Rare Books & Manuscripts With Science & Medicine · 5. (Antiphonary) Antiphonarium Romanum Juxta Breviarium. [vi], 580, cclvxiii pp. Lacking free endpapers, possibly lacking leaf

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Front Cover: Lot 184Back Cover: Clockwise from upper left: Lots 123, 69, 176, 139

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1. AgrippA von nettesheim, heinrich cornelius. Paradoxe sur l’incertitude, vanite & abus des Sciences. [xx]. [4 (blank)], [2], 360 pp. (12mo), later calf-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine label.

[Paris?]: 1608

Apparently a very scarce reprinting of Louis Turquet de Mayerne’s first French translation of 1603. “Edit. fort estimée.”--Caillet 90. This edition not in the British Museum Catalogue, the National Library of Medicine, nor in Wellcome. Soiling, chipping and rubbing to exterior; lightly foxed throughout; very good.

(500/800)

2. Aikin, John. Biographical Memoirs of Medicine in Great Britain from the Revival of Literature to the Time of Harvey. xi. [1 (errata)], 338, [11] index pp. (8vo), later half cloth and boards. First Edition.

London: Printed for Joseph Johnson, 1780

The first collection of British medical biographies and the earliest item of medical biography in English cited in Garrison-Morton. Garrison-Morton 6705. Wellcome II, p. 19. Blake, p. 6. Moderate wear to spine and edges, rubbed all over; hinges cracked; scattered foxing; internally very good.

(600/900)

3. Airy, george Biddell. Mathematical Tracts on Physical Astronomy, The Figure of the Earth, Precessions and Nutation, and the Calculus of Variations. viii, 180, [1 errata] pp. Four inserted engraved folding slips. (8vo) modern black cloth. First Edition.

Cambridge: J. Deighton & Sons, 1826

The author’s first book. Sir George Biddell Airy (1801–1892) was an English mathematician and astronomer, Astronomer Royal from 1835 to 1881. His many achievements include work on planetary orbits, measuring the mean density of the Earth, a method of solution of two-dimensional problems in solid mechanics and, in his role as Astronomer Royal, establishing Greenwich at the location of the prime meridian. Scarce. Some light foxing; very good.

(500/800)

4. Andler, FrAnz Friedrich von. Corpus Constitutionum Imperialium. [vi], 1457 pp. Two inserted folding tables at page 886. (Folio) 32.6x20.2 cm. (12¾x8”), early full vellum. First Edition.

Regensperg: Leonhardt Christophen Lochners, 1675

Scarce early synopsis of Imperial law. WorldCat locates 11 copies with the only 2 U.S. holdings being at the Law Libraries of Harvard and Yale. Vellum with some soiling and light wear; worm hole in front blank and title page affecting one letter, light foxing; very good.

(300/500)

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5. (Antiphonary) Antiphonarium Romanum Juxta Breviarium. [vi], 580, cclvxiii pp. Lacking free endpapers, possibly lacking leaf preceding title page (blank? frontispiece?). (Folio) 30.7x19.5 cm. (12x7¾”) early full pigskin tooled in blind.

Antwerp: Hieronymi Verdusii, 1649

Scarce 17th century antiphoner, no copies located in either WorldCat or Copac. Binding worn, lacking closure straps and clasps; several tears to title leaf; lacking 2 leaves (pages 49/50 & 59/60, the latter supplied in early manuscript facsimile), numerous leaves with repaired tears and marginal losses, some affecting line ends, a few with lost music and text supplied in manuscript, still a few other leaves with unrepaired tears and chips, lower corner of most leaves soiled from countless page turnings; good.

(1000/1500)

MANUSCRIPT PRAYER BOOK AND KORAN6. (Arabic Manuscripts) Manuscript Prayer Book and Koran. Includes: Manuscript prayer book identified as “Dala’il al-khayrat (Proofs of Good Ways)” by Muhammed ibn Sulayman al-Jazuli. 73 leaves. With gold borders thoughout, gold dots as text delineators, fine double-page depiction of mosques in gilt and colors, and other decorative features. Wallet-style embossed leather covers, identified as Turkish. * Manuscript Koran [Qu’ran]. 205 l;eaves. With gold borders thoughout, gold dots as text delineators, a few marginal decorations. Embossed leather covers with gilt, rebacked. Together, 2 manuscripts in Arabic.

No place: 18th/19th centuries

The prayer book is most notable for the striking, well-executed depiction of mosques. The Koran is incomplete, lacking the title leaf (or leaves), and possibly other leaves as well. The pair are sold as is. Moderate wear to binding of prayer book, more so to the Koran; some internal smudging to the Koran; good to very good condition.

(2000/3000)

Lot 6

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RARE LARGE FORMAT EDITION OF ARISTOTLE’S PHYSICS 14837. Aristotle. Physica. 159 leaves (of 160, missing the final blank). AA-UU8 (-UU8). With commentaries by Averroes. Text in 2 columns. (folio) 42.3x29 cm. (16¾x11½”), period calf over wooden boards, metal bosses, remains of clasps.

Venice: Andree de Asula, 1483

Large format folio edition in Latin of Aristotle’s Physics, with the commentaries of the 12th century Andalusian Muslim polymath Averroes, which are particularly rare in incunabular editions. One of a number of separately printed and separately dated works of Aristotle, sold separately or together as an Opera. The colophon of this copy reads in part: “Noue trãslationi de physico auitu: veteri ab Aueroi cordubesi comentate: Sumi Ari. philosophi ex stragyra grecie oppido Nicomachi medicine artis professoris... Impresa atqe diligetia andree de asula Venetiis ipresse. Annno salutis christiane: M.cccc.lxxxiii. sexto nonas octobris Laus deo.” There are many instances of period ink marginalia in this copy, more at the beginning than the end. Very rare. Some small wormholes to covers; several instances of marginal staining within, a few pages with very light staining to text, a few leaves with archival reinforcement to lower edge (barely discernible); still a very fine copy, quite clean overall, and in impressive contemporary binding.

(12000/18000)

8. (Astronomy) [le monnier, pierre-chArles]. Institutions Astronomiques, ou Lecons Élémentaires d’Astronomie, pour servir d’Introduction à la Physique Céleste & à la Science des Longitudes. [8], lxiv, 660 pp. With 15 folding copperplate engravings, and numerous tables in the text. (4to), later half calf and boards. First Edition.

Paris: Guerin & Guerin, 1746

Considered Le Monnier’s most famous work, this is the first important general manual of astronomy in France. Although it was basically a translation of John Keill’s “Introductio ad veram astronomiam” (London, 1721), it contained important additions and new tables of the sun and moon. Keill was an influential disciple of Newton’s, who transmitted his principles of philosophy to the scientific and intellectual community thereby influencing the directions and emphases of Newtonianism. DSB, VIII, pp. 178-179. Houzeau & Lancaster 9244. DSB, VII, p. 275. Moderate wear to extremities, joints starting; hinges cracked; lightly foxed at early leaves; else very good or better internally, folding plates are near fine.

(1000/1500)

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Lot 7

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9. (Astronomy) Six works on astronomy. Includes: Airy, G.B. Gravitation: An Elementary Explanation of the Principal Perturbations in the Solar System. Half calf and marbled boards. Ex-library. London: Charles Knight, 1834. * [Anon.]. Nebulae and Comets. (12mo) original green cloth. London: T. Nelson, [1884]. * Hubble, Edwin. The Observational Approach to Cosmology. Blue cloth. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1937. * Hubble, Edwin. The Realm of the Nebulae. Blue cloth. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1936. * Macpherson, Hector. The Romance of Modern Astronomy. Period full calf. London: Seeley, 1911. * Stawell, Robert. The Story of the Heavens. Bound as 2 volumes. Blue half calf and marbled boards. London: Cassell, 1893. Together 6 works in 7 volumes.

Various places: Various dates

Some general light wear; overall very good.(250/350)

10. (Aviation Medicine) Four volumes on Aviation Medicine. Includes: Armstrong, Harry G. Principles and Practice of Aviation Medicine. Ex-lib. with evidence of removed sticker, plus rubberstamps on front free endpaper, plus rubberstamps on edges of text block. Williams & Wilkins, 1939. * Heath, Donald & David Reid Williams. Man at High Altitude: The Pathophysiology of Acclimatization and Adaptation. In dj (spine sunned). Churchill Livingstone, 1977. * Collected Papers on Aviation Medicine. Presented at Aeromedical Panel Meetings of the Advisory Group for Aeronautical Research and Development, Palais de Chaillot, Paris. Ex-lib from US Army with rubberstamped front endpapers, white call no. on spine. Pergamon Press, London, 1958. * White, Clayton S., et. al. eds. Aviation Medicine: Selected Reviews. Peragamon Press, 1958. Together 4 volumes.


Mostly moderate edge wear to volumes; other scattered marks, finger soiling, etc.; very good.(200/300)

11. BABBAge, chArles. On the Economy of Machinery and Manufactures. [2], xxiv, 408 pp. (12mo) period full polished green calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, circular arms of the City of London School in gilt on front cover, all edges marbled. Fourth Edition, Enlarged.

London: John Murray, 1846

Babbage’s important treatise on modern industrial technology and economy in an attractive prize binding. Awarded as a prize for writing in 1854. Spine sunned, some extremity wear, hinges cracked, inscriptions on front free endpaper and flyleaf; very good.

(300/500)

12. BAcon, FrAncis. The Elements of the Common Lawes of England. Branched into a Double Tract: The One Contayning A Collection of Some Principal Rules and Maxims of the Common Law, With Their Latitude and Extent. Explicated for the More Facile Introduction of Such as are Studiously Addicted to That Noble Profession. The Other: The Use of the Common Law, for the Preservation of our Persons, Goods, and Good Names. According to the Laws and Customs of this Land. [22], 104; [8], 84 pages. (Small 4to) 17.5x13.5 cm. (6¾x5¼”), early full calf, covers bordered in blind. Custom slipcase. First Edition.

London: Printed by the Assignes of J. More, 1630

The second work, though attributed to him on the title page, is not by Bacon. STC 1136. Marvin 83. Gibson 193 Covers detached, spine cracked; pages closely cropped but without loss of text; internally very good.

(700/1000)

13. BAdius, Josse, editor. Annotationes Doctorum Viroru[m] in Grammaticos, Oratores, Poetas, Philosophes, Theologos & Leges. [viii], ccx ff. a-z*, A-C8, D10. (Folio) 27x19.8 cm (10¾x8”) early full calf.

[Paris]: Jean Petit, 1511

Large woodcut printer’s device of Jean Petit on title page. Colophon dated Ad Idus Aug. MD.XI. Notes in an early hand in margins. Binding worn; dampstains in fore margin and at lower corner resulting in some deterioration of the paper, heaviest to the first 50 leaves or so (no loss of text); good.

(500/800)

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14. BAker, richArd. A Chronicle of the Kings of England, from the Time of the Roman Government, to the Death of King James the First...with a Continuation to the Year 1660 by E. Phillipe...Whereto Will be Added a Second Continuation... [xxii], 918, [1], [10] pp. Engraved frontispiece. (Folio) 14x9½, modern dark half calf and marbled boards, morocco label.

London: Samuel Ballard, 1733

One of the great early works on the history of English government and royalty. First published in 1643, the present edition continued through the reign of George the First. Edges lightly rubbed; light foxing; very good.

(500/800)

15. BArBAcovi, FrAncesco vigilio. Two legal works by Count Barbacovi. Includes: De Mensura Poenarum sive De Poenarum Criminibus Adaequandarum Ratione Diatriba. viii, 197 pp. Pages unopened and untrimmed. Early (authorial?) inscription on front free endpaper. 1795. * De Poenis Pecuniariis Recte Adhibendis Diatriba. [iv], 28, [1] pp. Pages unopened and untrimmed. 1796. Together two octavo volumes, 24x15 cm. (9½x6”), period (original?) stiff pastepaper wrappers. First Editions.

Tridenti: Joan. Baptista Monauni, 1795 & 1796

Two rare texts by this important Italian legal scholar. WorldCat locates but a single copy of each title. Some light wear to wrappers; tear to blank leaf at front of second title; occasional foxing; internally near fine.

(700/1000)

POSTCARD SIGNED BY DESIGNER OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY16. BArtholdi, Frederic A. Postcard with a picture of the Statue of Liberty, signed by Bartholdi, who designed the statue. 8x15 cm. (3¼x5¾”). signed by Bartholdi on the upper right of the recto of the card.

No place: No date

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), a French sculptor, not only designed the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World, French: La Liberté éclairant le monde), France’s gift to the United States, he traveled to the United States to choose its location. The statue has become an iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States. Rare. Mounting paper on verso; very good.

(1500/2500)

17. BAskin, leonArd. Ars Anatomica: A Medical Fantasia. [7] text pages. 13 prints after Baskin’s pen and ink drawings. (Folio) 22¼x15½, loose in portfolio, as issued, slipcase. No. 260 of 2500 copies.

New York: Medicina Rara, [1972]

Signed by Baskin at the limitation statement. Some light wear to slipcase; prints fine.(200/300)

18. Bell, AlexAnder grAhAm. Lectures upon the Mechanism of Speech, reprinted from the Proceedings of the First Summer Meeting of the American Association to Promote the Teaching of Speech to the Deaf. [4], 129 pp. Illustrated. 23.5x15 cm. (9¼x6”), red cloth. First Edition.

New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1906

The inventor of the telephone examines how we speak. Spine faded, rubbing to joints and extremities; offset to pp. 32-33, ownership inscription on front free endpaper, else very good.

(200/300)



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19. Bell, John. On Baths and Mineral Waters. In Two Parts. 2 parts in one, continuously paginated. xviii, [2], [17]-532 pp. (8vo), library cloth, new endpapers. First Edition.

Philadelphia: Henry H. Porter, 1831

This was the first book by John Bell (1796- 1872), a Philadelphia surgeon who was born in Ireland. “J.S. Billings said (it) was the only comprehensive and respectable treatise on this subject published in this country at the time.”--Kelly & Burrage, Dictionary of American Medical Biography, p. 89. Duveen Balneology 460. Wellcome, II, p. 138. Blocker, p. 30. Cordasco 30-0080. Foxed; very good.

(200/300)

20. Bell, thomAs. A History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetacea. xviii, 526 + [6] ad pp. Illustrated with wood engravings. 22x13.5 cm. (8¾x5¼”), later buckram. First Edition.

London: John Van Voorst, 1837

Rubbing to covers, foxing to endpapers, very good.(200/300)

21. Belloste, [Augustin]. Le Chirurgien d’Hopital, Enseignant la Maniere... [and] Suite du Chirurgien d’Hopital, Contenant Differens Traitez... 2 volumes. [48], 540; [6], 384 pp. Woodcut head and tail pieces. Contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt. The 3rd edition enlarged of Volume 1; and the 2nd edition of Volume 2.

Paris: Veuve d’Houry, 1734-1733

The Hospital-Surgeon was a work of considerable popularity, first published in 1696, and going through numerous editions and translations. The Suite was first appended to the work in 1725 and perhaps brought its author his greatest renown with its “praise of a mercury pill which he apparently regarded as a sort of panacea.”--Waring II, 469. Blake, p. 40. Wellcome II, p. 141. Rubbed and bumped at extremities; very good.

(300/500)

22. BernArd, clAude. Leçons de physiologie opératoire. xvi, 624 pp. Woodcuts in the text. 22.7x14 cm. (9x5½”), original printed wrappers. First Edition.

Paris: Librairie J.-B. Bailliere et Fils, 1879

The last work by Bernard, being lectures that he delivered in the academic year of 1859-1860, as a course in medicine at the College of France. “Arranged in four parts, the treatise discusses general physiological processes, the techniques and methods used in experimental physiology, physiology of the circulatory system along with experimental phyarmacology, and the physiology of the digestive system” - Heirs of Hippocrates 1801. Garrison and Morton 634. Wrappers with some edge chipping, tape repair on rear wrapper, spin splitting vertically, very good.

(400/600)

23. Bethe, hAns AlBrecht. Three works by Hans Albrecht Bethe, in three issues of Reviews of Modern Physics, bound together. Includes: Nuclear Physics: A. Stationary States of Nuclei. With R.F. Bacher. Pp. 82-229 in Vol. 8, No. 2, April 1936. * Nuclear Physics: B. Nuclear Dynamics, Theoretical. Pp. 69-244 in Vol. 9, No. 2, April 1937. * Nuclear Physics: C. Nuclear Dynamics, Experimental. With M. Stanley Livingston. Pp. 245-390, in Vol. 9, No. 3, May 1937. Together, 3 papers. 26x19.5 cm. (10¼x7½”), bound half morocco & boards.

New York: 1936-1937

Bethe’s “Bible”, a privately bound collection of Bethe’s three seminal works on Nuclear Physics. Hans Bethe (1906-2005) was a German-American nuclear physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics for his work on the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. During World War II, he was head of the Theoretical Division at the secret Los Alamos laboratory which developed the first atomic bombs. Also included in Vol. 8, No. 2, is S. Bowen’s Forbidden Lines (pp. 55-81). Rubbing to covers, title-page of first issue creased, very good.

(300/500)

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COPTIC BIBLE IN LEATHER CARRYING CASE24. (Bible - Coptic) Ethiopian Coptic Bible, hand-written in the Ge’ez script, with 4 gouache paintings and leather traveling case. 184 total vellum leaves containing 362 pages of neatly hand-written text in black and red ink, the final 28 pages are written in two columns. 4 full page gouache paintings. 12x9 cm. (approximately 4½x3½”), hand-stitched with original thick wooden board covered in blindstamped red calf, housed in the original two-part sliding leather traveling case, with strap.

Ethiopia: [mid 19th century?]

Written in the Ethiopic (Ge’ez) script. Shows a nice patina of age and usage; well-smoked with a pleasant faint aroma of incense. Wonderfully illustrated with 4 colorful paintings of biblical scenes. Traveling case worn but complete and with the strap intact; some light wear to leather; modern ink notes, in Ge’ez, on blank endleaves and in pencil in blank space on final page of text; paintings bright and vividly colored; very good.

(1000/1500)

25. (Bible - Leaf Book) The Making of the King James Bible: A Monograph, with Comparisons from the Bishops Bible and the Manuscript Annotations of 1602, with an original leaf from the great “She” Bible of 1611. Illustrated with facsimiles; original leaf laid in loose, as issued. (Folio), cloth-backed pictorial boards, spine lettered in gilt. One of 290 copies printed at the Plantin Press.

Los Angeles: Dawson’s Book Shop, 1956

The leaf in the present copy, which is laid within a bound-in folded sheet as issued, is from I Samuel, Chapters 1:6 through 2:5, including the beginning of Hannah’s prayer: “My heart rejoyceth in the Lord, mine horne is exalted in the Lord...” beautifully printed in black letter, in two columns. A bit of wear to lower corners, ink name on front endpaper; near fine.

(400/600)



Lot 24

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26. (Bible in English) The Actes of the Apostles - folio 1613 King James Bible New Testament. 14 leaves signed Dddd3-Ffff4. 72 lines in two columns; woodcut headpiece & initials. (folio) 39x17 cm. (15½x10½), disbound, remains of stitching on spine.

London: Robert Barker, 1613

The complete “Actes of the Apostles” from the “true” 1613 folio edition of the King James Bible, distinguished by the smaller type, resulting in 72 lines instead of 59 to the full column. Darlow & Moule 249; Herbert 322; STC 2226. Some creasing to corners, Dddd5 lower corner torn off not affecting text; vrey good.

(400/700)

27. (Bible in English) The Bible. Translated according to the Ebrew and Greeke, and conferred with the best translations in diuers languages. With most profitable annotations vpon all the hard places, and other things of great importance, as may appeare in the epistle to the reader... With A general title and a separate title for the New Testament, each surrounded by historiated woodcuts. (4to) 21.5x16.5 cm. (8½x6a”), period calf.


Geneva version of the Bible, translated by William Whittingham, Anthony Gilby, Thomas Sampson, and perhaps others. In this edition title page has: ’in the Epi- | stle to the Reader.’; Genesis I.3. has: ’Then God sayd’. Herbert 293; STC 2202. Several early ownership signatures and markings to the pastedowns. Spine perished, covers detached; soiling to contents, many page corners bent, a few torn off affecting leaf numbers; good, apparently complete, uncommon thus..

(1000/1500)

THIRD FOLIO EDITION OF KING JAMES BIBLE 161728. (Bible in English) The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament, and the New: Newly translated out of the Originall Tongues: and wiht the former Translations diligently compared and reuised by his Maiesties speciall Commandement. Appointed to be read in Churches. Printed in two columns, in black letter. Two elaborate historiated title-pages; 33 pages of genealogies; numerous woodcut initials. (folio) 40x26.5 cm. (15¾x10½), period paneled calf.


Rare, textually complete copy of the third folio edition of the King James Bible, a fine example of black letter printing on thick paper, and exceptionally nice copy. This copy contains the genealogies, which were options for purchase so are often not present; there was also available for separate purchase a map, which this copy does not have. There are several births and deaths from 1667 and 1668 recorded on the verso of the title-page. Title-leaf and a few other prelims with old paper reinforcements to the margins. Herbert 353. Covers with some expert refurbishing and treatment; prelims. with some minor soiling and creasing, very good or better, seldom found in such completeness and nice condition, rare thus.

(12000/18000)

Lot 28

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29. BlAckstone, WilliAm. Commentaries on the Laws of England. In four books... The eleventh edition, with the last corrections of the author, additions by Richard Burn, LL. D., and continued to the present time, by John Williams, Esq. [4], ii, [8], 485; [8], 520, xix; [8], 455, xxvii; [8], 443, [1], vii, [1], [53] pp. Copper-engraved frontispiece portrait in Vol. I; 2 copper-engraved plates (1 folding) in Vol. II. 21x13 cm. (8¼x5¼”), 19th century polished tan calf, morocco lettering pieces.

