[ZOOLOGY COLLECTION]

Over two hundred and twenty zoological offprints from more than one hundred and fifty preeminent scientists in the field, the majority with original printed wrappers. Among many of the subjects covered are heredity & genetics, eugenics, and embryology, several accompanied with exquisite plates. From Zoologiska Institutionens Bibliotek, Upsala with its stamp on most of the title pages/covers. Also, many from the libraries of Alexander Goette, Professor Wilhelm Lilljeborg or Axel Wirén with their stamp or ownership inscription. Full listing... Read More

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Abhandlungen über die Algebraische Auflösung der Gleichungen

by ABEL, Niels Henrik & GALOIS, Evariste (MASER, H., trans.)

Berlin: Julius Springer, 1889. FIRST EDITION OF THE GERMAN TRANSLATION. Half-marbled cloth over marbled boards; a fantastic copy. First edition of this German translation. The relevant treatises of Abel (1802-1829) and Galois (1811-1832) are combined here in these treatise on the algebraic solution of equations. This was the first time that Galois had been translated into German. Along with Galois, who generalized Abel’s investigations into the insolvability of equations (Abel-Ruffini’s theorem or the so-called Galois theory), Abel,... Read More

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Surgical Observations on Injuries of the Head; [Bound with:] Surgical Observations on Tumours and on Lumbar Abcesses

by ABERNETHY, John

London: Strahan and Preston for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1811. FIRST EDITION OF EACH WORK. First work lacking the preliminary blank. Full-page stipple engraved plate of the veins in the upper limb. Modern marbled boards; title chipped, minor foxing; old library stamp on the title, title verso, and final text leaf, ownership inscription dated 1858 on the title. First edition of each work, two practical medical treatises by a pioneering English surgeon. The first addresses lesions, defects... Read More

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Les Quantités élémentaires d’électricité ions, électrons, corpuscules

by ABRAHAM, Henri and LANGEVIN, Paul, eds

Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1905. FIRST EDITION. Original green publishers cloth, gilt printed spine, some wear to panels but a nice set overall. Two photographic plates. First edition of this compilation of scientific essays by the leading physicists of the era published by the Société Française de Physique. Assembled in order to facilitate further experimentation and provide reference for students, the papers herein describe the state of research on elementary particles, radiation, electricity, and ionization as it stood in the early... Read More

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Chemical Amusement

by ACCUM, Friedrich

London: Thomas Boys, 1817. FIRST EDITION. Tables and wood engravings in the text. Original publisher’s boards (hinges worn, crown chipped), paper label on the spine. Some light foxing and dampstaining. Bookplate of Benjamin Flanders, one of the founding directors of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Uncut. A good copy in original condition. First edition, a juvenile chemistry manual comprised of 103 experiments designed to entertain and educate. It was “one of the most popular expositions of elementary chemistry of... Read More

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Catalogue of a collection of early printed and other books bequeathed to the library by John Couch Adams, M.A. Hon. Sc.D., Pembroke College, Lowndean Professor of Astronomy 1858-1892

by [ADAMS, John Couch]. UNIVERSITY LIBRARY BULLETIN

Cambridge: J. and C.F. Clay at the University Press, 1902. First edition. Original printed boards. With a 2-page ALS from Adams to Dr. [William] Ramsay, dated 1862. First and only edition of the catalogue of Adams' famous and extensive collection of scientific and related books that he bequeathed to Cambridge University library. The preface states: "Professor Adams, who died January 31, 1892, by his will left to the University Library such of his early printed books as the Librarian... Read More

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The lives of John Selden, Esq. and Archbishop Usher; with notices of the principal English men of letters with whom they were connected

by AIKIN, John, M.D.

London: Mathews and Leigh, 1812. FIRST EDITION. Polished calf, gilt-ruled, rebacked. Elliot bookplate. First edition of this well-known biography. Aikin writes that “on tracing backwards the history of English erudition, I soon came to two names which seemed to form an era . . . whose celebrity was not confined to mere authorship; but who acted important parts in the church and state at a period of extraordinary interest in English history” (Preface).

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Essays, literary and miscellaneous

by AIKIN, J[ohn], M.D.

