorce from Katharine of Aragon and later served as a member of the Council of the North, a regional administrative body originally established by Richard III and later reinstated by Henry VIII... Read More
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Meharry Medical College: A history
by Roman, Charles Victor
Nashville: Sunday School Pub. Board of the Nat'l Baptist Convention, 1934. Roman, Charles Victor (1864-1934). Meharry Medical College: A history. 224pp. 33 plate leaves. Nashville: Sunday School Publishing Board of the National Baptist Convention, 1934. 230 x 152 mm. Original black-stamped patterned cloth, printed dust-jacket (some wear and chipping at spine and edges of the dust jacket but with the original cloth in virtually mint condition). Bookplate. First Edition. "The first history of an African-American medical school written... Read More
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The life and letters of George John Romanes. . . edited by his wife.; Romanes, E., ed
by Romanes, George John
London: Longmans..., 1896. New edition.
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![Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae. [with] Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae. [with] Concluding observations on the locomotor system of medusae](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/557/973/849973557.0.l.jpg)
Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae. [with] Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae. [with] Concluding observations on the locomotor system of medusae
by Romanes, George John
Romanes, George John (1848-94). (1) Preliminary observations on the locomotor system of medusae. Offprint from Philosophical Transactions 166 (1876). [2], 269-313pp. 2 plates. London: Trübner & Co., 1876. (2) Further observations on the locomotor system of medusae. Offprint from Philosophical Transactions 167 (1877). [2], 659-752pp. 2 plates. London: Trübner & Co., 1878. (3) Concluding observations on the locomotor system of medusae. Offprint from Philosophical Transactions 171 (1880). [2], 161-202pp. London: Trübner & Co., 1880. Together 3 offprints. 302 x... Read More
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Mutilaciones dentarias: Prehispánicas de México y América en general. Color pictorial wraps. (Garrison-Morton.com 8478)
by Romero, Javier Molina y Museo Nacional de Antropología (Mexico)
Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, 1958. Romero, Javier Molina (1910-1986). Mutilaciones dentarias: Prehispánicas de México y América en general. Mexico: Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, 1958. Spanish. [1] 326 [1] pp. + 1 folding plate, color plates, maps, diagrams, tables. (270 x 210 mm). Summaries in Spanish, English, and French. Original color pictorial wrappers. Marked copy: "Daniel Verne" written in black marker at the head of the front wrapper in the right-hand corner. Spine is taped;... Read More
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