London: Printed by A. Strahan and W. Woodfall for T. Cadell, 1791

Seminal foundation work for English law. “Blackstone’s great work on the laws of England is the extreme example of justification of an existing state of affairs by virtue of its history... Until the Commentaries, the ordinary Englishman had viewed the law as a vast, unintelligible and unfriendly machine; nothing but trouble, even danger, was to be expected from contact with it. Blackstone’s great achievement was to popularize the law and the traditions which had influenced its formation...” (PMM). Grolier English 52; PMM 212; Rothschild 407 (all for first edition). Each volume with the armorial bookplate of Rich. Col Hopton, and the modern bookplate of Lois & Landon Raymond. Some minor rubbing and discoloration to covers, spines a bit worn, else very good.

(500/800)

BLAKE’S BOOK OF JOB FROM TRIANON PRESS, 1 OF 65 COPIES30. Blake, William. Illustrations to the Book of Job. The Engravings and related material with Essays, Catalogue of States and printings, Commentary on the Plates and Documentary Record by David Bindman, Barbara Bryant, Robert Essick, Geoffrey Keynes and Bo Lindberg. Edited by David Bindman. 2 large slipcases containing two text volumes & 4 sets of illustra-tions. Slipcase One contains 1) The general notes, introduction and essays. Half morocco & marbled boards. 2) William Blake’s Illustrations to the Book of Job. With a plate by plate com-mentary by Bo Lindberg. Each of the 21 plates in several states. 21 fascicules plus preliminary mat-ter, unbound in the French style, enclosed in a half morocco cloth folder, contained in a half morocco & marbled boards; set in double-compartment slipcase. Slipcase Two contains 1) Text volume, The Colour Versions of the Book of Job from the Circle of John Linnell, by Da-vid Bindman. The Authenticity of the New Zealand Set and of the Coloured Engravings, by Bo Lindberg. Half morocco & marbled boards, morocco label on front board. 2) Portfolio I. The New Zealand Set, title page and 21 plates. Portfolio II. The Collins Set, title page and 21 engrav-ings. Portfolio III. Four Coloured Engravings from the Fitzwilliam Museum. The portfolios are half morocco & cloth, printed paper label on front covers. The whole contained in a half morocco solander with marbled sides, leather title label to top, set in slipcase. Folio size, approx. 41x31 cm. (16x12¼).

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London: William Blake Trust, 1987 [printed c.1974]

The finest Blake production by Arnold Fawcus and the Trianon Press, a magnificent tour de force. The plates were printed c.1974, but after the death of Fawcus remained in sheet form for over a decade. The William Blake Trust finally sent the sheets to Smith Settle, who assembled a total of 392 copies (although only 387 are in the limitation statement): this is copy XI of 65 copies numbered I-LXV, reserved by The William Blake Trust, increasingly rare and now very difficult to find.. Slipcases with slight shelf wear; else fine.

(7000/10000)

31. Bock, c.e. Atlas of Human Anatomy, with Explanatory Text. 10 pp. + 38 hand-colored engraved plates, each with accompanying text on leaf facing plate. 37.7x26.8 cm. (15x10½”), original brown cloth, lettered in gilt. First Edition.

New York: William Wood, 1879

Beautifully detailed anatomical plates illustration the bones, muscles, vessels and nerves, “genito-urinary organs,” etc., of the human body. With a neat 1886 gift inscription from a father to his daughter on the title page. Cloth heavily rubbed all over, with a few tears, including a very long tear diagonally across front cover, affecting the “MY” of anatomy on front cover; many plates with mild finger soiling at margins, many text leaves with offsetting from plates, 1940 ink name on verso of rear free endpaper; internally very good.

(500/800)

32. BogAert, ludo vAn & rAdermAcker, J., editors. First International Congress of Neurological Sciences...Brussels, 21-28 July 1957. 5 volumes. (4to), blue gilt-lettered cloth. First Edition.

London: Pergamon Press, [1959]

A multi-lingual publication. Including the following contents: Vol. I, Neurology; Vol. II, Neurological Surgery; Vol. III, Electro-Encephalography, Neurophysiology and Epilepsy; Vol. IV, Neuropathology; and Vol. V, Joint Proceedings of the Conference and Neurology at the Cross Roads. Includes bibliographies. Courville Collection 1087, cites Volume IV only. Light shelf wear, spine leaning a touch, some slight dust soiling and rubbing to covers; else near fine.

(100/150)

33. (Book of Common Prayer) The Book of Common Prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies of the Church, according to the use of the Church of England; together with the Psalter or Psalms of David, pointed as they are to be sung or said in churches. [436] pp. [bound with] A companion to the altar: shewing the nature and necessity of a sacramental preparation, In order to our worthy receiving the Holy Communion... 47 pp. Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, [c.1770]. * The whole book of Psalms, collected into English metre, by Thomas Sternhold, John Hopkins, and others... [128] pp. Cambridge: Printed by John Archdeacon, 1767. Together, 3 works bound together. (8vo) 20.3x12 cm. (8x4¾”), period split calf stretched over calf boards.

Oxford: Printed by John Baskett, printer to the King’s most Excellent Majesty, [c.1770]

Uncommon edition of the Book of Common Prayer, in an unusual period binding. There are ink ownership signatures on the endpapers and flyleaves various dated 1772, 1778, 1789 and 1818. The binding with a nice patina of age; overall very good.

(300/500)

34. Born, mAx. Five scientific works by Max Born. Includes: Atomic Physics. Green cloth. First American Edition. New York: Stechert, 1936. * The Constitution of Matter. Green cloth. First English Edition. London: Methuen, [1923]. * Einstein’s Theory of Relativity. Green cloth. First English Edition. London: Methuen, [1924]. * The Mechanics of the Atom. Red cloth. First English Edition. London: Bell, 1927. * Problems of Atomic Dynamics. Blue cloth. First American Edition. Cambridge, Mass.: M.I.T., 1926. Together 5 volumes.


Some general light wear; overall very good.(250/350)

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35. BrAgg, WilliAm henry. Durchgang der alpha-, beta-, gamma- und Röntgen-Strahlen durch Materie. vi, 241 pp. Translated into German by Max Iklé. Illustrated with figures and diagrams in the text. 24x16 cm. (9½x6¼”), original printed wrappers.

Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1913

Seminal study of the passage of radiation through materials - W.H. Bragg and his son, William Lawrence Bragg, were jointly awarded the 1915 Nobel Prize for these researches. Browning to wrappers. a few small chips, front wrapper nearly detached, else very good.

(300/500)

36. BrAvo, FrAncisco. The Opera Medicinalia. 2 volumes. Fascimile Reprint of the original edition published in 1507. In gilt-lettered boards, top edge gilt, slipcase.

[England]: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1970

No. 137 of 250 copies. Bound by Zaehnsdorf. “The first medical book published in the new world, it includes references to native drugs and to parturition and its complications.”--Garrison-Morton 5372. Some shelf wear to slipcase; bit of soiling on the front cover of introduction volume; else near fine.

(200/300)

37. (British Museum) Catalogue of the Books, Manuscripts, Maps and Drawings in the British Museum (Natural History). 8 volumes in 4. (8vo), maroon cloth. Reprint of the London 1903-33 First Edition. Limited to 450 sets.

[New York]: [Martino], [1992]

The massive catalogue of one of the finest and most complete collections of works on Natural History ever brought together. More than 60,000 entries, with collations and notes, in Zoology, Botany, Geology, and Mineralogy. Lightly rubbed at extremities, a few stray marks to edges of text block; else near fine.

(200/300)

38. BroussAis, F.J.v. Examen des Doctrines Médicales et des Systèmes de Nosologie, precede de propositions renfermant la substance de la medecine physiologique. 4 volumes. (8vo), green calf-backed boards, spines decorated and lettered in gilt. Third Edition.

Paris: Delaunay, 1829-1834

Broussais believed that the basis of all pathology was gastroenteritis and that debilitating treatment was called for in nearly every disease. His most common remedy was the application of leeches to the stomach or the head. Castiglioni called him “the most sanguinary physician in history.”---Castiglioni, History of Medicine, p. 699. Spines and extremities lightly to moderately rubbed, especially rubbed at spine ends with a bit of chipping at spine heel of Vol. 3; light scattered foxing; very good.

(150/250)

39. BroussAis, F.J.v. Histoire des Phlegmasies ou Inflammation Chroniques, Fondée sur de Nouvelles Observations de Clinique et d’Anatomie Pathologique. 2 volumes. xx, 648; 584 pp. (8vo), later half calf with boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Second Edition.

Paris: J. Moronval, 1814

Library stickers on spines, rubbed spine and extremities; very good.(200/300)



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40. BroWn, o[liver] phelps. The Complete Herbalist. Or the People Their Own Physicians by the Use of Nature’s Remedies... 407, [1] ad pp. With a hand-colored lithographic frontispiece, and 11 hand-colored lithographic plates of herbs, plus a few figures in the text. (8vo), original cloth, gilt device on front, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition, Second Printing.

Jersey City, N.J.: The Author, 1867

The first printing appeared in 1865. Atwater Catalogue, I, 432. Cordasco 60-0225, citing just two locations. Spine and edges faded, moderately rubbed with a few nicks at extremities; plates yellowed, finger soiling and foxing to leaves near front and rear of text mostly; good.

(100/150)

41. BuchAn, WilliAm. Domestic Medicine: or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines. With an Appendix, containing a Dispensatory for the Use of Private Practitioners. xxxvi, 754, [12] index pp. (8vo), later boards. Seventh Edition.

London: W. Strahan; T. Cadel, et. al., 1781

The first work of its kind in England, Domestic Medicine went through no fewer than nineteen editions, and sold at least eighty thousand copies in Great Britain during Buchan’s lifetime. Wellcome, II, p. 261. Early leaves darkened with some chipping and tearing at edges; lacks half title page; foxed or yellowed throughout; very good.

(200/300)

42. Bérenger-FérAud, l.J.B. Traité Clinique des Maladies des Européens aux Antilles (Martinique). 2 volumes. xiii, 620; [4], 575 pp. Folding engraved map of Martinique in Volume 1. (8vo), calf-backed boards, gilt-lettered spines. First Edition.

Paris: Octave Doin, 1881

In addition to this study, Bérenger-Féraud wrote the first book devoted to the treatment of fractures by internal fixation (see Garrison-Morton 4425.1.) and an important description of blackwater fever in Senegal (see Garrison-Morton 5235). Some darkening, soiling and rubbing to spines; scattered light foxing; very good.

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43. cApron, george And dAvid B. slAck. Popular Medicine, or the American Family Physician; A Work in Which the Principles and Practice of Medicine are Familiarly Explained. Comprising a Complete and Comprehensive Description of Diseases, with Full and Definite Directions for their Treatment. The Properties of Many New and Important Medicines, with their Doses and Mode of Administration, are Accurately Described. Designed for General Use, and Adapted to all Climates. 705, [1] index pp. (4to), original decoratively embossed calf, skillfully re-backed with original morocco spine labels preserved, marbled edges, marbled endpapers. Second Edition thus, revised and enlarged.

New York: Ray & Brother, 1860

First published in Providence, RI, in 1846, in 1000 copies only (approximately 900 of which sold in Rhode Island), with a different title and considerably less material. See Atwater Catalogue, I, 561, listing the 1856 first edition thus. Not in Cordasco in any edition. Not in any of the other usual references. With the ownership signature in blue pencil of Mark Hopkins, dated June 1860, on the front blank. This is Mark Hopkins, Jr. (1813-1878), one of the Big Four railroad barons who built the Central Pacific Railroad. Extremities lightly rubbed with a few small nicks; small newspaper clipping affixed to front free endpaper, and on final (index) leaf; light scattered foxing; very good.

(400/600)

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44. (Casanova, Jacques) mAchen, Arthur, trAnslAtor. The Memoirs of Giacomo Casanova di Seingalt. 12 volumes. Frontispiece in each volume. 25.2x19 cm. (10x7½”), vellum-backed boards, top edges gilt. No. 896 of 1000 copies.

London: The Casanova Socy., 1922

Vellum spines darkened, dampstains and other soiling scattered about the boards and spines, moderately rubbed, with bumps and nicks; folding frontis. in Vol. 2 cleanly torn off at crease, present and laid in; scattered and light foxing and marginal finger soiling; good.

(300/500)

45. cAsserius, Julius. Tabulae Anatomicae [&] De Formato Foetu Tabulae. (Folio) 16¼x10½, cloth-backed boards, slipcase. One of 2500 copies.

New York: Editions Medicina Rara, [c. 1971]

Facsimile of the 1627 Venice edition. Light wear and soiling to slipcase; volume fine.(150/250)

LITTLE DON QUIXOTE IN FRENCH46. cervAntes de [sAAvedrA], michel [miguel]. Don Quichotte de la Manche. 6 volumes. Half-titles present. 24 engraved plates after designs by Lefèvre and Le Barbier. (16mo) 13x7.5 cm (5¼x3”) period full tree calf, spines gilt, red morocco lettering pieces, all edges gilt.

Paris: De L’Imprimerie de Didot L’Aine, An VII [1799]

First sixteenmo edition of the posthumous French translation by Jean Pierre Claris De Florian, also published in octavo format the same year with these illustrations. Brunet I 1751. Some scuffing and light extremity wear, head of spine chipped on Volume 1; very good.

(1000/1500)

47. cervAntes [de sAAvedrA], michAel. The History of the Valorous and Witty Kinght-Errant, Don Quixote of the Mancha. 4 volumes. xxiv, 264; [ii], 288; [xvi], 288, [ii], 260, [36] pp. 20 folding engraved plates. (12mo) old full calf, red morocco spine labels.

London: D. Midwinter, et al, 1740

A handsome edition of Cervantes’ classic tale, translated into English by Thomas Shelton from the edition of 1620. A touch of extremity wear; front free endpaper lacking in Volume 2, hinges repaired; very good.

(500/800)

48. chAmBers, george. A Handbook of Descriptive and Practical Astronomy. xlvi, 514, [2] pp. 116 full-page plates, many with coloring. (8vo) original blue cloth, telescope in gilt on front cover, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.


Chambers provides a sketch of the history of astonomy and of the solar system, eclipses and tides, astronomical phenomena, comets, astronomical instruments, meteoric astronomy, etc. Light wear to cloth, front hinge cracked; small square clipped from front free endpaper, lacking front flyleaf, occasional pencil markings; very good.

(250/350)

49. chAse, heBer. The Final Report of the Committee of the Philadelphia Medical Society on the Construction of Instruments and Their Mode of Action, in the Radical Cure of Hernia. With Notes, Illustrations, and Additional Cases of Hernia and Diseases Resembling Hernia: Also Illustrations of Certain Instruments Designed for the Treatment of Other Diseases Effecting Similar Parts. 243 pp. Woodcut illustrations within text. (8vo), later calf-backed boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, new endpapers. First Edition.

Philadelphia: J.G. Auner, 1837

“In 1834, the Philadelphia Medical Society, of which Chase was an honorary member, formed a committee to investigate the use of trusses. Based on these efforts two short preliminary papers were published, and this volume was the committee’s final report. The work contains a table discussing over 200 cases of hernias. Much of the text is devoted to a detailed description of

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Chase’s truss (deemed by the committee to be the most efficient), and its mode of operation. There are 23 figures in the text.”--Rutkow GS14. An uncut and largely unopened copy. Some leaves with fairly large dampstain, mostly faint, at fore edge, some light scattered foxing; very good.

(300/500)

50. [clArkson, thomAs]. An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African. Translated from a Latin Dissertation Which was Honoured with the First Prize in the University of Cambridge, for the Year 1785, with Additions. xxxii, 256 pp. (8vo), re-backed full calf, much of original spine laid down, gilt-lettered morocco spine label.

Dublin: Printed by P. Byrne and W. Porter, 1786

Printed in the same year as the London First Edition. The dedication is signed Thomas Clarkson. ESTC N9392. Edge wear, spine head chipped; some yellowing, small marginal stains, and some scattered ink markings to endpapers, scattered foxing and yellowing within; very good.

(400/600)

51. (Classics of Medicine) Seven titles from the Classics of Medicine Library, and two from the Classics of Ophthalmology Library. Includes: Lister, Joseph. The Collected Papers. 2 volumes. Clarendon Press, 1979. * Holt, L[uther] Emmett. The Diseases of Infancy and Childhood. [1980]. * Pavlov, J.P. The Work of the Digestive Glands. 1982. * Scarpa, Antonio. Practical Observations on the Principal Diseases of the Eyes: Illustrated with Cases. [1980]. * Lowe, Peter. The Whole Course of Chirurgerie. 1981. * Carpue, J.C. An Account of Two Successful Operations for Restoring a Lost Nose from the Integuments of the Forehead. 1981. * Hunter, William. The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus Exhibited in Figures. [1980]. * Burdon-Sanderson, J. The Collected Papers of Sir W. Bowman, Bart. F.R.S. Vol. II. With gilt-lettered morocco label on front pastedown which states No. 20 of limited edition of 2,000 in the library of American Academy of Opthalmology. [1984]. * Monro, Alexander. Three Treatises on the Brain, the Eye, and the Ear. With gilt-lettered morocco label on front pastedown which states No. 20 of limited edition of 2,000 in the library of American Academy of Opthalmology. [1987]. Together 9 titles in 10 volumes, each in a different colored leather, with gilt decoration with all edges gilt, or all edges silver.


Near fine or better.(300/500)

52. cocceJi, heinrich von. Juris Publici Prudentia Compendi Exhibita,... [bound with] Hypomnemata Juris Feudalis. 2 volumes bound together. [xiv], 550, [58]; [ii], 173, [1] pp. Engraved frontispiece to first title. (8vo) period full vellum, initials “L,F,G,Z,S,u.V.” and date “1730” stamped in gilt on front.

Frankfurt: Johann Conrad, [c. 1725], 1727

Revised editions of two works by the German legal scholar. Scarce in any edition. Some spotting and soiling to vellum; foxing; very good.

(300/500)

TWO ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY JEAN COCTEAU FOR VANITY FAIR53. cocteAu, JeAn. Original drawing by Jean Cocteau for Vanity Fair. Ink on paper. 20.9x26.6 cm. (8¼x10½”). A few formatting pencil notations at bottom.

[1912]

An original ink drawing by a young Jean Cocteau (1889-1963). Drawing depicts a scene from the Count of Monte Cristo, per the pencil notations in French on verso, which also state “par Jean Cocteau.” Vanity Fair rubberstamp below that, No. 10272B. Paper toned with age, a short closed tear at bottom edge, lightly foxed, a few faint yellow spots at edges, faintly creased where once folded; good.

(800/1200)

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54. cocteAu, JeAn. Original drawing by Jean Cocteau for Vanity Fair. Ink on paper. 26.6x20.9 cm. (10½x8¼”), float mounted between glass and framed to see both sides of paper. A few formatting pencil notations at bottom and right edge. Signed, “Paris 1912” in ink on bottom left.

1912

Illustration shows two gentlemen (one larger and a bit misshapen) taking a stroll, a scene from or associated with the Le Dieu bleu for the Ballets Russes for which Jean Cocteau was a producer in 1912. “Serge de Diaghilev et Nijinsky par Jean Cocteau,” written in pencil with other notations in French on verso. Vanity Fair rubberstamp below that, No. 10272a. Paper toned with age, faint creases where once folded, scattered foxing and other yellow spots, some faint dampstaining at corners; good.

(800/1200)

COMPLEAT ENGLISH COOK, 172555. (Cookery) smith, roBert. Court Cookery: or, The Compleat English Cook. Containing the choicest and newest receipts for making soops, pottages, fricasseys, harshes, farces, ragoo’s, cullises, sauses, forc’d-meats, and souses: with various ways of dressing most sorts of flesh, fish, and fowl, wild, and tame... With a bill of fare for every month in the year, and the latest improvements in cookery, pastry, &c. [8], 218, [14] pp. (8vo) 19x11.5 cm. (7Wx4½”), period paneled calf. Second Edition, with large Additions.

London: T. Wotton, 1725

Robert Smith was “Cook (under Mr. Lamb) to King William, as also to the Dukes of Buckingham, Ormond, D’Aumont (the French Ambassador) and others of the Nobility and Gentry.” Enlarged from the 1723 first edition. Bitting p.440. Early ink ownership signature of L. Burton to top of title-page. Spine well rubbed, worn, with early ms. paper label, joints cracking but firm; very good, contents quite clean.

(1200/1800)

ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR BY A.V. COPLEY-FIELDING56. copley-Fielding, Anthony vAndyke. Fishing Boats at the entrance to a harbour (original watercolor). Watercolor on paper. 21x32 cm. (8½x12½”), tipped to backing board. Signed in lower right.

England: No date

Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding (1787-1855), commonly called Copley Fielding, was an English painter born in Sowerby, near Halifax and famous for his watercolour landscapes.

Fielding became a pupil of John Varley and in 1810 he became an associate exhibitor in the Old Water-colour Society, in 1813 a full member and in 1831 President of that body (later known as the Royal Society of Watercolours), until his death. The backing board has the label of Russell Hartley Fine Paintings, San Francisco; on verso is a label with alternate title, “Boat on the Beach w/Figures.” Some mat-burn at edges, a few scratches, very good.

(2000/3000)


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RARE DOCUMENT FROM 1147 MENTIONING CRUSADERS57. (Crusades) Manuscript Document recording the benefactions to a French abbey by four sons of a noblewoman, as they were about to leave on the Second Crusade. 23 lines, in brown ink, with one large initial; docketing on verso from a later date. 18x23 cm. (7x9”).