London: J. Johnson and Co., 1811. FIRST EDITION. Half-calf and cloth, spine label, other than a repair to T6 and some very minor spotting, interior very good. Bookplate of the Library of the Medical Society of the County Kings, with small library stamp on title. From the library of William Schroeder, Sr., M.D., with his stamp on the fly-leaf and ownership inscription. First edition. Aikin, best known for his Essays on song-writing, delights his readers with selections from various... Read More

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The poems of Mark Akenside, M.D.

by AKENSIDE, Mark

Dublin: James Williams, 1772. FIRST DUBLIN EDITION. Full contemporary calf, worn and chipped at edges, head and foot of spine; minor browning and spotting. Ownership inscription and stamp of Skaneateles Library Association on end-paper. First Dublin edition of this collection, printed in London the same year. Edited by Jeremiah Dyson, Akenside’s lifelong friend, this work contains a complete collection of his poems, “either reprinted from the original editions, or faithfully published from copies which had been prepared by himself... Read More

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La coltivazione de Luigi Alamanni, e le api de Giovanni Rucellai gentiluomini Fiorentini . .

by ALAMANNI, Luigi; RUCELLAI, Giovanni

Verona: Pierantonio Berno Libr., 1745. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards; a fine copy, unopened. Later edition. Considered one of the best of Alamanni's later works, these didactic poems on cultivation, agriculture and bees contain more original material then previously printed. Alamanni (1495-1556) was an Italian poet and statesman. He was regarded as a prolific and versatile poet, and is credited with introducing the epigram into Italian poetry. La Coltivazione, written in imitation of Virgil's Georgics, is distinguished by the purity... Read More

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In hoc volumine haec continentur. Rhetoricorum ad C. Herennium lib. IIII. M. T. Ciceronis De inventione lib. II. De oratore ad Quintum fratrem lib. III. De claris oratoribus, qui dicitur Brutus lib. I ... De optimo genere oratorum praefatio quaedam

by [ALDINE IMPRINT] CICERO, Marcus Tullius

Venice: heirs of Aldo Manuzio & Andrea Torresano, 1521. Italic type, 39 lines. Later (18th or 19th century) vellum, spine with gilt decorations and black morocco label; interior exquisite. Significant annotations throughout. A beautiful copy from the library of Thomas Ashby Jr. with his book label on the paste-down. The second Aldine edition of Cicero’s rhetorical writings, a close reprint of the 1514 edition, including the preface in which Aldus complains that he was plagued by those interrupting his... Read More

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Physiologie du voyageur

by ALHOY, Maurice

Paris, 1841. Wood engravings throughout. Later cloth-backed marbled boards. Light foxing, otherwise a good copy. First edition, a satirical typology of tourists and travelers. The text opens with a historical account of travel modes across cultures, then describes different kinds of travelers: artists, students, vagabonds, humanitarians, etc. Alhoy goes on to categorize train conductors and ship mates, along with the perils of traveling by train and sea. Each chapter includes humorous anecdotes poking fun at the French. For example,... Read More

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Physiologie des passions..

by ALIBERT, Jean Louis, Baron

Paris: Bechet Jeune, 1825. FIRST EDITION. With 9 engraved plates. Contemporary calf-backed boards, joints weakened, corners strengthened; some browning and foxing. FIRST EDITION of the author's only work in psychology, and an early attempt to classify mental disorders.

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Six original offprints preserved in a red clamshell folding case

by ALLBUTT, Sir Thomas Clifford

London: Various, Various. Titles and descriptions are as follows: 1. "On the effect of exercise upon the bodily temperature." From The Alpine Journal, May, 1871. [London: Spottiswood & Co.] 8vo. 7 pp., plus 1 chart. Unbound. Presentation copy, with the author's kind regards. 2. Palissy, Bacon, and the revival of natural science. London: For the British Academy, April 1913. 4to. 15 pp. Original printed wrappers. 3. Diseases of the pericardium. [On acute pericarditis]. 4to. pp. 251-84.... Read More

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On visceral neuroses; being the Gulstonian lectures on neuralgia of the stomach and allied disorders. Delivered at the royal Coleg of Physicians, in March, 1884

by ALLBUTT, Sir Thomas Clifford

Philadelphia: P. Blakiston, Son, & Co., 1884. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. Original maroon pebbled cloth. First American edition of an important series of lectures on visceral disorders. Allbutt treats, among other subjects, dyspepsia, neuralgia of the stomach, abdomen and kidney, and notes his treatments based upon a series of cases reported. G&M, 4847.

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The lives of all the lords chancellors, lords keepers, and lords commissioners...

by [ALMANAC]

London: R. Burrough and T. Baker, 1708. FIRST EDITION. Contemporary paneled speckled calf, raised bands on spine, morocco label, joints cracked, head and foot of spine chipped; interior excellent. Library stamp from the New York State University Long Island Center. First edition. Revealing biographies of senior English functionaries. The first (and majority) section contains the biography of Earl Edward Hyde of Clarendon. The work is often attributed to historian John Oldmixon. Hyde (1609-1674) was the first Earl... Read More

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P. Alpini de medicina aegyptiorum. Libri quator. & Iacobi Bontii in Indiis Archiatri, de medicina indorum. Editio ultima

by ALPINI, P.