France: c.1147

Significant document written in Latin in a clear Romanesque hand, recording gifts made to the Church of St. Mary at Rozoy-le-Jeune, near Courtenay in the Diocese of Sens, including those of three, or perhaps four, brothers about to set out for Jerusalem on the Second Crusade. As related in the document, Letuisa, a noble matron from Milly, inspired by divine command, gave up her wealth and sought a way in which she might better serve God. She sought out in poverty the communities of religious women and chose the Church of St. Mary at Rozoy, where she was received into the community of holy virgins who served God there. Seriously ill with fever she called together her sons and daughters, asking them to make donations to the church, to which they generously agreed. The gifts of three (or four?) of her sons, portions of the harvest from their lands, are spelled out, and were praised by the four daughters and three further sons (all parties are named); there appeared as witnesses several officials of the church, the crusader Arnulfus (Arnulfus ierosolomitanus) and the hunchback knight Stephanus (miles gibosus). The charter closes, “This gift was made in the same year in which the four above-named brothers set out for Jerusalem for the sake of the Lord.” All factors point to this being at the time of the ill-fated and bloody Second Crusade, 1147. It is possible that the document lacks a seal, but it is believed that it may never have had one, as it is styled in a note by the scribe at the end “Hec Ö carta Letuydis Milliacensis” (This is a document of Letuisa of Milly), who may not have had a seal. The widespread washing and scouring of manuscripts during the Dark and Middle Ages to reuse the precious vellum, the cutting and use of pieces in bookbinding, and destruction in centuries of warfare, makes a document in such choice condition as this is the exception. Western European manuscripts before 1200 are scarce, and especially when so closely datable. The great majority of medieval manuscripts which remain accessible to the collector are leaves from books, often defective, or documents dealing with routine matters. By virtue of its content, the present document is quite rare and desirable. From the reign of King Louis VII (1120-1180), “Louis the Young,” who conquered Charlemagne, himself joined the Second Crusade, and later surrendered vast tracts of his land to Henry II of England. Transcription and translation available on request. With the catalogue description of The Rendells present. Fine with some normal aging and soiling.

(10000/15000)

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58. deFoe, dAniel. The Novels & Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe. 14 volumes. Plates, maps, etc. (8vo) original buckram-backed boards, leather spine labels. One of 530 copies of the Large Paper Edition.

Oxford: Shakespeare Head Press, 1928

A very desirable edition of this renowned English novelist and pamphleteer. Light wear to spine labels; a few corners lightly bumped; near fine.

(1500/2500)

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF KEY MASONIC TEXT59. [dermott, lAWrence]. Ahiman rezon abridged and digested: as a help to all that are, or would be Free and Accepted Masons. : To which is added, a sermon, preached in Christ-Church, Philadelphia, at a general communication, celebrated, agreeable to the constitutions, on Monday, December 28, 1778, as the anniversary of St. John the Evangelist. Published by order of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, by William Smith, D.D. xvi, 166 pp. a-b4, A-X4 (with X4 a blank). Dedicated to George Washington. Copper-engraved frontispiece by Robert Scot depicting two Masonic coats-of-arms. 19.5x11.5 cm. (7¾x4½”), period calf rebacked in modern calf, raised spine bands. First American Edition.

Philadelphia: Printed by Hall and Sellers, 1783

Rare first American edition of Deputy Grand Master of the Antient Grand Lodge of England Laurence Dermott’s Book of Constitutions (Ahiman Rezon, or a Help to a Brother. This is the first Masonic book to be published by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, notable both for the important text, the warm dedication to George Washington (“In Testimony, as well as of his exalted Services to his Country, as of that noble Philanthropy which distinguishes Him among Masons...”), and the fine frontispiece engraved by Robert Scot, who ten years later was appointed to the new position of chief engraver of the United States Mint. Only two copies are listed by American Book Prices Current as having sold auction since at 1975, and neither of those was complete. The rebacking is expertly accomplished by bookbinder and conservator Scott K. Kellar. Light offset and soiling to title-page, toning to some leaves, occasional light foxing; very good or better, rarely found so nice.

(2000/3000)

60. dirAc, p[Aul] A[drien] m[Aurice]. The Principles of Quantum Mechanics. x, 257, [1] pp. (8vo) original cloth. First Edition.

Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930

“Dirac was one of the greatest theoretical physicists in the twentieth century. He is best known for his important and elegant contributions to the formulation of quantum mechanics; for his quantum theory of the emission and absorption of radiation, which inaugurated quantum electrodynamics...Present expositions of quantum mechanics largely rely on his masterpiece The Principles of Quantum Mechanics” (D.S.B.). Dirac received the Nobel prize for physics in 1933 together with Schrodinger “for the discovery of new fruitful forms of atomic theory”. With the ownership signature of physicist David R. Inglis on front pastedown. Light wear and soiling to cloth; very good.

(500/800)

61. doddridge, p[hilip]. The Family Expositer: Or, a Paraphrase and Version of the New Testament: With Critical Notes. 2 volumes. [8], xxiv, 583; x, 679, [4], [1] ad pp. (4to) period full calf, red leather spine labels. Third Edition.

London: J. Waugh and W. Fenner, 1756

An early edition of this popular and influential edition of the New Testament, begun in 1739 and completed posthumously in 1756. Spines chipped at ends, joints cracking; foxing; very good.

(400/600)

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and 15% for that portion over $100,000.

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62. (Doves Press) shAkespeAre, WilliAm. The Tragedie of Anthony and Cleopatra. 140, [4] pp. (8vo) 23.8x 17 cm. (9½x6½”) original full limp vellum, spine lettered in gilt. Housed in a custom chemise and blue morocco-backed slipcase. One of 200 copies on paper.

[Hammersmith]: [Doves Press], [1912]

There were also 15 copies on vellum. Franklin 212; Ransom p. 253. With the bookplate of John Quinn, designed by Jack Butler Yeats, signed JBY in the plate. Some light wear to slipcase; volume fine.

(700/1000)

63. doyle, Arthur doyle. The Works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. 24 volumes. Volume I with frontispiece portrait of sepia-tone photograph. (8vo) linen-backed brown boards, paper spine labels, top edges gilt. One of 750 sets. “Crowborough Edition.”

Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran, 1930

Contains all of Doyle’s major works, including The Sherlock Holmes series, The Lost World, The White Company, Sir Nigel, The Refuges, Memories, etc., etc. Spines a bit sunned, light extremity wear; light wear to labels; lacking signed limitation leaf in Volume 1; very good.

(1000/1500)

64. dumont (de monteux), [pierre louis chArles]. Testament Médical Philosophique et Littéraire. xxx, [2], 604 pp. (Tall 8vo), morocco-backed boards, gilt-lettered and decorated spine. First Edition.

Paris: Adrien Dalahaye, 1865

Dumont de Monteux (1802-1883) published this as a separate supplement to this work in 1867, however this volume is complete by itself. Pauly, Bibliographie des Sciences Médicales, col. 189. Rubbed spine and extremities; ownership signatures of Dr. Victor Kühne, the first dated Paris, 1913 on a front blank, and the second undated in the upper margin of the title-page, not affecting the text; light scattered foxing; very good.

(200/300)

65. duyckinck, evert A. History of the World From the Earliest Period to the Present Time. Collected and Arranged by the Best Authorities. 4 volumes. 640; 640; 640; 626 pp. Each volume profusely illustrated with full page steel engravings, including frontispieces and extra illustrated title pages. 27x18.3 cm. (10½x7”), purple full morocco; gilt vignette on covers, gilt spines.

New York: Johnson, Fry and Company, [1871-1873]

Beautifully illustrated with “highly finished” steel engravings of historical events and “portraits of eminent men,” including George Washington, but also apparently including women, such as Queen Victoria (frontispiece for Volume 3). Light edge wear, some rubbing to covers and spines; light scattered foxing; very good.

(300/500)

66. dzioBek, otto. Mathematical Theories of Planetary Motions. vi, [2 errata], 294 pp. (8vo) original blue cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First American Edition and First Edition in English.

Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Register Publishing Company, 1892

Translated by Mark W. Harrington and William J. Hussey. Dziobek was professor of higher mathematics at Charlottenburg. This copy with the ownership signature of astronomer C.A. Young on front free endpaper and that of chemist Frederick G. Keyes on title page. Also with Keyes ink stamp on title page and rear endpaper. Ex-library from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Spine faded, remnants of paper label on spine, short crack to rear hinge; paper a bit browned; still a very good copy.

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67. (Earthquakes) B[urton], r. The General History of Earthquakes: Being an Account of the Most Remarkable and Tremendous Earthquakes That Have Happened in Divers Parts of the World, From the Creation to This Time; As They Are Recorded by Sacred and Common Authors; And Particularly Those Lately in Naples, Smyrna, Jamaica and Sicily. With a Description of the Famous Burning Mount, Aetna, in That Island; And the Relation of the Several Dreadful Conflagrations and Fiery Irruptions Thereof for Many Ages. Likewise the Natural and Material Causes of Earthquakes, With the Usual Signs and Prognosticks of Their Approach; And the Consequences and Effects That Have Followed Several of Them. 177, [3] pp. (24mo) 13.5x8 cm. (5¼x3¼”) modern morocco backed marbled boards.

London: A. Bettesworth and J. Hodges, 1734

First published in 1694. This copy lacking the folding frontispiece of the Jamaica earthquake. Scarce. “R.B.”, Richard Burton or Robert Burton, is identified by the English Short Title Catalog as a pseudonym of Nathaniel Crouch. ESTC T71199. Foxing throughout; very good in a fine modern binding.

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68. eddington, Arthur s. Five scientific texts by Arthur S. Eddington. Includes: The Internal Constitution of the Stars. Blue cloth. First Edition. Cambridge: University Press, 1926. * [Another copy]. Ex-library. Later printing. 1930. * Space, Time and Gravitation: An Outline of the General Relativity Theory. Blue cloth. First Edition. Cambridge: University Press, 1920. * Relativity Theory of Protons and Electrons. Ex-library. First American Edition. New York: Macmillan, 1936. * Stellar Movements and the Structure of the Universe. Blue cloth. Ex-library. First Edition. London: Macmillan, 1914. Together 5 volumes, including duplicate title.


Some general wear; overall good or better.(250/350)

LARGE PHOTOGRAPH INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY ALBERT EINSTEIN69. einstein, AlBert. Large photographic portrait of Albert Einstein, inscribed and signed by him in ink to the photographer. Gelatin silver photograph by E. Willard Spurr, signed and dated by him in white ink at lower left along with his copyright notice, inscribed and signed by Albert Einstein in brown ink in lower right. 44.5x34.5 cm. (17½x13½”), framed under UV-protective plexiglass.

Pasadena, CA: February 1931

Fine, unusually large photograph portrait of the great physicist, inscribed by him in lower right: “To Mr. E.W. Spurr, Albert Einstein, 1931.” Einstein was a visiting professor at the California Institute of Technology at the time; he would emigrate permanently to the United States in 1933. The photographer, Ervin Willard Spurr, was born in New York and grew up in Iowa, where he established his reputation as a photographer, before moving his studio to Pasadena. A portrait made at the same sitting as this one is in the Science Photo Library at the U.S. Library of Congress. The inscription by Einstein, in brown ink on the background of a brown coat, is a little faint. Near fine.

(15000/25000)

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70. einstein, AlBert. Out of My Later Years. [9], [2]-282 pp. Frontispiece portrait. 20.5x13 cm. (8x5¼”), rebound in cloth, new endpapers. First Edition.

New York: Philosophical Library, [1950

Signed A. Einstein, 53, on front flyleaf. Light foxing to prelims. and page edges; very good.(1200/1800)

71. einstein, AlBert. Relativity: The Special and General Theory. xiii, 168 pp. Translated by Robert W. Lawson. Portrait frontispiece. (8vo) 8¼x5, blue cloth, dust jacket. First American Edition.

New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1920

Bookplate of Philip Greely Brown. Jacket stained at bottom edges, old cello-tape repairs on verso; faint dampstaining at bottom edges of binding and pages (not affecting text); very good.

(700/1000)

72. einstein, AlBert. Five volumes by Albert Einstein. Includes: Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement. Green cloth lettered in white, dust jacket. Jacket price-clipped. London: Methuen, [1926]. * Investigations on the Theory of the Brownian Movement. Green cloth lettered in gilt. Erasure on title page. London: Methuen, [1926] The Meaning of Relativity. Brown cloth. First Edition. London: Methuen, [1922]. * The Meaning of Relativity. Brown cloth. Second Edition, with new material. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1946. * The Principle of Relativity (With H.A. Lorentz and others). Red cloth. Faded and spotted. First Edition. London: Methuen, [1923]. Together 5 volumes.


Some general light wear; very good.(500/800)

73. (Electricity) coudret, J[eAn] F[lorimond]. Recherches Medico-Physiologiques sur l’Electricite Animale, Suivies d’Observations et de Considerations Pratiques sur le Procede Medical de la Neutralisation Electrique Directe, Notamment Appliquee au Traitement de l’Ophtalmie, de l’Erysipele de la Face, de la Cephalalgie, de la Migraine, des Derangemens de la Menstruation, des Affections Rhumatismales, de Quelques Affections Nevropathiques, etc. viii, 496, [3] pp. 3 engraved plates with a total of 8 figures demonstrating uses of electricity to cure various ailments. (8vo), contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards with vellum tips, spine gilt-ruled and lettered. First Edition.

Paris: Just Rouvier & E. Le Bouvier, 1857

An uncommon work by J.F. Coudret (b. 1810). Coudret studied medicine in Paris and obtained his doctorate in 1835, was a doctor at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, and a member of numerous learned societies. In this scarce work he presents case histories of electrotherapeutic treatment. Wellcome, II, p. 398. Bakken Catalogue, p. 167. Ronalds Library Catalogue, p. 117. Gartrell 664. British Library Catalogue (Readex edition), Vol. 6, p. 393, col. 972. Not in the Wheeler Gift Catalogue. Hirsch, II, p. 125. Sticker on spine heel, spine ends frayed, spine sunned; some yellowing to few leaves, light and scattered marginal foxing; very good.

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BOUND VOLUME OF 16 PAPERS ON ELECTRO-THERAPY, 1879-188674. (Electro-therapy) Bound volume, containing a collection of 16 papers, articles, and extracts published between 1879 and 1886 and dealing with a broad variety of medical applications of electro-therapy and metallo-therapy. 16 publications bound within, including: Charcot, Luys, & Dumontpallier. Étude Expérimentale sur la Métalloscopie et la Métallothérapie du Docteur Burq. 56 pp. Paris, 1879. * Debove, M. Recherches sur les Hémianesthésis. 23 pp. Paris, 1879. * Seure, N. Jules. Recherches sur les Propriétés Électriques du Collodion Simple Desséché. 53 pp. Paris, 1880. * Vulpian, A. De l’Influence de la Faradisation Localisée sur l’ Anesthésie de Causes Diverses. 66 pp. Paris, 1880. * Dumontpallier. La Métalloscopie, la Métallothérapie ou le Burquisme. 43 pp. Paris, 1880. * Monard. La Métallothérapie en 1820. 22 pp. Lyon, 1880. * Garel. Traitement de l’Hysterie par les Feuilles Métalliques. 30 pp. Paris, 1881. * Burq, V. La Métallothérapie Depuis 1850. 60 pp. Paris, 1881. * Gross Camille. Observation d’Anéurysme de l’Aorte. Thoracique Descendante Compliquée d’Epanchement Pleurétique Électricité. 78, [1] pp. Montpellier, 1885. * Vigouroux, Paul. De l’Électricité Statique et de son Emploi en Thérapeutique. 103 pp. Paris, 1882. * Gillet de Grandmont. De l’Action des Courants Électriques continus Appliquées du Cerveau et des Resultats qu’ils prosuisent en particulier dans l’Oeil. 38 pp. Paris, 1883. * Helot, Paul. Recherches sur les Contractions Uterines. 8 pp. Paris, n.d. * Apostoli, M. Rapport sur un Nouveau Procédé de Faradisation Utérine. 10 pp. Paris, n.d. * Estorc, A. Contribution a l’Étude de l’Électro-Diagnostic. Exploration des Nerfs Moteurs et des Muscles a l’état Physiologique et Pathologique. 101, [2] pp. Paris, 1884. * Luaret, A. De l’Introduction des Substanes Médicamenteuses a travers la Peau Saine par l’Influence de l’Électricité. 78, [1] pp. Montpellier, 1885. * Chazarain. Découverte de la Polarité Humaine ou Démonstration Expérimentale des Lois Suivant Lesquelles l’Application des Aimants, de l’Électricité, et les Actions Manuelles ou Analogues du Corps Humain Déterminent l’état Hypnotique. 1 folding plate. 29, [1] pp. Paris, 1886.

Various places: Mid to late 19th century

“Metallotherapy” originated with Victor Heab Antoine Burq who published a paper in 1853 on its efficacy in nervous maladies, paralysis, and chronic rheumatism. “To some degree, this approach has its roots in animal magnetism, which strongly influenced Burq, and in Perkinism, an American healing system devised by Elisha Perkins.”---Crabtree, p. 168. --Crabtree 1130. Light shelf wear; library rubber stamp on first title page, some yellowing within; very good.

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75. (Elston Press) [longus]. Daphnis and Chloe. 100, [1] pp. Printed in black and red. Illustrated with woodcuts by H.M. O’Kane. (4to) original full vellum, spine lettered in gilt, green cloth ties. One of 160 copies.

[New Rochelle]: Elston Press, 1904

The finest work from this press. Text from the Angell Day translation of 1587. Vellum bowed and a bit soiled, cloth ties frayed; ink gift inscription on front free endpaper, bookseller’s clipped catalogue description on rear pastedown; pages unopened; very good.

(400/600)

76. ercker, lAzArus. Aula Subterranea Domina Dominantiuk Subdita Subditorum... 2 parts in 1. [10], 208, [4]; 36 pp. Additional engraved pictorial title page; engraved armorial headpiece at start of dedication; 42 woodcut illustrations in text. (Folio) 33.7x20.2 cm. (13¼x8”), period boards, paper spine label lettered in an early hand. Fifth Edition.

Frankfurt: Johann David Jung, 1736

Part 2, with separate title: Christian Berward. Interpres Phraseologiae Metallurgicae... Contains a new section on saltpeter and the manufacture of gunpowder, with 3 new woodcuts. “Considering the importance of Ercker’s treatise it is remarkable how little is on record about him. He was inspector-general of the mines of Hungary, Transylvania, and the Tyrol, which position he held under three consecutive emperors in the 16th century, and he calls himself of St. Annen Bergk. His book was highly prized at the time, for it was a record of practical experience, and was not burdened with theories and hypotheses” (Ferguson). Fergusson I:244. Some wear to boards, notes on front endpapers in an early hand; old dampstain at lower corner of several leaves at rear; very good.

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77. euclid. The elements of Euclid, viz, the first six books, together with the eleventh and twelfth. The errors, by which Theon, or others, have long ago vitiated these books, are corrected, and some of Euclid’s demonstrations restored. Also the book of Euclid’s Data, in like manner corrected. By Robert Simson, M.D. [2], [9]-520 pp. With 2 folding engraved plates. 20.5x12 cm. (8x4¾”), later linen with old leather spine label.

Edinburgh: Printed for E. Wingrove, London, and J. Balfour, Edinburgh, 1791

Styled the Eighth Edition of Euclid’s foundation work of geometry. The covers darkened and worn, the rebinding rather crude; title-page laid on backing sheet, lacking other prelims. before p.[9] (which is the beginning of the table of contents), repair and staining to final plate; just good.

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78. FArAdAy, michAel. Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics. viii, 496 pp. 3 engraved plates (1 folding). Errata slip present. (8vo) original green cloth, rebacked with original spine cloth laid down. First Edition.

London: Richard Taylor and William Francis, 1859

First Edition in book form of Faraday’s collected papers on chemistry and physics. Norman 765. Some light wear at edges; bookplate of the United Service Institution and with their small embossed stamp on title page and plates; very good.

(500/800)

79. FArmer hodge, oF golder’s-green [pseud.]. The Hampstead Contest, A Law Case, Submitted to Counsel, and Inscribed to Mrs. L_ss_gh_m by Farmer Hodge of Golder’s Green. 16 pp. (4to) 22.5x18.5 cm. (8¾x7¼”) period marbled wrappers, stitched. First Edition.

London: F. Newbery, 1775

Rare poetical pamphlet concerning the controversy caused by the actress “of no very good repute” Jane Lessingham (Hemet) when she chose to build a home in Hampstead, the construction of which was “riotously opposed” by certain copyholders of Hampstead Heath. She was ultimately successful in her legal actions and resided in this home until her death in 1783. WorldCat locates no copies; ESTC locates only a single copy, held by the Birmingham Central Libraries. ESTC T166558. Some light wear at page edges, light foxing; near fine.

(500/800)

80. Ferguson, JAmes. An Easy Introduction to Astronomy, for Young Gentlemen and Ladies: Describing the Figure, Motions, and Dimensions of the Earth; the Different Seasons; Gravity and Light; the Solar System; the Transit of Venus, and its Use in Astronomy; the Moon’s Motion and Phases; the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon; the Cause of the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, &c. [viii], 247, [1] pp. Seven folding engraved plates. (8vo) period full calf, red morocco spine label. Fifth Edition.

London: T. Cadell, 1790

First published in 1768 as “The Young Gentleman and Lady’s Astronomy...” Spine sunned, some wear at extremities; foxing; very good.

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81. Ferguson, JAmes. Astronomy Explained Upon Sir Isaac Newton’s Principles, and made easy to those who have not studied Mathematics. To which are added, a Plain Method of Finding the Distance of all the Planets from the Sun, by the Transit of Venus over the Sun’s Disc, in the Year 1761... iv, 503, [15] pp. 18 copper-engraved folding plates including the frontispiece. (8vo) period full calf, red leather label lettered in gilt. First American Edition.

Philadelphia: Mathew Carey, 1806

Important and popular treatise with informative diagrammatic engravings, depictions of astronomical devices, etc. “Although containing no theoretical novelty, the manner and method of its expositions were entirely original. Astronomical phenomena were for the first time described in familiar language. The book formed Herschel’s introduction to celestial science.” (DNB). Spine ends chipped, edges rubbed, hinges cracked, bookplate of the Essex Institute on front pastedown and of Saul Moskowitz on rear pastedown; foxing; about very good.

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SELECTION OF FINELY BOUND SETS82. (Fine Bindings) AuBrey, WilliAm hickmAn smith. The National and Domestic History of England. 3 volumes. 790; 762; 1023 pp. Profusely illustrated with steel-engraved plates and woodcuts within text, Volume 1 with portrait frontispiece and additional illustrated title page. (4to) 11x7, period half morocco and cloth, spines heavily gilt.

London: James Hagger, [1867-1870]

Light edge wear, several joints cracked or cracking; light foxing; very good.(300/500)

83. (Fine Bindings) Beveridge, AlBert J. Abraham Lincoln 1809-1858. 4 volumes. Mounted leaf of the author’s manuscript research notes in Volume 1; 4 hand-colored photographic views of the Lincoln Memorial, with tissue guards; 4 photogravure portraits with captioned tissue guards; 32 plates, maps, etc., most with tissue guards. (8vo) 9¾x6½, original three-quarter crushed red morocco and cloth, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges gilt. Number 119 of 1000 sets.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1928

A touch of wear to extremities; fine.(1000/1500)

84. (Fine Bindings) Bohn’s Extra Volumes - Seven finely bound volumes. 7 volumes. 17.8x11.4 cm. Engraved portrait frontispiece in each volume. (7x4½”), half brown levant morocco and cloth, lined in gilt, spines lettered and decorated in gilt, top edges gilt. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

London: Henry G. Bohn, 1846-1861

Titles include: Count Hamilton’s Fairy Tales; The Heptameron of Margaret, Queen of Navarre; Carvantes’ Exemplary Novels; Memoirs of Count Grammont and Charles I; Boccaccio’s Decameron; Works of Reblais (2 volumes). Together 6 titles in 7 volumes. Lightly rubbed extremities, a few nicks and chips at spine ends and a few other places, rubbed at joints; internally near fine or better; very good.

(400/600)

85. (Fine Bindings) cAlABrellA, e. c. de, BAroness, editor. Evenings at Haddon Hall. [8], 453 + [2] ad pp. With 24 steel-engraved plates from drawings by George Cattermole. 23.2x15.5 cm. (9¼x6¼”), later three quarter morocco and cloth, spine intricately tooled in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. First Edition.

London: Henry Colburn, 1846

Collaboratively written historical tales, all centering on a series of illustrations by Cattermole and most of which involve events at the famous country mansion Haddon Hall. Ink presentation inscriptions dated 1846 and 1847, on the front flyeaf and half-title, respectively. Lightly rubbed extremities and at raised bands; else near fine.

(200/300)

86. (Fine Bindings) cArlyle, thomAs. Carlyle’s Complete Works. 11 volumes. (8vo), half black morocco and boards, gilt spines, top edges gilt.

Boston: Aldine Book Publishing, No date [c.1889]

Each with the bookplate of Louis Ellsworth Laflin & Josephine Knowland Laflin, a few of which are place upside-down, on front pastedowns. Mild to moderately rubbed extremities and joints; many hinges cracked; offsetting from binding to endpapers, many with a neat 1889 inscription on early blank leaf; pages yellowed with age (printed on cheap paper); else very good.

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87. (Fine Bindings) de mAupAssAnt, henri rene guy. The Life Work of Henri Rene Guy de Maupassant. 17 volumes. Illustrations on Japan Vellum. (8vo) period three-quarter dark green morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt with red and white floral morocco onlays, raised bands, top edges gilt. Number 223 of 500 copies of the Edition Flaubert.

New York: M. Walter Dunne, 1905

A handsomely bound set. Spines of volumes 1 through 10 evenly faded to brown, a touch of light wear; very good.

(600/900)

DUMAS’ CELEBRATED CRIMES IN FULL BLUE LEVANT88. (Fine Bindings) dumAs, AlexAndre. Celebrated Crimes. 8 volumes. Illustrated with photogravures after drawings by De Los Rios, Prodhomme, Wagrez, etc. Plates in two states (sepia and black). (8vo) 21.5x17 (8½x6¾”), period full dark blue levant morocco, elaborate gilt borders, raised bands, gilt spine compartments, gilt dentelles, top edges gilt. One of 1000 sets on hand-made Holland paper.

Philadelphia: George Barrie, [1895]

A beautifully bound set, the binder unidentified. Translated by I. G. Burnham. Spines a bit faded; a touch of edge wear; near fine.

(2000/3000)

89. (Fine Bindings) eliot, george. [Works - Arbury Edition]. 24 volumes. Plates, some colored. (8vo) period three-quarter red morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt. Number 398 of 1000 copies of the Arbury Edition.

Boston: Dana Estes & Company, [c. 1900]

Spine heads pulled on two volumes, some other small nicks and scuffs; very good.(700/1000)

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90. (Fine Bindings) Fiske, John. [Works]. 11 volumes including: The Discovery of America (2 vols) * The Dutch and Quaker Colonies in America (2 vols) * The American Revolution (2 vols) * Old Virginia and Her Neighbours (2 vols) * The Beginnings of New England * New France and New England * The Critical Period of American History, 1783-1789. Together 7 works in 11 volumes. (8vo) 7¾x5, uniformly bound in red half morocco and marbled boards, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt. Later printings.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Various Dates

Spines a touch faded, small stain on spine of one volume; else near fine. Spines a touch faded, small stain on spine of one volume; near fine.

(300/500)

91. (Fine Bindings) goldsmith, oliver. The Works of Oliver Goldsmith. 4 volumes. Additional engraved title page in each volume; frontispiece in Volume 4. (8vo) later brown half morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt.


Edited by Peter Cunningham. Light foxing; fine(300/500)

92. (Fine Bindings) grimm, hermAn. Life of Michael Angelo. 2 volumes. xvi, 558; vii, 536 pp. Engraved frontispieces in each volume, plus plates within, with tissue-guards. (8vo), half green levant morocco and boards, gilt-tooled decorations on spines, spine lettered in gilt, top edges gilt. New Edition.

Boston: Little, Brown, 1909

Very light rubbing at a few spots along extremities; near fine.(200/300)

93. (Fine Bindings) hume, dAvid And toBiAs smollett, et. Al. The History of England, From the Invasion of Julius Caesar to the End of the Reign of James II. 3 volumes. 918, [2]; 600; 872 pp. Profusely illustrated with engraved plates, including frontispieces and additional illustrated title pages. (4to) 10½x7, full red morocco with blind and gilt-stamped decorative borders, gilt spines, all edges gilt.

London: James S. Virtue, [c.1850]

Volume 2 has twelve two-page color maps at rear including one of the world. Some wear to extremities, front free endpaper loose in Volume 1, hinges cracked; still very good.

(300/500)

WASHINGTON IRVING IN 27 VOLUMES, BOUND BY SANGORSKI & SUTCLIFFE94. (Fine Bindings) irving, WAshington. Irving’s Works - Geoffrey Crayon Edition in twenty-seven volumes. 27 volumes. Each volume with a frontispiece, and most volumes with an engraved additional illustrated title page. (8vo), half red levant morocco, raised bands, gilt-decorated and lettered spines, top edges gilt. Geoffrey Crayon Edition. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe.

New York: G.P. Putnam’s, [1850-1880]

The titles in this set include: Knickerbocker’s New York [on illustrated title page]; The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon; Bracebridge Hall; Tales of a Traveller (upper corner of 3 early



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leaves torn a bit); The Alhambra; Conquest of Granada; Crayon Miscellany; The Adventures of Captain Bonneville; Oliver Goldsmith; Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus - 3 volumes (chip off spine head of 1 vol.); Astoria; Mahomet and Hist Successors - 2 volumes; Salmagundi; Wolfert’s Roost; Spanish Papers; Biographies and Miscellanies; Life of George Washington - 5 volumes; The Life and Letters of Washington Irving - 3 volumes. Some light shelf wear includ-ing lightly rubbed spots at extremities, a few with bumped corners, a few with mild to moder-ately rubbed spines; internally near fine or better; very good.

(2000/3000)

95. (Fine Bindings) longFelloW, henry W. The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Illustrated. 2 volumes. xvi, 496; xvi, [497]-928 pp. Profusely illustrated throughout with wood engravings from various sources and by various artists; Vol. I with steel-engraved frontispiece portrait by William Marshall. 4to. Full dark brown levant morocco, ruled in gilt, spines decoratively tooled in gilt, raised bands, inner gilt dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. “Subscription Edition.”

Boston: Houghton, Osgood [&] Houghton Mifflin, 1879-80

Issued in thirty parts in wrappers as well as (after completion) in a variety of publisher’s bindings of leather or cloth (such as this set). A third volume of prose works was also issued a few years later by the publisher. BAL 12578. Joints and extremities rubbed, spine ends and 2 raised bands a bit chipped, a few light scratches; Volume I front hinge cracked through (rear starting to); Vol. II hinge tender; internally clean; else good to very good, still an attractive set.

(200/300)

96. (Fine Bindings) mAcAulAy, thomAs BABington. Critical and Historical Essays, Contributed to the Edinburgh Review. 3 volumes. (8vo) full diced calf, gilt borders, spines gilt, all edges marbled. Fourth Edition.

London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846

Armorial bookplate of Roland Dudley Kitson in each volume. Spines faded, some light wear at edges; very good.

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97. (Fine Bindings) mAcAulAy, thomAs BABington. The History of England From the Accession of James II. 5 volumes. (8vo) full brown morocco, spines lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. First Edition (second printings of Volumes 1 & 2, as usual).

London: Longman, Brown, Green, 1849-1861

“The first historical work deliberately designed to outsell the best-selling novel of the day, Macaulay’s book immediately fulfilled its author’s aspiration. His colourful style and stirring power of description secured for the History a success such as no historical work in the English language has had since Gibbon.” (PMM). Printing and the Mind of Man, 328. Armorial bookplates of Eustace Henry Damnay in each volume A few minor scuffs and bumps to leather, spines a touch faded; very good.

(300/500)

98. (Fine Bindings) pAge, thomAs nelson. The Novels, Stories, Sketches and Poems of Thomas Nelson Page. 18 volumes. Color plates. (8vo) period red half morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt. The Plantation Edition.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1906

A handsome set of the author’s Southern tales. A few volumes with small chips to spine heads, one volume with larger chip at heel of spine, joints rubbed on several volumes; very good.

(500/800)

99. (Fine Bindings) plumptre, e.h., trAnslAtor. Two sets of finely bound Greek tragedies - Sophocles and Aeschylos. Includes: The Tragedies of Sophocles. 2 volumes. Front cover of Volume 1 nearly detached, plus spine starting to detach from text block. 1865. * The Tragedies of Aeschylos. 2 volumes. Front joint/hinge of Volume 2 starting, plus spine starting to detach from text block. 1868. Together 2 titles in 4 volumes. (8vo), all in matching green levant morocco, gilt-ruled covers, raised bands, gilt-ruled and lettered spines, top edges gilt.

London: Strahan & Co., 1865 [and] 1868

2 sets of 2 volumes, finely bound by G.P. Putnam’s Sons. Spines faded to brown; two volumes in need of repair at spine/joints; very good.

(200/300)

100. (Fine Bindings) rAWlinson, george. The Five Great Monarchies of the Ancient Eastern World. 3 volumes. Profusely illustrated. (8vo), period full vellum, morocco title labels, spines decorated in gilt, gilt armorial devices on front and rear, all edges stained red. Fourth Edition.


The history, geography and antiquities of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, and Persia beautifully presented in full vellum bindings. Light spotting to vellum; else near fine.

(300/500)

101. (Fine Bindings) roBertson, J. logie, editor. The Poetical Works of Robert Burns. With Notes, Glossary, Index of First Lines and Chronological List. xx, 635 pp. 17.8x11.7 cm. (7x4½”), full blue calf, lined in gilt, gilt decorated spine, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, cloth slipcase. Later Reprint Edition.

London: Oxford University Press, [1958]

With blind embossed stamp from the library of Anthony T. Privitera, M.D. on front blank fly leaf. Slipcase with a touch of shelf wear and dust soiling; a few spots along extremities lightly rubbed; hinges starting; else near fine.

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102. (Fine Bindings) scott, sir WAlter. The Waverly Novels. 25 volumes. Steel engravings. (8vo) 7½x4¾, half red calf and marbled boards, spines gilt, green morocco spine labels, all edges marbled. Illustrated Library Edition.

Boston: Osgood, 1872

Each with the bookplate of Louise Arner Boyd on front pastedown. Spines faded to pink, on volume lacking rear board, another with front board detached, some wear to joints and edges; else good.

(700/1000)

103. (Fine Bindings) Secret Court Memoirs. 10 volumes. (8vo) period three-quarter red levant and marbled boards, spines gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt. One of 100 copies of the Edition Deluxe.

Paris & Boston: Grolier Society, [c. 1900]

Includes: Court of St. Cloud (2 volumes), Court of Berlin (2 volumes), Empress Josephine (3 volumes), Louis XIV (1 volume), Louis XV & XVI (2 volumes). Spines a touch darkened, 2 volumes with chips to spine heads; very good.

(400/600)

HANDSOME SET OF SHAKESPEARE IN 7 VOLUMES104. (Fine Bindings) shAkespeAre, WilliAm. The Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare; With a Life of the Poet and Notes, Original and Selected. 7 volumes. (Tall 8vo) 25.7x16.4 cm. (10x6½”) period full pebbled green morocco, covers bordered in 6 gilt rules of various widths, spines gilt, all edges gilt.

Boston: Hilliard, Gray, and Company, 1836

A handsome mid-century American edition of Shakespeare’s plays. 1838 gift inscription in first volume, original owner’s name in each volume. A few small scuffs to leather; some foxing; very good.

(1000/1500)

105. (Fine Bindings) shAkespeAre, WilliAm. The Works of Shakespeare with Prefaces, Notes and Glossaries. 20 volumes. Each volume with a frontispiece. (8vo), blue pebbled cloth, raised bands, gilt-lettered and ruled spines, top edges gilt. International Edition.

New York: The Hamilton Book Company, [1901]

Volume XX is an Index Volume. Light rubbing to gilt top edges and scattered rubbing to raised bands; else fine.

(400/700)

SMOLLETT BOUND BY ZAEHNSDORF106. (Fine Bindings) smollett, toBiAs. The Works of Tobias Smollett, M.D. With Memoirs of His Life. 8 volumes. Edited by James P. Browne. Frontispiece portrait in Vol. I. 21.5x13.5 cm. (8½x5¼”), full polished tan calf with gilt-roll borders, spines decoratively tooled in gilt, raised bands, morocco lettering pieces, gilt inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt; bound by Zaehnsdorf.

London: Bidkers & Son & H. Sotheran, 1872

Handsome set of the works of the 18th century Scottish poet and author, best known for his picaresque novels, such as The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) and The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751). The works of Smollett are prefiized by “A View of the Commencement and Progress of Romance,” by John Moore. Spines darkened a touch with some very light rubbing, near fine, with the bookplates of Florence Magee.

(1500/2500)

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107. (Fine Bindings) stickney, sArAh. The Poetry of Life. 2 volumes. iv, [2], 336; [4], 345, [1] ad pp. 19.1x11.5 cm. (7½x4½”), full tan calf, lined in gilt, gilt-lettered morocco labels, panels decorated in gilt, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt. Bound by J. Clarke.

London: Saunders and Otley, 1835

Each volume with an engraved armorial bookplate of Henry Collins. Light shelf wear, lightly soiling, nicks and other faint marks to covers; bookplates foxed; very good.

(250/350)

108. (Fine Bindings) thoreAu, henry dAvid. Cape Cod. 2 vols. vi, [2], 173; [4], 208 pp. Illustrated from sketches in colors by Amelia M. Watson; frontispieces with tissue-guards. 18.9x12.5 cm. (7½x5”), period half green gilt-ruled levant morocco and cloth, spines tooled and lettered in gilt, raised bands, top edges gilt.

Boston and New York: HouHoughton, Mifflin, [1896]

The artist, Amelia M. Watson was a New England landscape painter. She drew these sketches for an admirer of Thoreau’s. BAL 20192. Rubbed at joints and extremities, slightly darkened at edges; very good.

(200/300)

109. (Fine Bindings) Whittier, John greenleAF. The Complete Writings of John Greenleaf Whittier with Portraits, Illustrations, and Facsimiles in Seven Volumes. 7 volumes. Frontispieces. (8vo), half brown morocco, raised bands, gilt spine, top edges gilt. Amesbury Edition.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, [1892]

Lightly rubbed edges; else near fine.(500/800)

110. (Fine Bindings) young, g.F. The Medici. 2 volumes. Engraved frontispieces with tissue-guards in each volume, plus plates within. xxxix, 538; xii, 576 pp. 21.3x14.3 cm. (8¼x5½”), full green calf, lined in gilt, spine decorated in gilt, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels, gilt dentelles, all edges gilt, cloth slipcase. Bound by Bayntun. Third Edition.


Cloth slipcase with light shelf wear and foxed on the inside; a bit of faint rubbing and a few faint stray marks to covers; lightly foxed; else volumes are near fine.

(400/600)

111. Fleury, louis. Traité Pratique et Raisonné d’Hydrothérapie. Recherches Cliniques sur l’Application de Cette Médication au Traitement. xvi, 600 pp. Four lithograph plates, one folding. (8vo), half pebbled cloth and boards. Second Edition, revised, corrected, and augmented.

Paris: Labé, 1856

Fleury (1815-1872) was one of the leading French proponents of hydrotherapy. The first edition was published in Paris in 1852. Partial sticker on spine, light shelf wear; dampstain on bottom corner of most pages; else very good.

(200/300)

112. (Fore Edge Painting) pAxton, JAmes. Illustrations of Paley’s Natural Theology - With a fore edge painting. 36 lithograph plates, some colored, interleaved with descriptive letterpress. (8vo) 21.5x13.5 cm. (8½x5¼”), 19th century full black morocco, gilt borders, spine gilt, all edges gilt. First Edition.

Oxford: J. Vincent, 1826

With a fore edge painting of Southampton, England. The scene across the water to the banks, with many buildings on the shore. Some wear and scuffing to leather; light foxing; very good.

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113. (Fore-edge Painting) dAnte Alighieri. The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. viii, 760 pp. (8vo), full red morocco ruled in gilt, morocco spine label, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt.

London: George Routledge, [c. 1880]

With fore-edge painting “Rochester City 18th Century,” the city across the river upon which sailing craft of various sizes wend their way, a bridge in the background. Spine faded with some rubbing, corners and ends rubbed; hinge cracking following the title-page, bookplate, very good.

(300/500)

114. Frolichs de FrolichsBurg, Joh. chr. Commentarius in Kayser Carl des Fünfften, und des H. Röm. Reichs Peinliche Hals-Gerichts-Ordnung. [xii], 338, 340, [18] pp. (4to) 20.2x16.2 cm. Engraved frontispiece. (8x6½”) period full vellum, spine lettered by hand.

Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Conrad Wohler, 1733

Scarce volume on criminal law and prosecution by this important 18th century German legal scholar. Some spotting and soiling to vellum; small worm hole in front free endpaper and frontispiece; very good.

(300/500)

GALILEO’S MATHEMATICAL DISCOURSES, 2ND EDITION IN ENGLISH, 1730115. gAlilei, gAlileo. Mathematical discourses concerning two new sciences relating to mechanicks and local motion, in four dialogues. I. Of the Resistance of Solids against Fraction. II. Of the Cause of their Coherence. III. Of Local Motion, viz. Equable, and naturally Accelerate. IV. Of Violent Motion, or of Projects. By Galileo Galilei, Chief Philosopher and Mathematician to the Grand Duke of Tuscany. With an appendix concerning the center of gravity of solid bodies. Done into English from the Italian, by Tho. Weston, late Master, and now publish’d by John Weston, present Master, of the Academy at Greenwich. xi, [1], 360, 369-497, [3] pp. Woodcut illustrations and diagrams in the text; engraved table following p.436. (4to) 23.2x18.7 cm. 9¼x7¼, period calf, rebacked in calf with original spine label laid on, corners restored. Second Edition in English.

London: J. Hooke, 1730

Second edition in English of Discorsi e dimonstrazioni matematichè intorno à due nuove scienze, but realistically the earliest obtainable. Widely recognized as “the first modern textbook of physics and the foundation of the [modern] sci-ence of mechanics,” Galileo’s Discorsi is a mathematical dialogue on kinemat-ics and a variety of physical problems (including: matter, sound, and light); it also contains philosophical components dealing with the nature of mathematics and the role of experiment and reason in science. The Discorsi replaced the Aristotelean notion of motion with a new one based in inertia and principles derived from falling bodies, projectiles, and the pendulum. “It was upon his [Galileo’s] foundation that Huygens, Newton and others were able to erect the frame of the science of dynam-ics, and to extend its range (with the concept of universal gravitation) to the heavenly bodies” - PMM 130. The first translation into English of the work appeared in Vol. II, Part 1 of Thomas Salusbury’s Mathematical Collections and Translations in Two Parts. However, nearly all copies of that volume, published in 1665, were consumed in the Great Fire of London in 1666, with only about ten copies of Vol. II, Part

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I being known to have survived, and only one copy of Vol. II, Part II believed extant. Some foxing to title-page and following leaves, very faint dampstain to lower fourth of the text, very good or better condition.