Paris: Gulielmi Pele, 1646. Title in red and black, decorative woodcut on dedication, 3 full-page plates and 2 text illustrations. Nineteenth century boards, re-backed; interior is lightly toned throughout, with occasional spots and a small tear in the lower blank margin not affecting text. From the library of A. Gabriel Pouchet, with a stamp on recto of first blank leaf. Generally an excellent copy. First appearance of both treatises together. The present work is essentially the 1645 edition (printed... Read More

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[Complete deck of Aluette cards]

by TRICK-TAKING GAME [ALUETTE]

France, 1890. 48 playing cards on thick stock. 86 x 56 mm. Wood engraved designed with stencil color, versos alike with wood engraved grid fields. Excellent condition. A fine deck of cards for the game of Aluette, a trick-taking game commonly played in France. Made up of four suits—batons, coins, swords, and cups—the deck is dealt to players clockwise and played in “tricks”; the highest card wins and the player who threw it take the rest of the pile.... Read More

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History of the Amana Society or Community of True Inspiration. (together with) The Amish Mennonites. A Sketch of their Origin, and of their Settlement in Iowa. Iowa City: State Historical Society, 1894

by [AMISH] PERKINS, William Rufus; WICK, Barthinius L.

Iowa City: Published by the University, 1894. FIRST EDITION. I: Original wrappers, disbound and chipped but present. Unopened. II: Original wrappers, lightly chipped, large closed tear to front wrapper, otherwise very good. First edition of these works of the Amish.

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Die ersten mutterpflichten und die erste kindespflege

by AMMON, Friedrich August von

Leipzig: Hirzel, 1892. Later edition. Engraved title vignette. Original green publisher’s cloth, spine decorated and lettered in gilt; a.e.g.; some chipping to head and foot of spine, extremities lightly rubbed, and some light browning due to paper stock, otherwise good. Laid in is an engraving of an expectant mother reclining on a chaise. Early edition of this extremely popular handbook addressed to young mothers. Treating the care of the child and the first duties of the young mother after... Read More

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12 Pamphlets and offprints on the history of anaesthesia

by ANAESTHESIA

HAYDEN, Dr. Anaesthesia by etherization, and the Viburnum compound. Bedford Mineral Springs, Mass.: New York Pharmaceutical Company, 1892. 8vo. 29, [1] pp., plus an additional [60] pages of text and testimonials about Dr. Hayden’s Viburnum. With frontispiece illustration of the New York Pharmaceutical Copmpany (“Completed March 1, 1892. One of the most perfect laboratories in this country”) and 3 full-page plates. Original printed wrappers, top wrapper and frontispiece separating from the stapled remainder of the pamphlet. First and only... Read More

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Four anatomical scrolls, or ecorche

by ANATOMICAL SCROLLS. BECKERS, J.A. (engraver)

1700. 1. Frontal skeleton, signed, 71 x 26 inches 2. Frontal skeleton, unsigned, 73 x 28 inches 3. Rear view skeleton, signed, 69 x 26 inches 4. Rear view skeleton, unsigned, 71 x 28 inches. It is assumed that these scrolls were used to teach anatomy. It was not uncommon to use ecorche (from the Italian meaning "flayed") in the form of drawings or three-dimensional sculptures as teaching tools; they had been created by Leonardo and earlier artists. We... Read More

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Lake Ngami; or, explorations and discoveries during four years’ wanderings in the wilds of Southwestern Africa

by ANDERSSON, Charles John

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1856. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. With frontispiece and numerous text illustrations. Original publisher’s cloth front and back covers with gilt designs over later morocco; frontispiece and title slightly loose, interior very good. First American edition (two impressions were published in London the same year). This work recounts two expeditions of southern Africa undertaken by the author between 1850-1854. Many of the areas he explored were almost unknown in Europe at the time, and his narrative... Read More

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Essays relating to agriculture and rural affairs; in two parts, illustrated with copperplates. By a farmer

by [ANDERSON, James]

Edinburgh: T. Cadell and William Creech; Bell & Bradfute, 1796. FIRST THREE EDITIONS. Volume I contains half-title, 1 page publisher's advertisement, separate title for Essay VI, and 3 folding engraved plates; Volume II contains 2 title pages, advertisement from publisher (explaining why there are 2 title pages), separate half-title to Essay VI, and 18 engraved plates; Volume III is complete with the half-title and errata. Contemporary calf, worn; interiors excellent. From the library of Robert H. Elliot, with his... Read More

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Clinique medical, ou choix d'observations...

by ANDRAL, G.

Paris: Gabon, 1829. Half-calf over boards. Preliminary and last leaves are soiled and foxed, the blank leaves are loose, but text is in good condition. From the library of the Liverpool Medical Institution with bookplates on front paste downs. Second edition, revised, corrected and enlarged. Maladies de poitrine, Maladies de l'encephale, and Maladies de l'abdomen are included. Andral (1797-1876) invented the terms anaemia and hyperaemia; he is well known for analysing the blood fibrin and albumin.

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