(8000/12000)

116. gArdien, c[lAude] m[Artin]. Traité d’Accouchements, de Maladies des Femmes, de l’Éducation Médicinale des Enfants, et des Maladies propres à cet âge. 4 volumes. [4], xii, 591; [4], 604; [4], 564; [4], 531pp. (8vo), contempoary half calf over speckled boards. First Edition.

Paris: Crochard, 1807

An authoritative text that went through several editions and revisions. Wellcome III, p.88. Small library sticker on spines of each, rubbed extremities; foxed; very good.

(200/300)

117. gengA, BernArdino. Anatomy Improv’d and Illustrated. (Folio) 16¾x12, calf-backed cloth, slipcase. No. 260 of 2500 copies.

New York: Editions Medicina Rara, [c. 1970]

Facsimile of the 1723 London edition. Fine.(150/250)

ONE OF THIRTY SPECIAL COPIES118. (Golden Cockerel Press) Glue and Lacquer: Four Cautionary Tales. Translated from the Chinese by Harold Acton & Lee Yi-Hsieh. Preface by Arthur Waley. 139 pp. 5 Illustrations from drawings by Eric Gill, interpreted on copper by Denis Tegetmeier; 5 collotype reproductions of Gill’s drawing at the rear. (4to) 25.5x19.5 cm. (10x7¾”) original full blue morocco, title in Chinese characters in gilt on front, spine lettered in gilt, top edge gilt. Bound by Sangorski & Sutcliffe. Number 3 of 30 “Special Copies” printed on hand-made paper from a total edition of 350 copies.

[London]: Golden Cockerel Press, [1941]

From the Colophon: “Eric Gill had arranged to illustrate these stories with engravings. During the last week of his life, while in hospital, he completed the drawings, which after his death were interpreted on copper by his son-in-law, Denis Tegetmeier.” The stories first appeared in a collection called Hsing Shih Hêng Yen, published in 1627 by Fêng Mêng-lung. Pertelote 149. Rare. Spine sunned, a few minor scuffs to leather, corners lightly bumped; internally fine; overall very good or better.

(1500/2000)

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119. goWers, W[illiAm] r. The Diagnosis of Diseases of the Spinal Cord: An Address Delivered to the Medical Society of Wolverhampton, October 9th, 1879. viii, 86 [2], xvi ad pp. One plate, plus numerous figures in the text. (8vo), brown cloth, gilt spine. Second Edition.

London: J. & A. Churchill, 1881

“Gowers demonstrated the dorsal spinocerebellar tract, ‘Gower’s tract’, and introduced the terms myotatic and knee-jerk , which he elicited with the rubber edge of his stethoscope or a percussion hammer.” --See Garrison-Morton 4562, & Norman Library 919, both citing the 1880 first edition. Rubbed extremities; rubberstamped name on top edge of title page, a few red pencil underlinings in early pages, worming to leaves near end, dampstain to plate; good.

(200/300)

RARE FIRST EDITION OF KEY WORK ON INVESTING120. grAhAm, BenJAmin & dAvid l. dodd. Security Analysis. xii, 725 pp. (8vo) original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition, First Printing.

New York: Whittlesey House, 1934

Rare first edition of one of the most influential books on investing ever published. Continuously in-print since 1934. Benjamin Graham (1894–1976) was an American economist and professional investor. Graham is considered the first proponent of value investing, an investment approach he began teaching at Columbia Business School in 1928 and subsequently refined with David Dodd (1895-1988) through various editions of their famous book Security Analysis. Small cup ring on front cover; previous owner’s name on front free endpaper, a few pencil check marks in table of contents; near fine.

(10000/15000)

121. greenhoW, edWArd heAdlAm. On Diptheria. xii, 274, [2], 16 ad pp. (8vo), green cloth, gilt spine.

London: John W. Parker, 1860

With laid in 8 pp. leaflet titled: Diptheria Antitoxin, with Report of Cases. By Hnery R. Slack, from Atlanta Medical and Surgical Journal, November, 1897. Light rubbing at extremities, some dust soiling; some cracking at gutters between signatures; very good.

(200/300)

122. gutenBerg, Beno And c. F. richter. Seismicity of The Earth. vii, [1], 131 pp. 24.7x16 cm. (9¾x6½”), wrappers. First Edition.

[New York]: Geological Society of America, 1941

Special Paper No. 34 from the Society. Very good.(150/250)

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PRINTED BY GUTENBERG123. (Gutenberg, Johann) BAlBus, JoAnnes. Fragment of a single leaf from the Catholicon. Fragment of a single leaf, on paper, visible portion measuring approximately 9.4x9 cm (3¾x3½”) and comprising 22 lines of a single column of text. Rubricated. Watermark not visible. Attractively matted and framed with a description of the printing. Overall size is 33.5x44 cm. (13¼x17”).

[Mainz]: [Johann Gutenberg], [1460]

Handsome presentation of an important incunabular fragment. It comes from the incomplete Sloane-Krech copy which was broken up shortly after World War II. The Catholicon is the first secular book to be printed from movable type. Fine.

(3000/5000)

124. (Gynecology) roussel, [pierre]. Système Physique et Moral de la Femme, Suivi d’un Fragment du Système Physique et Moral de L’Homme et d’un Essai sur la Sensibilité. xlviii, 422 pp. Engraved frontispiece and 2 engraved plates by Girardet. (8vo), later calf-backed boards. Seventh Edition.

Paris: Caille et Ravier, 1820

The early editions (those issued while Roussel was still alive, or, before 1803) were issued in much shorter form, in a 12mo format, and without the frontispiece and the two plates. Wellcome, IV, p. 566; Mettler, p. 989. Not in the RCOG catalogue Rubbing at spine; light scattered foxing; very good.

(200/300)



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125. hAller, AlBrecht von. Disputationes ad Morborum Historiam et Curationem Facientes. 7 volumes. [4], 639; [2], 704; [2], 652; [2], 814; [2], 784; [2], 848; [2], 878 pp. 34 engraved plates, some folding. (4to), morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered spines.

Lausanne: Bousquet, 1757-1760

Volume I deals with diseases of the head and neck; Volume II, diseases of the chest; Volumes III &IV, abdominal diseases; Volume V, fevers; Volume VI, systemic diseases; and Volume VII, miscellaneous. “Haller, called ‘the Great’ even in his lifetime, possessing the universal admiration of his contemporaries, was one of those intellectual geniuses who recall the types of the Renaissance” - Castiglioni, pp. 610-611. Spines sunned and edges rubbed, some tearing to few spine ends, front cover and hinge nearly detached from Vol. 6; hinges cracked, each title page with rubber stamp and small ink notation, each with small paper label on rear pastedown; occasional yellowing or very light foxing to margins of leaves; internally very good to near fine.

(1500/2000)

126. h[Arris], J[Ames]. Three Treatises. The First Concerning Art. The Second Concerning Music Painting and Poetry. The Third Concerning Happiness. [iv], 357 pp. (8vo) 7¾x5, later half calf and marbled boards. First Edition.

London: J. Nourse and P. Vaillant, 1744

The first treatise, ‘Concerning Art, A Dialogue,’ avoids the commonplace mimetic theories and introduces into English critical discussion the important aesthetic distinction between energy (energeia) and work (kinesis) derived from Aristotle’s Nichomachean Ethics. ‘A Discourse on Music, Painting, and Poetry’ is notable for the supreme position allotted to poetry and for its praise of the musical-verbal symbiosis achieved in the Handelian oratorio. ‘Concerning Happiness, A Dialogue’ urges the primacy of imagination as a mode of intellection. Spine and edges rubbed; pages browned; bookplate on front pastedown and embossed stamp on title page; else very good.

(300/500)

127. (Harvard Classics) eliot, chArles W., editor. The Harvard Classics. 50 volumes. 21.5x13.5 cm. (8½x5¼”), full red leather ruled in gilt, spines lettered in gilt, raised bands, gilt inner dentelles, silk moire endleaves, all edges gilt.

Norwalk, CT: Easton Press, [1993]

Handsome Easton Press edition the compilation known as The Harvard Classics, encompassing more than 2,000 years of the world’s greatest poetry, drama, history, philosophy, scripture, and more. Fine condition.

(1000/1500)

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128. hAWthorne, nAthAniel. The Complete Writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne. 22 volumes. Plates. (8vo) original red cloth, spines lettered in gilt, top edges gilt.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1900]

The Old Manse Edition of Hawthorne’s writings. Light wear; near fine.(300/500)

AUTOGRAPH NOTES AND SIGNED PHOTO BY MARTIN HEIDEGGER129. heidegger, mArtin. Autograph excerpts relating to Being and Time, along with a signed portrait, matted together. Three excerpts, comprising eight lines, in blue ink, on one side of plain sheet of paper folded to measure 21x15 cm. (8¼x5¾”). * Reproduction of portrait painting executed in 1958, signed beneath the image by Heidegger in blue ink. 14x9 cm. (5¼x3½”). Both matted together under plexiglass, overall 25.5x35 cm. (10x13¾”).

No place: No date

Signed portrait and excerpts in Heidegger’s hand from his masterwork, Being and Time (German title: Sein und Zeit), published in 1927. In approximate translation: “To be? only the position of one thing alone.” “And position? Only the history like in the self-reflected relationship folded modification of the lighting-long presence.” “And presence? One in every direction dark, in his home, forgotten interlude the disclosure in the event.” The number 39 is written in the top corner of the paper. Very rare as separate pieces, and unique together. Near fine to fine.

(2000/3000)

130. herlet, Friedrich. Leben und Leyden Unsers Einigen Heylands und Erlosers Jesu Christi und Mariae, Seiner Hochgebenedeyten Mutter. [2], 5-572, 24, 27-30 149, [11] pp. Lacking printed title page. Additional engraved title page and 28 engraved plates. (4to) 21x18 cm (8¼x7¼”) period full blind-tooled pigskin, leather straps with metal clasps, spine lettered in an early hand.

No place: No date [mid 18th century]

Herlet’s life of Jesus and Mother Mary, beautifully illustrated with full page engravings depicting scenes in the life of Christ. Printed title lacking but presumably published at Wurzburg and Prague: Lochner & Meyer, 1764 based on copies located in WorldCat. Page numbers 25/26 skipped in pagination of second part but text complete. Light wear to binding, some soiling; pages browned; very good.

(400/600)

131. hill, John. Essays in Natural History and Philosophy. Containing a Series of Discoveries, by the Assistance of Microscopes. [viii], 415 pp. (8vo), later half calf and boards. First Edition.

London: J. Whiston and B. White, 1752

With the bookplate of Thomas Fiddian on front pastedown. Blake, p.211; Wellcome III, p.264. Small label on spine, lightly rubbed extremities; scattered light foxing; very good.

(400/700)

132. (History of Medicine) Five titles on the history of medicine. Includes: Tiemann, George. American Armamentarium Chirurgicum. Facsimile of the 1889 edition of this important trade catalogue of medical instruments. Norman Publishing & The Printers’ Devil, 1989. * Singer, Charles, et. al., eds. A History of Technology. 5 volumes. 1st Ed. Oxford University Press, 1954. * Munk, William. The Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London. 2 volumes. 1st ed. Longman, Green, et. al., 1861. * Stubbs, S.G. Blaxland. Sixty Centuries of Health and Physick. Ex-library. 1st Am. Ed. Paul B. Hoeber, 1931. * [MacMichael, William]. Lives of British Physicians. With engraved bookplate of Jean S. and A. Watson Armour. 1st ed. John Murray, 1830. Together 5 titles in 10 volumes.


Mild to moderate general wear inside and out; mostly very good.(300/500)

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133. (History of Medicine) Ten titles on the history of medicine. Includes: Pusey, Wm. Allen. The History of Dermatology. Charles C. Thomas, 1933. * Shelley, Walter B. Classics in Clinical Dermatology with Biographical Sketches. With dj. Charles C. Thomas, [1953]. * Wiener, Norbert. Cybernetics. 1st Am. Ed. John Wiley & Sons, [1948]. * Wiener, Norbert. Cybernetics. With dj (price-clipped). 2nd printing M.I.T. Press, [1962]. * Gordon, Maurice Bear. Aesculapius Comes to the Colonies. Argosy-Antiquarian Ltd., 1969. * Chapman, N., ed. The Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences. Vol. IX. Re-bound. H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1824. * Williams, Stephen W. American Medical Biography: or, Memoirs of Eminent Physicians... Spine head chipped. L. Merriam and Co., 1845. * Park, Roswell. An Epitome of the History of Medicine. Dampstaining to top & fore edge of most leaves. 2nd Ed. F.A. Davis, 1899. * Podmore, Frank. Mesmerism and Christian Science: A Short History of Mental Healing. 1st Am. Ed. George W. Jacobs, [1909]. * Wootton, A.C. Chronicles of Pharmacy. 2 vols, in a slipcase. USV Pharmaceutical Corp., 1972. Together 10 titles in 11 volumes.


Mild to moderate wear to exterior; some markings, soiling, etc. to interiors; good to very good.(300/500)

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES ON CHILDBED FEVER134. holmes, oliver Wendell. Puerperal Fever as a Private Pestilence. 60 pp. 22x13.7 cm. (8½x5½”), period plain brown wrappers. First Edition in book form.

Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1855

Holmes’s conclusive demonstration of the contagiousness of childbed fever was one of the great 19th-century American contributions to medicine. Limited to 500 copies, of which 159 were destroyed by the publisher in 1865. BAL 8768 (this edition); Garrison-Morton 6274; Printing and the Mind of Man 316(a). Wrappers chipped, front wrapper detached; internally very good.

(2000/3000)

135. huBer, ulrik. Praelectionum Juris Civilis. [xiv], 516, [20], 515-1026, [16], 1027-1590, [88] pp. Engraved frontispiece. (Thick 4to) 23.3x19.3 cm. (9¼x7½”), period full vellum, spine lettered by hand. Third German Edition.

Leipzig: Jo. Friderici Gleditschii B. Filii, 1735

Huber (1636-1694) studied in Franeker, Utrecht and Heidelberg. In 1657 Huber was professor of Eloquence and History at the University of Franeker and in 1665 he became professor of law. From 1679 to 1682 he was a judge at the Court of Appeal of Friesland and thereafter returned his position as professor of law until his death in 1694. Some spotting and soiling to vellum; occasional foxing; very good.

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HUNTER’S GRAVID UTERUS WITH 34 ENGRAVED PLATES, PRINTED BY BASKERVILLE

136. hunter, WilliiAm. Anatomia uteri humani gravidi tabulis illustrata. The anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures. 21 unsigned and unpaginated leaves. 34 engraved plates prepared by 17 engravers from drawings by Jan van Rymsdyk and others. Double folio, 64.6x47 cm. (25½x18½”), later calf-backed marbled boards, morocco spine and cover labels, lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Birmingham, [England]: John Baskerville, 1774

“Hunter’s Gravid uterus, on which he labored for thirty years, is one of the great artistic achievements in medicine. ‘It is indeed a remarkable book, not the least important aspect of which is the large size of the plates, which Hunter took care to defend in the preface. For him, the technical quality of the plates as of great importance; they combine descriptive clarity with beauty. The work contains thirty-four plates of different kinds; some depict several objects, others a life-size section of the human body- the female trunk between the abdomen and the middle of the thighs-”-Norman Library 6157. The Gravid uterus was the largest book produced by John Baskerville, the greatest English printer of the 18th century. “One of the great publications of world medical literature as well as a classic of book production.”-Heirs of Hippocrates 942. Choulant-Frank, pp. 296-297; Osler 3026; Garrison-Morton 6157. Mostly marginal dampstaining to every leaf and plate, largely contained to bottom corner, but in many cases at other edges, usually not encroaching upon the engraved illustration; else a very good copy of this very scarce work.

(7000/10000)



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137. (Hypnotism) Bernheim, [hippolyte]. De la Suggestion et de ses Applications a la Thérapeutique. [4], iii, 428 pp. (8vo), half morocco and boards, gilt-lettered spine. First Edition.

Paris: Octave Doin, 1886

“The first part of this work is a republication of Bernheim’s De la sugestion dans l’etat hypnotique et dans l’ etat de veille, 1884, in which Bernheim views the nature of hypnotism in sharp contrast to that of Charcot, which was dominant at the time. Charcot believed hypnotism to be a pathological condition based on physiological processes, an artificial neurosis found only in hysterics. Bernheim, on the other hand sees hypnotism as a purely psychological condition, one essentially related to suggestion. His definition of hypnotism is: the induction of a peculiar psychial condition which increases the susceptibility to suggestion. This basic difference of opinion constitutes the core of the dispute that would continue for many years between the followers of Charcot (the Salpetriere School of Hypnotism) and the followerw of Bernheim (the Nancy School of Hypnotism). In the second part of the book, Bernheim discusses suggestion as a therapuetic agent. Beginning with a look at the traditional role of the imagination in healing throughout the ages, Bernheim places modern suggestive therapeutics in that historical stream. The introduction is followed by a long section on cases of specific illnesses Bernheim treated through hypnotic suggestion. This work became the basic test used by the adherents of the Nancy School and holds a unique place in the history of hypnotism.”---Crabtree 1127. --Crabtree 1127. Norman Library 211. (See also item 20 Braid, item 26 Chardel, item 49 Du Potet de Sennevoy and item 86 Lafontaine). Lightly rubbed spine and extremities; light scattered foxing, some cracking at gutters between signatures; very good.

(400/600)

138. (Hypnotism) Four volumes on suggestion and hypnotism. Includes: Rothmund, Toni. Mesmer: Genie oder Scharlatan? Re-bound in morocco-backed boards. Damp and wrinkled throughout. First Edition. Buchergilde Gutenberg, n.d. * Young, L.E., editor. The Science of Hypnotism: The Wonder of the 20th Century... Re-bound in morocco-backed cloth. Pages yellowed, some dampstaining to early leaves. Occult Science Association, [1899]. * Ertl, Hans. Vollstandiger Lehrkurs des Hypnotismus in allen seinen Phasen und vermandten Erscheinungen. 2 volumes in 1. Re-bound in morocco-backed boards. 5th edition of volume one, and the 2nd edition of volume two. Max Spohr, 1911-09. * Tuckey, C. Lloyd. Treatment by Hypnotism and Suggestion or, Psycho-Therapeutics. Re-bound in morocco-backed boards. 4th edition. Putnam’s, 1901. Together 4 volumes.


Mild to moderately rubbed spines and extremities; some marks and yellowing within; good to very good.

(200/300)


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ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BY EDITH IBBS139. (Illuminated Manuscript) iBBs, edith A., illuminAtor. The Great Antiphons - Illuminated manuscript on vellum. 6 leaves comprising title leaf, 4 leaves of antiphons, and colophon leaf. 18x13 cm. (approximately 7x5¼”), full limp vellum binding, green and cloth cloth ties, modern oversize chemise and slipcase.

No place: Written out & illuminated by Edith A. Ibbs, 1905

The seven Great O Antiphons of the Roman Rite (O Sapientia, O Adonai, O Radix, O Clavis, O Oriens, and O Rex) plus an eighth from the Parisian Rite (O Pastor) meant to be read at church services in the days preceding Christmas Eve. Beautifully written, with elaborate pen work, and illuminated in gilt and various shades of reds, blues and greens. The first antiphon with a fabulous miniature painting of Mary and the Christ child receiving gifts from the three Magi. Edith Ibbs was a master at the craft of illumination, works attributed to her are quite scarce, those signed by her as this manuscript is, even more so. An article by Ibbs on the art of illumination appeared in the May, 1906 issue of The International Studio. Some spotting to vellum, fraying to cloth ties; fine.

(6000/9000)

140. irving, WAshington. The Alhambra: A Series of Tales and Sketches of the Moors and Spaniards... 2 volumes. iv, [13]-234, [1]; 236 pp. 20x11 cm. (8x4½”), period quarter dark green leather and cream boards, hand-inked paper spine labels. First American Edition.

Philadelphia: Carey & Lea, 1832

BAL 10136. Both leaning a bit, shelf wear, soiling, tiny chips and creases to labels; Vol. I front hinge tender, light foxing; still very good.

(300/500)

141. JAdelot, JeAn-nicolAs. Physica Hominis Sani seu Explication Functionum Corporis Humani. 249 pp. (8vo), period calf, gilt-decorated and lettered spine.

Nacneii: Sebastiani Bachot, 1778

An uncommon work. The spine reads in gilt, “Physic de Jadelot.” Lightly rubbed at extremities; some offsetting at edges of early and late leaves, a bit of ink writing on title page; very good.

(200/300)

142. JeAns, JAmes h. Two scientific works by James Jeans. Includes: The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism. Blue cloth. Hinges cracking. First Edition. 1908. * Astronomy and Cosmogony. Blue cloth. Front joint splitting, lacking front free endpaper. 1928. Two volumes.

Cambridge: University Press, Various dates

First volume good, second very good.(250/350)

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143. JeFFerson, thomAs. The Works of Thomas Jefferson. 12 volumes. Frontispieces and additional title pages on Japan vellum. (8vo) period three-quarter green morocco and marbled boards, spines lettered and ruled in gilt, top edges gilt. One of 1000 numbered sets of the Federal Edition.

New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904

Edited by Paul Leicester Ford. Spines faded to brown, staining to lower halves of spines, a few volumes chipped at spine ends, front joint of Volume 1 splitting at bottom, some extremity wear; dampstain in lower margins; good.

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144. Jenner, WilliAm. Lectures and Essays on Fevers and Diphtheria 1849 to 1879. xii, 581 pp. (8vo), maroon cloth, gilt-lettered spine. First Collected Edition

New York: Macmillan, 1893

Contains his classical paper, On Typhoid and Typhus Fevers. “Despite Stewart’s work there was still controversy as to the identity of typhoid and typhus. Jenner’s paper demonstrated that the aetiology of the two was quite different, that one did not communicate or protect against the others and that epidemics of the two did not prevail simultaneously.”--Garrison- Morton 5027. An interesting footnote about Jenner: Garrison, (p. 629), reports that he was a “short, stout, solid, able-bodied man, yet so averse to exercise that he said he would not even walk from his front door to his brougham if he could get someone to carry him.” (He achieved 83 years of age.) --Garrison-Morton 5027. Bookplate of Richard Moore McKean and a bookseller’s label on front pastedown. Rubbed at spine and edges, a touch frayed at spine ends and corners; page a touch yellowed with age; very good.

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145. (Kelmscott Press) chAucer, geoFFrey. Original bifolium from the Kelmscott printing of the Canterbury Tales. 4-page conjugate leaf, pp. 545-546 + integral blank. Printed in two columns, shoulder notes in red. 16¾x11½.

Hammersmith: Kelmscott Press, 1896

Bifolium from the masterwork of the Kelmscott Press, the Canterbury Tales, from the end of Troilus and Cressida. Neat repair to lower corner, very good.

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KELMSCOTT PRINTING OF S.T. COLERIDGE146. (Kelmscott Press) coleridge, sAmuel tAylor. Poems Chosen Out of the Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge. [iv], 100 pp. Decorative borders and initials. (8vo) 20.5x14 cm (8x5½”) finely bound by Roger De Coverly in full green morocco, wide gilt borders on front and rear, spine gilt, raised bands, gilt dentelles, silk doublures and endleaves, all edges gilt. One of 300 copies on paper.

[Hammersmith]: [Kelmscott Press], [1896]

Printed by William Morris. The last volume in the Kelmscott series of modern English poetry. Peterson A38. A bit of rubbing to edges; near fine.

(5000/8000)

Lot 146

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BOUND BY LEADING WOMAN BOOKBINDER147. (Kelmscott Press) morris, WilliAm, trAnslAtor. Of the Friendship of Amis and Amile. [2], 67 pp. Elaborate woodcut bordered title, text printed in red and black. (12mo) 14.5x10.5 cm. (5¾x4¼”) period full green morocco, gilt floral motif within double gilt rule, raised bands, spine compartments gilt, gilt ruled dentelles, all edges gilt. Bound by Sarah Prideaux with her initials and date (1895) on lower rear dentelle. Housed in a custom clamshell box. One of 500 copies on paper.

[Hammersmith]: [Kelmscott Press], [1894]

A handsome Kelmscott printing in a lovely period binding by one of the leading woman binders of the time, Sarah Prideaux. Prideaux (1853-1933) was a bookbinder, teacher, writer, and collector of fine bindings. Her treatise “An Historical Sketch of Bookbinding” remains a classic work on the craft. Spine head chipped, some wear to heel, front board reattached a bit out of alignment with the rear board; still very good and a lovely example Prideaux’s work.

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148. (Kelmscott Press) ruskin, John. The Nature of Gothic. [1], iv, [1], 127, [1] pp. Woodcut initials and designs. 20.5x14 cm. (8x5½, original vellum, spine lettered in gilt, ribbon ties, page edges untrimmed. One of 1500 copies by William Morris at the Kelmscott Press, Hammersmith.

London: George Allen, 1892

Handsome printing of the chapter from Ruskin’s The Stones of Venice. Pages unopened except for the first two leaves. Symbolic bookplate of Haven O’More. A bit of discoloration and soiling to vellum; top page edges darkened, very good, from the library of Haven O’More.

(3000/5000)

149. (Kent, Rockwell) voltAire, Jen FrAncois mArie Arouet de. Candide. 111, [1] pp. Illustrated throughout by Rockwell Kent, hand-colored in the studio of the artist. 11x7½, original morocco-backed decorative cloth, spine lettered in gilt, publisher’s cloth slipcase. No. 35 of 95 colored copies, from a run of 1470 total copies printed on all rag French paper by the Pynson Printers.

New York: Random House, 1928

Signed by Kent in the colophon. Nearly every page has an illustration, initial, frame or other element designed by Rockwell Kent. The paragraph marks after human figures are also designed by Kent. The colored copies of this work are highly prized. The first book ever released under the Random House colophon. Light wear to slipcase; spine sunned, front hinge cracked, rear hinge starting; near fine.

(1200/1800)

150. kipling, rudyArd. The Writings in Prose and Verse. 31 (of 32) volumes. (8vo) period black half morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt.

New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1925

Spine leather dry, chipping to several spine ends, joints rubbed, edge wear; good.(300/500)

Lot 147

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151. kress, JohAnnes pAul. Commentatio Succinta in Constitutionem Criminalem. [xl], 872, [48] pp. (4to) 20.8x17 cm. (8¼x6¾”) later half vellum and pastepaper boards.

Hanover: Heredum Foesterianorum, 1760

First published 1721. Kress (1677-1741) was a noted German jurist and professor at the University of Helmstedt. Some wear and soiling to vellum; light foxing; very good.

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152. lAplAce, p[ierre] s[imon]. The System of the World. 2 volumes. [4], viii, 379; [4], iii, [1], 380 pp. (8vo) 21.5x12.5 cm. (8½x5”), original paper backed boards, untrimmed. First Edition in English.

London: Richard Phillips, 1809

First edition in English, translated by John Pond, of Laplace’s famous ‘Exposition du Systeme du Monde’ (1796) in which he discusses his celebrated ‘nebular hypothesis’/ The work is essentially a summary of then current astronomical knowledge and of Laplace’s own theories, which were to be treated with full mathematical detail in the Mecanique Celeste of 1799-1825. One of the most successful popularizations of science and a major original contribution to astronomical theory. Rare in the original boards. Light wear and soiling to binding; near fine.

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153. lAssus, pierre. De la Médecine Opératoire, ou Traité Élémentaire des Operations de la Chirurgie. 2 volumes. 440; 554 pp. 7 engraved plates (several folding), at rear of volumes. (8vo), late calf-backed boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. First Edition.

Paris: Chez Buisson, [1795]

Blake, p. 257. Wellcome III, p.454. Lightly rubbed extremities, library sticker on spine of each; no half-title page in Volume 1; foxed, with early pages more heavily, with some darkening; very good.

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154. lAvAter, J[ohAnn] c[Asper]. Essays on Physiognomy; for the Promotion of the Knowledge and the Love of Mankind. 3 volumes. vi, 241; [iv], 324; [vi], 314, [10] pp. With 360 engraved plates. (8vo), calf with gilt decorative border, re-backed with later calf.

London: G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1789

See Garrison-Morton 154; Wellcome III, p.458. Moderate wear to extremities, a few spots of worming at joints; scattered and very light, marginal foxing; very good.

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155. leyBourn, WilliAm. Pleasure with Profit: Consisting of Recreations of Divers Kinds, viz. Numerical, Geometrical, Mechanical, Statical, Astronomical... 7 parts in 1 volume, separate paginations. With 2 folding copper-engraved plates; engraved & woodcut illustrations in the text. (folio) 31.5x20 cm. (12½x8”), period calf. First Edition.

London: Printed for Richard Baldwin & John Dunton, 1694

Wing L1931. Disbound, covers present but worn, some chipping to title-page, rubberstamp of Sion College Library on its verso; in need of rebinding.

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156. lingArd, John. The History of England From the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of William and Mary in 1688. 10 volumes. (8vo), period half calf and marbled boards, spines gilt decorated, morocco title labels, all edges marbled. Fifth Edition.

London: Charles Dolman, 1849

Spines faded, a few small chips to spine labels, light scuffing to calf; else very good.(300/500)


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157. lipski, AndreA [JedrezeJ]. Practicarum Observationum ex Jure Civili et Saxonico Collectarum, & ad Stylum Usumque Judiciorum Curiae Regalis Accomodatarum, Centuria Prima. 2 volumes in 1. [xvi], 288, [28]; [viii], 243 pp. (4to) 20x15.5 cm. (7¾x6¼”), period full blind-tooled pigskin. New (Third?) Edition.

Cracoviae: Francisci Casarii, 1619-20

Title page to second volume dated 1619. First published in 1592 and again in 1602 but scarce in any edition. WorldCat locates only a single copy of either the 1592 and 1602 editions and but 2 copies of the present edition. Later editions were published in 1627 and 1648. Binding worn and soiled, closing ties lacking, early ownership markings on title page; some light foxing; very good.

(500/800)

158. luciAn oF sAmosAtA. Colloquia Selecta, & Timon. Cebetis Thebani Tabula. Menandri Sententiae Morales. [vi], 168, 173, [1], 122, [16] pp. Engraved frontispiece; 2 engraved folding plates. (12mo) 13x7.5 cm, old half vellum and marbled boards.

Amsterdam: R. & J. Wetstenios & G. Smith, 1732

Includes Lucian’s ‘Dialogues of the Dead’ and other satirical pieces. Boards rubbed; occasional foxing; very good.

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159. luther, mArtin. A Commentarie of Master Doctor Martin Luther Upon the Epistle of S. Paul to the Galathians. [iv], 296 ff. (8vo) 18.6x14 cm. (7¼x5½”) nineteenth century half calf and marbled boards, black leather spine label, all edges red. Sixth Edition in English.

London: George Miller, 1644

An early edition of Luther’s commentary, first published in English in 1575. ESTC also lists editions of 1577, 1602, 1616, and 1635. ESTC R32489. Spine and edges rubbed; notes on title page in purple pencil and inked ownership markings on title page, some foxing; very good.

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160. (Magnetism) deleuze, J.p.F. Instruction Pratique sur le Magnétisme Animal. 472 pp. (12mo), later calf-backed boards. First Edition.

Paris: J.G. Dentu, 1925

Crabtree 320. Tinterow, pp. 575- 576, calling it “very rare.” Rubbed extremities; some dampstaining to first few and last few leaves, very lightly foxed; very good.

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ILLUSTRATED BY MAILLOL161. (Maillol, Aristide) longus. Daphnis and Chloe. [vi], 211, [1] pp. 52 woodcut illustrations by Aristide Maillol. (8vo) 20x13 cm. (7¾x5¼”), original full vellum, spine lettered in gilt, slipcase. One of 250 copies.

[London]: [A. Zwemmer], 1937

Signed by Maillol at the colophon. “[P]rinted on hand-made paper manufactured by an old process rediscovered by Aristide Maillol.” Some wear to slipcase; vellum a bit browned, modern bookseller’s label on rear pastedown endpaper; near fine.

(1000/1500)

162. mArilAun, Anton kerner von. The Natural History of Plants, Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and Distribution. 2 volumes. 16 lithograph color plates; nearly 2000 other illustrations. (4to) period half red morocco and cloth, spines gilt, all edges marbled.

London: Blackie & Son, 1894

Translated from the German by F.W. Oliver. Extremities rubbed, hinges cracked; very good.(250/350)

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163. mArks, eliAs. Aphorisms of Hippocrates, from the Latin Version of Herhoofd, with a Literal Translation on the Opposite Page, and Explanatory Notes. [167] pp. (12mo), later half calf with marbled boards. First Edition, Second Issue.

New York: Collins & Co., 1818

The first translation by an American of the Aphorisms. Austin 912. Lightly rubbed extremities; early leaves with dampstains at corners and moderate foxing, lighter foxing throughout, some chips to page corners; very good.

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164. mAuriceAu, FrAncois. Traité des Maladies des Femmes Grosses, et de Celles qui sont Accouchees... 2 volumes. Many woodcut illustrations within text of Volume 1. (4to), contemporary mottled calf, gilt spines. Seventh Edition.

Paris: Compagnie des Libraires, 1740-1738

This is the most complete version of Mauriceau’s classic. The second volume is a compendium of 700 case histories dealing with pregnancy and childbirth as well as with the diseases and problems of the new-born. Mauriceau’s case histories are models of clear and succinct description, revealing him to be a skilled and experienced practitioner. See Heirs of Hippocrates 606. --Blake, p. 294. Cushing M212, M213. See Garrison-Morton 6147. Rubbed at extremities, some light marks; hinges tender; very good.

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165. (Mechanics) desArces, henri. Nouvelle Encyclopedie Pratique de Mecanique et d’Electricite. 3 volumes + atlas volume. Atlas volume comprising 14 models consisting of gravure printed overlays mounted on heavy card stock. Each of the models is assembled from several overlays that are lifted to expose the inner workings of the models. Other volumes illustrated with many foldout plans, drawings, blueprints, gravure plates, etc. 28.2x19.9 cm. (11x7¾”), decoratively embossed pebbled cloth, lettered in gilt.

Paris: Librairie Aristide Quillet, [1924]

The “pop-up” models in the atlas volume include a train, an automobile, an airplane, a steam turbine and a dynamo. Mild to moderate rubbing along spines and extremities; contents nearly free from any markings; near fine internally; very good overall.

(300/500)

166. (Medical) Four nineteenth century medical texts. Includes: Burrall, F.A. Asiatic Cholera. (8vo) original green cloth. First Edition. 1866. * Charcot, J.M. Lectures on the Diseases of the Nervous System. (8vo) period half leather and cloth. Binding worn, front free endpaper torn with lacking piece. First American Edition. 1879. * Sappington, John. The Theory and Treatment of Fevers. (12mo) period full sheep. Front cover loosely attached. First medical text in English printed west of the Mississippi. Arrow Rock, [Missouri], 1844. * Wright, Henry G. Headaches, Their Causes and Their Cure. (8vo) original wrappers. Front wrapper and a few leaves detached. Fourth Edition. 1865. Together four volumes.


Some wear; overall good.(200/300)



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167. (Medical) Ten medical texts. Includes: Speert, Harold. Iconographia Gyniatrica: A Pictorial History of Gynecology and Obstetrics. F.A. Davis, [1973]. * Moynihan, Berkeley. The Spleen and Some of Its Diseases. W.B. Saunders, 1921. * Hughes, Wendell L. Reconstructive Surgery of the Eyelids. C.V. Mosby, 1943. * Spaeth, Edmund B. Newer Methods of Ophthalmic Plastic Surgery. P. Blakiston’s Son & Co., [1925]. * Hartland, Edwin Sidney. Primitive Paternity: The Myth of Supernatural Birth in Relation to the History of the Family. 2 volumes. David Nutt, 1909-10. * Philip, A.P. Wilson. A Treatise on Febrile Diseases, Including the Various Species of Fever, and All Diseases Attended with Fever. 2 volumes, finely bound. 2nd American from the 3rd London Edition. Cooke & Hale, 1816. * Ebstein, Wilhelm. Die Medizin im Alten Testament. Bookplate of Fred Rosner MD. In stiff wrappers with dj. Werner Fritsch, 1965. * Ebstein, Wilhelm. Die Medizin im Neuen Testament und im Talmud. Bookplate of Fred Rosner MD. In cloth and dj. Werner Fritsch, 1965. * Shew, Joel. Midwifery and the Diseases of Women. Fowler and Wells, 1853. Matson, Donald D., ed. Harvey Cushing: Selected Papers on Neurosurgery. With dj. Yale University Press, 1969. * Together 10 titles in 12 volumes.


Mild to moderate shelf wear, some spine ends frayed; some light scattered internal marks; mostly very good.

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168. (Medical - Reference) Small collection of medical reference texts. Includes the following reference texts: Iskandar, A.Z. A Catalogue of Arabic Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. Wellcome Historical and Medical Library, 1967. * Pauly, A. Bibliographie des Sciences Médicales. Bibliographie. Histoire. Épidémies. Endémies... Facsimile reprint of the Paris, 1874 ed. Derek Verschoyle, 1954. * Currier, Thomas Franklin. A Bibliography of Oliver Wendell Holmes. NY University Press, 1953. * Sallander, Hans, ed. Bibliotheca Walleriana. The Books Illustrating the History of Medicine and Science Collected by Dr. Erik Waller. 2 vols in 1. One of 400 copies. Reprint Edition by Maurizio Martino, 1955. * Krivatsy, Peter. A Catalogue of Seventeenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine. Reprint of the 1989 original edition. [Martino Fine Books], n.d. * LeFanu, William. A Bibliography of Edward Jenner. With dj. 2nd ed. St. Paul’s Bibliographies, 1985. * Catalogue of Books, Manuscripts, Photographs and Scientific Instruments Fully Described and Offered for Sale by Ernst Weil, 1943-1965.With a Biographical Memoir by Hanna Weil. 2 volumes. [Martino, 1995]. Together 7 titles in 8 volumes of bibliographic books.


Also includes: Siddíqí, Muhammad Zubayr. Studies in Arabic and Persian Medical Literature. With dj. A few internal rubber stamps, dj wit many chips and tears (front panel detached from spine, etc.). Calcutta University, 1959. All together 9 volumes. Mild to moderate general wear; mostly very good.

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169. (Medical - Trade catalog) Illustrations of Surgical Instruments Manufactured for Woodard, Clarke & Co. Five sections, separately paginated. Over 700 pages total. Woodcut illustrations throughout. (8vo) original stiff cloth-covered boards. 12th Edition.

Portland, Ore.: Woodard, Clarke & Co., [c. 1910]

A huge selection of medical instruments. Some edge wear, rear cover creased, hinges cracked; very good.

(200/300)



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SIGNATURE OF HERMAN MELVILLE170. melville, hermAn. Signature of Herman Melville, in ink, on a leaf from an autograph book. Signed “H. Melville” in brown in, on leaf 19.5x25 cm. (7½x9¾”).

No place: No date

Fine signature on a leaf that has been imprinted at a later date with the quintessential passage from Moby Dick on the leaf – epitomizing Ahab’s hatred of the whale - together with an image of Melville. Fine condition.

(4000/6000)

171. milton, John. Paradise Lost...With Notes, Selected from Newton and others, to which is prefixed, the Life of the Author. With a Critical Dissertation on the Poetical Works of Milton and Observations on his Language and Versification by Samuel Johnson. 2 volumes. [14], lxxx, 229; [2], 226, [25] pp. Illustrated with 14 steel-engraved plates, including the pictorial title pages. (8vo) 20th century calf-backed marbled boards, spines tooled and lettered in gilt, new endpapers. First Samuel Johnson Annotated Edition.

London: Printed for J. Parsons, 1796

A bit of rubbing to extremities; light foxing; very good.(300/500)

172. [montelAtici, domenico]. Villa Borghese Fuiri di Porta Pinciana. [xvi], 321, [7] pp. 27 engraved plates (8 folding). (8vo) 16x10.5 cm. (6¼x4¼”) period full vellum, spine lettered by hand. First Edition.

Rome: Gio. Francesco Buagni, 1700

The first illustrated pocket guide to one of the most beautiful Italian baroque villas. Binding detached in a single unit; light foxing; internally very good.

(400/600)

Lot 170

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173. moorAt, s.A.J. Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library. 3 volumes. Color frontispiece in Volume 1. (4to), blue cloth.

London: Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1962-1973

Volume 1 comprises manuscripts written before 1650 A.D., the oldest being an Anglo-Saxon manuscript from about 1025 A.D. Volumes 2 and 3 describe more than 4000 manuscripts written after 1650. A magnificent collection. Garrison-Morton 6786.6. Spines faded with scattered marks, some scattered soiling and scuff marks across covers; very good.

(400/700)

174. moore, John. A View of Society and Manners in France, Switzerland, and Germany: With Anecdotes relating to some Eminent Characters. 2 volumes. [4], xvi, 420; xii, 420 pp. (8vo) later full leather, gilt spines, red and green morocco spine labels. Seventh Edition.

London: Printed for A. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1789

Provenance: Mary Poulton Dawkins (1820-1906). ESTC T89922. Extremities heavily rubbed, especially at corners, heads and heels of spines; light scattered foxing and a few ink marks within; else very good.

(200/300)

175. morton, richArd. Phthisiologia: or, A Treatise of Consumptions. Wherein the Difference, Nature, Causes, Signs, and Cure of all sorts of Consumptions are Explained. Containing Three Books... [8], 360, [16] pp. (8vo), re-backed blind-tooled calf, with new corners.

London: Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford, 1694

An important medical text, containing an index of diseases at rear. Chapter one contains the first account of anorexia. This copy lacks the frontispiece portrait. Krivatsy 8134. Wing M2830. Original calf worn at edges; cloth tape reinforced hinges, ink notes, yellowing and some faint soiling to endpapers; scattered chipping and finger soiling to page edges; very good.

(400/700)

RARE FIRST EDITION OF NEWTON’S EARLY WORKS ON CALCULUS, 1711176. [neWton, isAAc]. Analysis per Quantitatum Series, Fluxiones, ac Differentias: Cum Enumeratione Lineaerum Tertii Ordinis. [blank leaf],[xiv], 101 pp. (unsigned title-page, followed by a-c2, A-Z2, Aa-Bb2, unsigned final leaf). Copper-engraved title-page vignette; 5 copper-engraved pictorial headpieces; 4 tailpieces; 4 engraved initials; 2 double-page tables; diagrams in the text. (4to) 23.2x18.6 cm. (approximately 9¼x7¼”), modern calf-backed boards, red leather spine label lettered in gilt. First Edition.

London: Ex Officina Pearsoniana, 1711

Rare first edition of Newton’s early works on calculus, published to demonstrate his claim to priority in the invention of the calculus. This is the rarest of New-ton’s major mathematical works, apparently printed in a small edition intended only for private distribution. Newton is today acknowledged as first to develop calculus, but during the 18th century controversy raged between the claims of Newton and Liebniz - the latter was the first to publish on the subject, though evidence suggests Newton came upon the idea first, and there were suggestions of plagiarism directed at both parties. The present volume includes Newton’s first written statement on Calculus (from around 1669), his works on the quadrature of curves and the method of inter-polation, together with pertinent excerpts from letters to Oldenburg and Wallis. Also included is the first account of the binomial theorem. Wallis 293; Babson 207; Grolier/Horblit 66b Minor scuffing to leather; light foxing; near fine.

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177. (Osler, Sir William) Six titles by or about Sir William Osler. Includes: Nation, Earl F. & John P. McGovern. Student and Chief: The Osler-Camac Correspondence. 1 of 500 copies. Castle Press, 1980. * Cushing, Harvey. The Life of Sir William Osler. 2 volumes. Second Impression of Volume 1, Third Impression of Volume 2. Clarendon Press, 1925. * Thayer, William Sydney. Osler and Other Papers. Gift inscription on front pastedown. First Edition. Johns Hopkins, 1931. * 2 copies of: Osler, William. An Alabama Student. First Edition, Second Impression. Oxford University Press, [1909]. * Harvey, A.M., editor. Osler’s Textbook Revisited. Ink notation on front pastedown and title page and some ink underlining on two or three pages. Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1967]. * Cunha, Felix. Osler as a Gastroenterologist. Boards. 1948. Together 6 titles in 8 volumes, all but the last in original cloth.


Sir William Osler (1849-1919) was one of the four founding professors at Johns Hopkins, as a Professor of Medicine. Moderate edge wear to most volumes; some scattered marks; mostly very good.

(400/700)

EPITOME OF 18TH CENTURY THEOLOGICAL REASONING178. pAley, WilliAm. A View of the Evidences of Christianity. 3 volumes. [2], iv, 389, [1 blank], [1 errata]; [ii], 311; [ii], 252 pp. Half titles not retained when bound. (12mo) 17.5x10.3 cm. (6¾x4¼”) period full calf. First Edition.

London: R. Faulder, 1794

“Paley’s Evidences was the first divinity treatise for all students. It is the epitome of eighteenth-century theological reasoning; rational, empirical, it seeks to demonstrate the truth of the Christian religion by reference to physical phenomena...He rests his case on ‘the necessity, in each particular case, of an intelligent designing mind for the contriving and determining of the forms which organized bodies bear.’” (Printing and the Mind of Man). While well represented in institutional holdings (ESTC locates 18 copies) the first edition is quite rare in the trade. Only two copies appear in auction records for more than half a century (Sotheby’s, 1954 & Christies, 1994). PMM 245a; ESTC T177958. Early armorial bookplate of John Natt, B.D. Spines darkened and brittle, large chips to head and heel of third volume, small chips to spines of other volumes, front cover of Volume 1 detached, other joints cracked, some wear at board edges, bookplates, other later ownership markings on endpapers; occasional light foxing, pages a touch browned but internally near fine; would benefit from binding restoration.

(3000/5000)

Lot 178

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179. [pArdon, george Frederick]. The Further Adventures of the Little Traveller. 192 pp. Woodcut plates and illustrations within the text. 17.6x13 cm (7x5”), original red cloth, gilt-decorated front cover, blind decorated rear cover, all edges gilt. First Edition.

London: James Blackwood, [1857]

A scarce children’s book which is, according to the preface, a sequel to the highly successful, “Adventures of the Little Traveller,” which was published in 1856. A neat gift inscription on the front free endpaper to James P. Clark from his aunt, dated 1862, and beneath that his name written in a later, different hand. Moderate to heavily rubbed edges, some faint rubbing to gilt spine and cover decorations; hinges starting, moderately foxed; else a very good copy of a scarce little book.

(400/600)

180. pexenFelder, michAele. Florus Biblicus sive Narrationes ex Historia Sacra Testamenti Veteris Selectae et Doctrina Morali. [xii], 675, [1] pp. Additional engraved title page. (4to) 27.5x18.5 cm. (10¾x7¼”) later full vellum, green cloth ties, spine lettered in an early hand. First Edition.

Straubing: Joannis Chrysostomi Haan, 1672

WorldCat locates 7 copies, only 3 of which are in the U.S. Vellum worn and soiled, cloth ties frayed; marginal dampstaining, foxing; good.

(400/600)

181. (Plastic Surgery) volk, r. And F. Winter. Lexikon der Kosmetischen Praxis: Bearbeitet von in-und Auslandischen Fachleuten aus Wissenschaft und Praxis. 705 + [2] ad pp. (4to), original green cloth, lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Vienna: Julius Springer, 1936

A massive A to Z lexicon of cosmetic and plastic surgery. Printed in German in double-column pages. Rubbed and bumped at spine ends and corners, corners exposed, light soiling; hinges cracked or starting; very good.

(200/300)

182. pope, AlexAnder. The Works of Alexander Pope; With Notes and Illustrations by Joseph Warton. 9 volumes. 2 portraits in Volume I. (8vo) contemporary full brown calf, triple gilt rules, decorations at corners, blindstamped decorative panel at centers, rebacked in reddish-brown calf, spines lettered and decorated in gilt.

London: Richard Priestly, 1822

Each volume with the bookplate of John Francis Neylan, printed by John Henry Nash and designed by William Wilke. Covers well worn and with surface cracking and flaking; else very good.

(300/500)

183. preuss, Julius. Biblisch-talmudische Medizin. Beiträge zur Geschichte der Heilkunde und der Kultur überhaupt. [8], 735 pp. (Large 8vo), half black cloth and boards, gilt-ruled and lettered red morocco spine label. First Edition.

Berlin: S. Karger, 1911

Julius Preuss’ (1861-1913) classic work on Biblical and Talmudic medicine, the still unsurpassed authoritative study in its field. It was his magnum opus, and went through several printings. It was not translated into any other language until 1978. This first edition is scarce and has become rather difficult to find. Garrison-Morton 6498. This copy is from the library of the noted medical scholar, Dr. Fred Rosner, who translated this work into English in 1978, and has authored numerous works on Biblical medicine (See Garrison- Morton 6501.3 for his 1984 classic, “Medicine in the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides.”). With two light publisher’s stamps on the title-page, not affecting the text, signifying that this is a presentation review copy from the publisher. Spine and extremities sunned, rubbed with some nicks and light soiling; title page a touch yellowed, tiny tear on last page; very good.

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RATHBORNE’S HISTORY OF SURVEYING, 1616184. rAthBorne, AAron. The Surveyor in Foure Bookes. [10], 157, 152-175, 172-181, 186-228, [2] pp. A6 (-A1), B-N6, O6(±O3), P-V6, X4. Copper-engraved pictorial title-page, engraved by William Hole; portrait of the author engraved by S. Passe (on recto of X4); portrait of Prince Charles by Fra. Delaram (on recto of A4); numerous woodcuts in the text. (folio) 27.7x18 cm. (11x7”), old vellum, leather ties. First Edition.

London: Printed by W. Stansby for W. Burre, 1616

The first, and only, edition of this classic of surveying, written in a highly technical style for the period, and remaining in use for over a quarter of a century. Considered a major work in the history of surveying, it was a prototype for publications that would follow 200 years hence. The first book covers geometry and theorems, the second deals with applied geometry, the third looks at surveying and related drafting instruments (with discussion of Rathborne’s ‘circumferentor’), and the fourth book discusses what a Manor is, along with its administration. The author was both a lawyer and surveyor. The decorative title page engraved by William Hole shows the title flanked by figures of Arithmetica and Geometria, a surveyor at work, and the two globes (celestial and terrestrial). Leaf O3 is a cancel with verso line 5 having “58 4/5”. Lacking A1, a blank. Owner’s signature dated 1715 (J. Whittaker) in upper right margin of dedication page. One leather tie torn off but present; occasional minor soiling and very light dampstains to contents, several leaves with top corners neatly reinforced, still a nice copy of a scarce and important book.

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MASSIVE ARCHAEOLOGICAL WORK ON INCAN EMPIRE185. reiss, W. & A. stuBel. The Necropolis of Ancon in Peru. A Contribution to Our Knowledge of the Culture and Industries of the Empire of the Incas, Being the Results of Excavations Made on the Spot. 3 volumes. 141 plates, most colored. (Folio) 50.5x37.5 cm. (19¾x14¾”) three-quarter dark green morocco and marbled boards, spines gilt, top edges gilt. First Edition.

Berlin: A. Asher & Co., 1880-1887

Published simultaneously in London and Berlin, this copy for distribution in the United States by Dodd, Mead & Co. Based on the results of the authors’ excavations carried out at Ancon (near Lima) in 1875. The plates illustrate the necropolis itself; garments and textiles; ornaments, utensils and toys; the evolution of ornament and design; plants and fruits; anthropology and mammals. Palau 256818. Some scuffing to leather, joints a bit rubbed; some light wear to fore edges of several text leaves; plates fine; overall very good or better.

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186. rischBieth, h. And Amy BArrington. Treasury of Human Inheritance...Dwarfism. xi, 355-573 pp. Plus 35 plates containing 120 photographic illustrations, and eight plates of pedigrees. 30.7x25 cm. (12x9¾”), green cloth, original printed wrappers bound in. First Edition.

London: Dulau and Co., 1912

Published by the Francis Galton Laboratory for National Eugenics at the University of London, this volume, complete in itself, constitutes Parts VII and VIII of a series entitled “The Treasury of Human Inheritance.” Joints starting, moderate wear at extremities; name in ink and address rubberstamped on front free endpaper; title page foxed with a crease, a bit of light foxing at a few other early leaves; very good.

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187. roBertson, WilliAm. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Teeth, in Which the Origin and Nature of Decay are Explained; and the Means of Prevention Pointed Out. xiv, [1 (errata)], 158 pp. With 6 engraved plates at rear. (8vo), pebbled cloth. First Edition.

London: Longman, Rees, et. al., 1835

With a signed presentation inscription from the author on the front free endpaper. Robertson, for the correction of irregularities to the teeth, devised an appliance based upon the inclined plane, which varied greatly from those of his predecessors. It varied in width as the occasion demanded, and instead of being an individual appliance for each tooth, it was attached to a gold plate fitted accurately to lower teeth. Weinberger Orthodontics, p. 239. Campbell 141. Crowley 1603, citing the 2nd ed. of 1839. Wellcome IV, 539. White lettering on spine heel, edges sunned, chipped at spine ends; plates lightly foxed; very good.

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188. roth, mAthiAs. On Paralysis in Infancy, Childhood, and Youth, and on the Prevention and Treatment of Paralytic Deformities. x, [2], 116, [1] ad pp. With woodcut illustrations within. (8vo), original cloth, crudely re-backed with tape. First Edition.

London: Groombridge and Sons, 1869

Inscribed from the author to Sir William Fergusson, on the title page. Also with 19th century bookseller’s label on front pastedown. Spots of soiling and rubbing to covers; hinges cracked; foxed; good.

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189. rougnon, n[icolAs] F[rAncois]. Considerationes Pathologico-Semeioticae, de Omnibus Humani Corporis Functionibus... 2 parts in 1. [4], 338, [1 (errata)], [3], iii, [1], 442, [2], xxiv pp. (4to), later calf-backed boards, gilt-lettered morocco spine label. First Edition.

Besancon: J.F. Couché, 1786-1788

Rougnon is credited by Osler and others with being the first to describe an authentic case of angina, thus preceding Heberden’s classic account. All of Rougnon’s works are rare. The description of angina appears in Lettre de M. Rougnon à M. (A.C. de) Lorry, published in 1768, and is known to survive in only two copies, while the Considerationes, offered here, is noted in only six locations in OCLC WorldCat. Blake, p. 389. Wellcome IV, p. 564. See Garrison-Morton 2886. Rubbed extremities, a touch chipped at spine ends, front joint starting; hinges cracked; light scattered foxing; very good.

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190. roWlAndson, thomAs. Medical Caricatures. 12 color reproductions of prints by Thomas Rowlandson plus 2 folded sheets of text. (Folio) 17¼x14”, housed in original box. Number 260 of 2500 copies.

New York: Editions Medicina Rara, [1971]

Classic Rowlandson illustrations of a medical theme. Some light wear and soiling to box; prints fine.

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BIBLE PRESENTED BY LAST EMPRESS OF RUSSIA191. (Russian) Bible in Russian, signed by Tsarina Alexandra Feyodorvna, wife of Tsar Nicholas II. 322 pp. Text in 2 columns, in Russian. 13x9 cm. (5¼x3½”), cloth stamped in gilt.

Petrograd [St. Petersburg], Russia: 1914

Bible signed and inscribed by the last Empress of Russian, almost certainly presented to a wounded sol-dier during the First World War, a common practice, though few of the gifts survived the rigors of the Eastern Front. The Tsarina Alexandra Feyodorvna (1872-1918), married Tsar Nicholas II in 1894 and bore him four daughters and a son, the hemophiliac Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich. The front free endpa-per is signed by Alexandra in brown ink, along with the notation in Russian translated as “God bless and protect” and the notation “C.S 1915” (undoubtedly Czarskoe Selo - Czar’s Village - the country estate of the imperial family near St. Petersburg). There is also a rubberstamp indicating the book was presented by the Empress Alexandra. Provenance: Baroness von Billinghausen, who passed away in San Francisco in 1998. Some rubbing and extremity wear to covers, rear cover stained; very good.

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TWO RARE RUSSIAN WORKS ON PHYSICS192. (Russian) lenz, heinrich Friedrich emil. [Guide to Physics, in Russian]. iv, [8], 606 pp. Text in Russian. With 11 engraved plates. (8vo) 19.8x12 cm. (8x4¾”), period calf-backed marbled boards. First Edition.

[St. Petersburg]: 1839

Rare work on physics by the Russian-German-Estonian physicist Heinrich Friedrich Emil Lenz (1804-1865), most noted for formulating Lenz’s law in electrodynamics in 1833. Besides the law named in his honor, Lenz also independently discovered Joule’s law in 1842; to honor his efforts on the problem, it is also given the name the “Joule–Lenz law,” named also for James Prescott Joule. Lenz was member of Russian Academy of Science, head of St.Petersburg University. Some rubbing to covers, spine head chipped; some internal darkening, lower ¾” of title-page clipped off, overall very good.

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193. (Russian) musschenBroek, peter vAn. [Elementa Physica in Russian], Sokrachenie Opytnoy Fiziki (Reduction of Skilled Physics) (caption title). 716 pp. With 14 folding copper-engraved plates, plus a duplicate of plate 11. (8vo) 20x12 cm. (8x4¾”), period calf. First Edition in Russian.

Moscow, Russia: 1791

Rare Russian edition of Musschenbroek’s Elementa Physica, first published in Latin in 1726, which played an important part in the transmission of Isaac Newton’s ideas in physics to Europe. There is no separate title-page, apparently as issued. Pieter van Musschenbroek was born on 14 March 1692 in Leiden, Holland, the son of a maker of scientific instruments. He is remembered today for his work in electrostatics, and the invention of the Leyden jar, named for his city of origin. Rubbing to covers; old Russian rubberstamps on title-page, a few leaves with short marginal tears, else very good.

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194. rutherFord, ernest. Radio-Activity - First and Second Editions. 2 volumes. (8vo) original green cloth. First and Second Editions.

Cambridge: University Press, 1904 & 1905

First and second editions of one of the greatest discoveries of modern science. The second edition expanded with approximately 180 pages of additional material. Rutherford was a physicist at Cambridge when he developed his revolutionary theory that radioactivity is a by-product of the transmutation of one form of matter into another. He also detected and named alpha and beta rays emitted from radioactive salts and predicted that disintigration of some radioactive elements would generate helium. In 1908 Rutherford was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry. Horblit, 91; Dibner, Heralds of Science, 51. Both volume with some light wear; short split to spine edge on First Edition; very good.

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195. rutherFord, ernest. Three scientific texts by Ernest Rutherford. Includes: Radioactive Substances and Their Radiations. Green cloth. First Edition. 1913. * [Another copy]. Green cloth. Underlining, hinges cracked, some wear. First Edition. 1913. * Radiations from Radioactive Substances. Green cloth, dust jacket. Jacket splitting along front fold. First Edition. Together 3 volumes, including duplicate.

Cambridge: University Press, Various dates

Rutherford developed the revolutionary theory that radioactivity is a by-product of the transmutation of one form of matter into another. In 1908 Rutherford was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Some general wear; overall very good.

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196. sAlius diversus, petrus. De febre pestilenti Tractatus; et Curationes Quorundam Particularium morborum, quorum tractatio ab Ordinariis practicis non habetur: Atque Annotationes in Artem medicam de medendis humani corporis malis, a Donato Antonio ab Altomari Neapolitano conditam. Cum Indice copioso. [16], 473, [19], 4 pp. Title page and last leaf with woodcut device, plus a few woodcut decorations. (Small 8vo), calf with gilt spine, gilt-lettered morocco spine label. Second Edition.

Frankfurt: Andreae Wecheli, 1586

Extensively covers pestilential fevers, their causes, differences, and cures. Includes discussion of rabies, “puerperal” fever, and inflammatory fevers of all parts of the body, including the brain and stomach. Of particular interest for the author’s defense of the thesis that pestilence was sometimes produced by the stars without any contributory inferior causes, a not uncommon view in the 16th century medical community. Salius Diversus studied under the Naples physician Antonio Donato d’Altomare, an important Galenist. The final 102 pages of the text are devoted to an important commentary on Altomare’s De Medendis Humani Corporis Malis, Ars Medica. --Wellcome 1809. Durling 4047. Bird 2120. Parkinson & Lumb 686. Thorndike VI, 211. Rubbed extremities, joints starting; hinges cracked; scattered foxing, faint dampstains to margins of few leaves; very good.

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197. scAmmon, chArles m. The Marine Mammals of the North-Western Coast of North America, Described and Illustrated: Together with an Account of the American Whale-Fishery. 319, v pp. Illustrated with 27 plates (26 of them inserted lithographs by Britton & Rey), most from drawings by Scammon. 30x22.6 cm. (11¾x9”), original cloth, gilt cover vignette. First Edition.

San Francisco: John H. Carmany, 1874

Possibly signed by the author, “Charles M. Scammon to J.M. Asher” written in cursive pencil on front pastedown. “An elaborate work of much importance. From 1852 onward, Capt. Scammon made an extended study of the mammals of the Northwest Coast, especially the whales, a department in which but little definite knowledge existed. He gives a full account of their habits” - Soliday. The lithographs are from drawings by the author; the listed Plate XXV is actually a full-page wood-engraving integral to the text block. Cowan p.570; Howes S136; Soliday 4:588; Wickersham 7327. Cloth heavily worn, dampstain on top edge of rear board, scuffed, chipped at spine ends, cloth at spine peeling away; spot of worming on bottom corner of many leaves, tissue guards foxed and chipped, lightly to moderately foxed throughout, some pages yellowed; good.

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198. (Science) Twenty-nine miscellaneous scientific writings. Includes: Alfven, H. Cosmical Electrodynamics. Blue cloth. 1950. * Bohr, Niels. The Theory of Spectra and Atomic Constitution. Red cloth. 1922. * Bragg, W.H. Studies on Radioactivity. Blue cloth. 1912. * Bridgman, P.W. The Logic of Modern Physics. Blue cloth. 1927. * De Broglie, Louis. New Perspectives in Physics. Blue cloth, dj. Price clipped. [1962]. * Brose, Henry L. Atomic Structure and Spectral Lines. Green cloth. [1923]. * faraday, Michael. Experimental Researches in Chemistry and Physics. Green cloth. Ex-library, small gouge to rear cover. 1859. * Fermi, Enrico. Elementary Particles. Tan cloth, dj. 1951. * Frenkel, J. Wave Mechanics: Elementary Theory. Green cloth. 1932. * Gamow, G. Constitution of Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity. Green cloth. Ex-library. 1931. * Haas, Arthur. Wave Mechanics and the New Quantum Theory. Black cloth. 1928. * Heisenberg, Werner. The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory. Red cloth. [1930]. * Heisenberg, W. Cosmic Radiation. Green cloth. 1946. * Heitler, W. The Quantum Theory of Radiation. Blue cloth. 1936. * Kelvin, Lord. Baltimore Lectures on Molecular Dunamics and the Wave Theory of Light. Blue cloth. 1904. * Levy, Leonard A. & Herbert G. Willis. Radium and Other Radio-Active Elements. Brown cloth. [1904]. * Lodge, Oliver. Electrons or the Nature and Properties of Negative Electricity. Red cloth. 1906. * Lorentz, H.A. Problems of Modern Physics. Red cloth. [1927]. * Millikan, R.A. Cosmic Rays. Blue cloth, dj. Price clipped. 1939. * Pauli, Wolfgang. Meson Theory of Nuclear Forces. Blue cloth. 1946. * Pauli, Wolfgang. Exclusion Principle and Quantum Mechanics. Wrappers. [1947]. * Pauli, W. Theory of Relativity. Blue cloth, dj. Ex-library. 1958. * Planck, Max. A Survey of Physics. Red cloth, dj. [1925]. * Schlick, Moritz. Space and Time in Contemporary Physics. Brown cloth. 1920. * Schrodinger, Erwin. Space-Time Structure. Blue cloth. Ex-library. 1950. * Steinmetz, Charles Proteus. Four Lectures on Relativity and Space. Red

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cloth. 1923. * Thomson, J.J. Applications of Dynamics to Physics and Chemistry. Red cloth. 1888. * Thomson, J.J. The Atomic Theory. Wrappers. 1914. * Whitehead, A.N. The Principle of Relativity. Blue cloth. Ex-library. 1922. 29 volumes.


Most with some light wear; overall very good.(700/1000)

SURVEY OF EARLY 17TH CENTURY SURGERY199. sennert, dAniel. Institutionum Medicinae Libri V. [32], 1324, [40] pp. Complete with the engraved title, portrait, and folding plate, and with a large printer’s device on the colophon page. (Thick 4to), disbound. Second Edition.

Wittenberg: Zachariam Schurerum, [1620]

The engraved title depicts in separate panels a doctor’s office, a sickroom, a pharmacy, a physician with alchemical apparatus, and an anatomical figure. The colophon and portrait are by Merian, and the folding engraved plate contains some 50 figures of chemical and alchemical apparatus. Sennert is remembered as the first to introduce chemistry into the medical curriculum. The section on surgery, which has been called the best survey of the field at the time, first appeared in this second edition. All editions of this work, which was first published in 1611, are considered rare. This edition not in Wellcome nor Krivatsy. OCLC locates just two copies, at Minnesota and Marquette Browned throughout, some early underlining and notations scattered within, scattered paper/tape repairs to edges of many leaves, tape repairs to closed tears on verso of folding plate, a bit of worming and reinforced gutter edge of title page; a good copy of a very scarce edition of this important work.

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200. serres, [Antoine étienne renAud Augustin]. Anataomie ComparéeTranscendante. Principes d’Embryogénie, de Zoogénie et de Tératogénie. xv, 942, [1 (errata)] + 26 folding engraved plates at rear. (Thick 4to), calf-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition.

Paris: Firmin Didot, 1859

“Serres did research into the development of the bones and teeth in normal and abnormal fetuses and studied the comparative anatomy of a number of vertebrate organs. He noted that many organs start from a number of isolated centers, which eventually unite to form a single adult organ-an observation that he regarded as a complete confirmation of epigenesis. In his general approach to the nature of life and the harmony between the organs he was clearly influenced by Cuvier, who mentioned Serre’s work with admiration. Serre’s theoretical position was more closely akin to that of Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, who regarded Serres as his collaborator.” -DSB, XII, 315-16. Spine and extremities lightly rubbed, a few nicks and small marks to spine; edges of text block lightly foxed; plates lightly foxed and each with a tiny stub tear; very good.

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201. shAkespeAre, WilliAm. The Plays and Poems of William Shakespeare. 10 volumes in 11. Volume 1, Parts 1 & 2 contain engraved portraits including a frontispiece in Part 1; Volume with a frontispiece portrait; Volume 5 with a folding plate; plus scattered woodcuts within text. Tan modern sheep, gilt-lettered black leather spine labels.

London: H. Baldwin, 1790

Nice collection of Shakespeare. Light shelf wear, lightly rubbed or nicked to covers or spines; the name “Sargent” inked neatly to many half title pages, very light and scattered foxing; very good.

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202. shAkespeAre, WilliAm. The Works of Shakespeare. 8 volumes. Each play with separate title page, pagination and register. First volume prefaced with a life of Shakespeare by Rowe. 42 engraved plates. (12mo) 16.5x10 cm. (6½x4”), uniformly bound in late 18th century full calf, spines gilt, red and black morocco lettering pieces.

London: J. Tonson, and the rest of the Proprietors, 1635 [but 1730s]

Volume 7 without the common title page and apparently assembled at an early date (not before 1786) with copies of Antony & Cleopatra (Tonson, 1758), King Lear (Bathurst, 1786), Othello (Bathurst, 1784) and Cymbeline (Bathurst, 1784). An early duodecimo printing of Pope’s edition of the bard’s plays. ESTC T54702 (except volume 7). Spines sunned, extremities rubbed and worn, a few joints cracking; very good.

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203. stAel-holstein, mme lA BAronne de. De L’Allemagne. 3 volumes. xxiv, 338; [iv], 371, [3]; [viii], 383 pp. (12mo) period marbled boards, paper labels on spines lettered by hand. Third French Edition.

Paris: J.J. Paschoud, 1814

First published in 1810 in an edition of 10,000 copies, all but apparently 5 of which where destroyed by order of Napoleon. Some wear to extremities, marbled paper peeling from boards along front joint of Volume 1; light foxing; very good.

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204. (Stanhope, Philip Dormer) mAty, m. Miscellaneous Works of the Late Philip Dormer Standhope, Earl of Chesterfield: Consisting of Letters to his Friends, Never Before Printed, and Various Other Articles. To Which are Prefixed, Memoirs of his Life... 4 volumes. 375; 411; 401; 401, [5], 106, [1] pp. Frontispiece plate in each volume, plus 2 engraved roundel portrait plates in Volume 1. (8vo), re-backed period calf, later matching tan calf spine with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels. Second Edition.

London: Edward and Charles Dilly, 1789

Each with the engraved armorial bookplate of Sir Edward N. Buxton, Bart. on front pastedown. Rubbed edges of period calf, scattered faint marks or nicks at edges of text block; foxed; very good.

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205. steidele, rAphAel JohAn [And] storck, Anton. Abhandlung von Blutflüssen. [Bound with] Allgemeine anleitung zur Vorbeugung sowohl als zur Heilung der Hundwuth. [12], 145; 56 pp. Woodcut decorations, including an illustrated title page, but lacking two plates. (8vo), calf with gilt decorated spine, gilt-lettered morocco spine label.

Vienna: Trattnern, 1776 [and] 1786

Blake, p. 145. Not in Waller. Ownership stamp on blank fly leaf of Charles Muses, a pioneer in artificial intelligence. Lightly rubbed extremities, corners bumped, a touch chipped at spine ends; a few scattered marks within; very good.

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206. storck, Anton. Libellus, quo Demonstratur; Cicutam non Solum Usu Interno Tutissime Exhiberi, sed et essa simul remedium valde utile in multis morbis, qui hucusque curatu impossibiles dicebantur. 71, [1], 180, [10] pp. (12mo), early stiff paper boards, re-backed.

Turin: 1762

Blake, p. 434. See Waring 379. 19th century name written on the title page, plus a few notations at page margins; lightly foxed; internally very good.

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207. struvius, george AdAm. Syntagma Juris Feudalis [bound with] Observationes Feudales. 2 volumes bound together. [xxxviii], 696, [70]; [viii], 177, [23] pp. Additional engraved title page to first work. (4to) 19.6x15.6 cm. (7¾x6¼”), period full vellum, spine lettered by hand. Seventh Edition of first title.

Frankfurt and Jena / Frankfurt and Leipzig: Georgii Henrici Oehrlingii, 1690 & 1688

Struvius, George Adam (1619-1692), a German legal scholar, born at Magdebourg. He became professor of jurisprudence at Jena, and was called to the council of the dukes of Saxony. Scarce in any early edition. Vellum worn and soiled; foxing throughout; still very good.

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208. sue, [JeAn Joseph]. Traité des Bandages et des Appareils; avec une Description Abbrégée des Brayers ou Bandages et de Plusieurs Machines propres à Différentes Maladies. xxiv, 300 pp. (12mo), calf, gilt lettered morocco spine label. Second Edition.

Paris: Chez Guillaume Cavelier, 1761

Blake, p. 438. Waller 9348. Mild to moderately rubbed at extremities and spine; very light scattered foxing; very good.

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RARE BOOKLETS ON CONSTRUCTION OF SUEZ CANAL209. (Suez Canal) lesseps, FerdinAnd de, et Al. Collection of twenty booklets on the construction and other aspects of the Suez Canal. Includes: [Lesseps, Ferdinand de]. Isthme de Suez. Lettre Au Times. 49 pp. No wrappers. 1855. * Rapport de M.J. Hawkshaw… sur les Travaux du Canal de Suez… 76 pp. 1863. * Response de Jacques Bonhomme Actionnaire Francais du Canal de Suez. 32 pp. 1863. * Lesseps. L’Isthme de Suez. 51 pp, 1864. * Lesseps. Entretiens sur le Canal de Suez. 95 pp. (lacks front wrapper). 1864. * Banquet e Canal de Suez… Discour de S.A.I. Le Prince Napoleion, de M. Dupin et de M. De Lesseps. 54 pp. 1864. * Lesseps. Entretien sur le Canal de Suez. 24 pp. 1864. * Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez… Rapport de M… Lesseps… Rapport de M. Bellot… 96 pp. 3 folding tables. 1864. * Conference de M. Ferdinand de Lesseps a Lyon. 86 pp. 1865. * Actes Constitutifs de la Compagnie Universelle du Canal de Suez. 147, [1] pp. 1866. * Denison, Col. Sir William. The Suez Canal. 37 pp. Folding map & folding table. 1867. * Conference de M. Ferdinand de Lesseps a Nantes sur le Canal Maritime de Suez. 42 pp.1867. * Lesseps. Le Percement de l’Isthme de Suez. 50, [2] pp. Modern plain wrappers over the original ones. 1868. * Proces-Verbal des Seances Tenues par la Commission de Navigation. 38 pp. 1868. * Cadiat, V. De la Situation des Travaux du Canal de Suez en Fevrier 1868. 43 pp. 1868, * Report de la Commission Chargee d’Examiner les Conditions de l’Exploitation du Canal a M. Ferdinand de Lesseps… 45 pp. 1868. * Lesseps. Histoire du Canal de Suez. 46, [1] pp. 1870. * Rapport de M. Ferdinand de Lesseps… 14 pp. 1871, * Plaidoirie de Me. Allou pour La Compagnie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez. Plain wrappers over the original printed ones. 1873. * Suez Canal Traffic. Bazin & Co’s Return of Traffic for the Year 1873. Unpaginated. Cloth wrappers printed in gilt. 1874. Together, 20 booklets. Original printed wrappers except as noted.

Various places: 1855-1874

Significant collection of rare booklets on the Suez Canal, which was largely the brainchild of Ferdinand de Lesseps. The earliest of the booklets, Lesseps’ letter to the London Times in 1855, dates from the beginning of his efforts. Actual ground was broken on 1859, and construction lasted for ten years. Fifteen of the booklets date from the period of construction, as engineering, political, social and economic challenges were successfully, if not easily, dealt with. Most with rubberstamps of the Franklin Institute Library, some other markings, several with labels affixed, a few with pencil ownership signatures of Prof. J.E. Nourse, U.S.N. Chipping to may of the wrappers, other wear; overall very good.

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210. sWieten, gerArd vAn. Commentaria in Hermanni Boerhaave Aphorismos, de Cognoscendis et Curandis Morbis. 5 volumes. viii, [4], 884; [2], 769; vii, 685; [4], 668; xii, 736, 91pp. Titles in red and black. Engraved vignettes and decorations. (4to), Contemporary calf, red leather spine labels, spines richly gilt, marbled endpapers.

Paris: Guillelmi Cavelier, 1755-1773

Blake, p. 441. See Garrison-Morton 2200 & 4488. Some chipping and rubbing at extremities and joints, other scattered marks to calf; scattered foxing, or offsetting; very good.

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211. (Switzerland) Gründungsfeier der Stadt Bern, 1191-1891: Offizielles Festalbum des Historischen Zuges, 14-17 August 1891. Folding lithograph panorama. Opens to approximately 20 feet in length by 6½ inches in height. Original pictorial wrappers.

Bern: W. Kaiser, et al, 1891

Beautiful souvenir of the festival celebrating the 700th anniversary of the founding of the city of Bern, Switzerland. Some wear to wrappers; a few irregular creases; very good.

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212. (Switzerland) Panorama vom Gurten... Folding lithograph panorama, 245x23.2 cm. including margins (96½x9¼”) original cloth backed boards.

Bern: J.R. Dill, [c. 1860]

Rare lithograph view of the surrounds of Switzerland’s Mount Gurten. WorldCat locates only 2 copies, both in Swiss libraries. Light wear to cloth backstrip, some soiling to boards; a few ink scribbles near the title; an early owner has drawn lines, mostly in ink but a few in pencil, from the mountain peaks to their identifying titles in the top margin, a few other pencil and ink markings/colorings within the image, split approximately 3” along one fold, foxing and some irregular creasing; still very good.

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213. teichmAnn, ludWig. Das Saugadersystem vom Anatomischen Standpunkte. xii, 124 pp.. 18 engraved copperplates, one of them in color, with their orig. tissue guards intact. (4to), cloth-backed boards, gilt-ruled and lettered spine. First Edition.

Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1861

Teichmann (1823-1895), was Prosector of Anatomy in Göttingen at the time this uncommon work on the anatomy of the system of absorbent blood-vessels was written; and he later became a renowned professor of pathological anatomy at Cracow. Through his important work in pathological, descriptive, and comparative anatomy he gained great stature and became Vice-President of the Cracow Academy of Sciences. British Library Catalogue (Readex edition), Vol. 24, p. 998, col. 788. Catalogue of the Library of the Royal College of Physicians of London, p. 1216. Not in Waller. Hirsch, V, p. 529. Extremities rubbed; some scattered marginal foxing and staining, not affecting the text; several plates with some stains or foxing in the margins, not affecting the image; very good.

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214. tenniel, John. Three original pencil drawings by John Tenniel. Includes: Untitled drawing of Mr. Punch proudly marching through a crowd of various nationalities and ethnicities, waving a large Union Jack - this was the title-page illustration for Vol. LXIII of Punch. 20.5x16 cm. plus margins. 1872. * “The Abyssinian Question. Britannia - ‘Now then, King Theodore! How about those Prisoners.’” (Title in pencil on old card affixed to back of mat) 21x16 cm. plus margins. Aug. 10, 1867. * “The Guide.” (Titled in pencil in lower left.) 12x12 cm. No date. Together, 3 original pencil drawings, 1st two signed with Tenniel’s monogram. Matted.

London: 1867, 1872 & n.d.

Two political cartoons from John Tenniel’s long tenure at the offices of Punch, or the London Charivari plus another illustration from a book; he illustrated Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass. Some mat burn, very good or better.

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215. thAcher, JAmes. American Modern Practice; or, a Simple Method of Prevention and Cure of Diseases, According to the Latest Improvements and Discoveries... 744 pp. (8vo), modern library cloth, new endpapers. First Edition.

Boston: Ezra Read, 1817

Austin 1876. Pages yellowed, marginal dampstaining and foxing throughout; good.(200/300)

216. thomson, John. Lectures on Inflammation, Exhibiting a View of the General Doctrines, Pathologocal and Practical, of Medical Surgery. 509 pp. (8vo) period full calf, red leather spine label. First American Edition.

Philadelphia: M. Carey and Son, 1817

1819 ownership signature of Wm. Moseley, M.D. on front pastedown. Some edge wear, front free endpaper and flyleaf partially detached; foxing; very good.

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217. thomson, spencer. A Dictionary of Domestic Medicine and Household Surgery. 582 pp. With woodcut illustrations within. Sheep with gilt-lettered morocco spine labels.

Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1856

A later issue of the first American edition, which was published in Philadelphia, by Lippincott, Grambo & Co., in 1853 (See Cordasco 50-1838). Covers nearly detached, light to moderate edge wear, some faint soiling; very good.

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218. trousseAu, A[rmAnd]. Clinique Médicale de l’Hotel-Dieu de Paris. 2 volumes. lii, 772; (4), 841, [1] errata pp. (8vo), later morocco-backed boards, spine gilt with four raised bands, marbled endpapers. First Edition.

Paris: J.B. Bailliére, 1861-1862

“Trousseau, great clinician of the Hôtel-Dieu, made important advances in the treatment of diphtheria, typhoid, scarlet fever and other conditions. In his book he emphasized the value of bedside observation. He supported the doctrine of the specific nature of disease and realized the significance of Pasteur’s work on fermentation. On pp. 112-14 Trousseau describes the phenomenon in tetany which now bears his name. This is produced by pressure upon the arm sufficient to stop the circulation; the result is a sudden contraction of the fingers and hand into the so-called ‘obstetrical position’.”--Garrison-Morton 2221 & 4830. Heirs of Hippocrates 1635. Bumps, rubs and chips to edges of boards; original free endpapers pasted to new free endpapers; foxed lightly throughout; very good.

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LETTER FROM MARK TWAIN TO HIS BRITISH PUBLISHER219. tWAin, mArk. Autograph Letter Signed as Samuel L. Clemens, to Andrew Chatto, requesting some of his printed works be sent to him. 11 lines, in ink, on plain sheet of paper 21.5x14 cm. (8½x5½”).

Schloss-Hotel, Heidelberg, [Germany]: June 3, [1878]

Mark Twain is sojourning in Heidelberg for several months, amusing himself and earning some money from lecturing - his experiences there were recounted in A Tramp Abroad, published in 1880. Desirous of some copies of his own books, perhaps to use in preparing his lectures, he writes to his English publisher: “My Dear Mr. Chatto: Won’t you please send me a paper-covered copy of ‘Innocents Abroad’ & ‘Roughing It’ - & oblige Yours Faithfully, Samuel L. Clemens. Love to Conway.” A few edge chips, very good.

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TWAIN’S WRITINGS SIGNED BY BOTH HIS PERSONAS220. tWAin, mArk. [Works], i.e., The Writings of Mark Twain. 37 volumes. Illustrated with gravure plates from photographs, paintings, drawings, etc. 22.5x14.5 cm. (8¾x5¾”), half cloth & boards, paper spine labels. No. 601 of 1024 sets. Definitive Edition.

New York: Gabriel Wells, 1922-1924

Signed by Twain (as both Clemens and Twain) on inserted leaf in Vol. I, which was prepared in 1906 in anticipation of this edition of his works. Signed by Albert Bigelow Paine on facing page. Volumes 36 and 37 comprise the Life of Twain by Paine, and are included in this set. Each volume has a custom plain paper dust jacket, which has been affixed to the endpapers with easily removed white tape. Light to moderate rubbing at volume edges, and along spines, a few spines with joints starting, mild to moderately worn spine labels, Vol. IX with a dampstain on bottom front and rear boards; internally near fine; overall very good.

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221. WAlton, geo[rge] e. The Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada, with Analyses and Notes on the Prominent Spas of Europe, and a List of Sea-Side Resorts. xii, 390 + [12] ad pp. Illustrated with 3 folding maps; figure drawings, charts & tables. (8vo), rebound in brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt, new endpapers. First Edition.

New York: D. Appleton, 1873

Copyright lists the date of 1871, but apparently didn’t see print until 1873. The second edition was published one year later in 1874. A touch of shelf wear; with Robert Bingham, M.D. of Riverside, California rubberstamp on front free endpaper; a few very short close tears to page edges; very good.

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222. [WAng, Feng-choW]. The Adventures of His Men Ching. 215, [1], [1] pp. 8 full-page color plates. (8vo) original three-quarter yellow morocco and batik patterned boards, brown morocco spine label lettered in gilt. One of 750 copies.

[New York]: The Library of Facetious Lore, [1927]

Attributed to Ming Dynasty historian Feng-Chow Wang. “It is accepted belief that Wang Feng-Chow wrote the manuscript as an instrument for revenging the death of his Illustrious Father, which was said to have been caused by the treachery of the Prime Minister’s son, the younger Yen. The historian know of Yen’s addiction to facetious tales, and his avid love for them. He was also aware of Yen’s incurable habit of moistening his fingers while turning the pages of a manuscript. Wang Feng-Chwo deliberately composed a series of facetious episodes which would delight the depraved taste of the younger Yen. The pages of the manuscript he saturated with a deadly poison and sent it to his father’s assassin.” Spine sunned, light edge wear, short crack to front hinge; very good.

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ARCHIVE OF LETTERS FROM ILLINOIS FRONTIER WRITTEN BY NATHANIEL WYETH’S BROTHER

223. Wyeth, JAcoB, Jr. Archive of the American physician who accompanied his brother Nathaniel’s 1832 expedition to the Oregon country. Collection of 22 Autograph Letters Signed (approximately 60 handwritten pages + integral stampless address leaves); 20 by Jacob Wyeth from Galena, Illinois, to his brother Charles in Baltimore, between January 5, 1833 and May 8, 1835; one from Nathaniel Wyeth in St.Louis to Charles Wyeth, March 1834; and the draft of a letter from Charles to Jacob in May 1834.

Galena, IL, etc.: 1833-1835

Important archive of letters written by the brother of explorer/entrepreneur Nathaniel Wyeth, who started out with the latter’s expedition to Oregon in 1832, only to abandon his brother’s party after they survived a battle with the Indians in the wilds of present-day Wyoming, and trek back to Missouri. After making his way via New Orleans to Baltimore, where his brother Charles, a merchant, lived, he almost immediately set out for the frontier once again, to practice medicine in the Mississippi River town of Galena, Illinois, in a still undeveloped mining region which had been little more than a trading post when the first steamboat had called there in the 1820s. These letters chronicle the two and a half years of Dr. Wyeth’s life, from his arrival in Galena, six months after abandoning his brother’s expedition. During these years, he struggled – with a loan from Charles - to establish a medical practice in a frontier town close to the future city of Dubuque and the southern border of what would be the Wisconsin Territory. Also during this time, he married the step-daughter of John Scott, former U.S. Senator from Mis-souri and niece of George W. Jones, future U.S. Senator from Iowa, but despite these illustrious relations, Dr. Wyeth could barely make ends meet. He blamed his barebones existence on his family - his parents, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and three brothers – Nathaniel, Charles and Leonard. They, in turn, had not forgotten how, as the only brother to be given an expensive college education, he had wasted his years at Harvard (his father’s alma mater) by the “dissipa-tion” of alcoholism and consorting with “lewd women”, nor how he had “deserted” Nathaniel in the mountains of the wild West. (Charles outlined this unhappy history in the draft of one acrimonious letter to Jacob, included in this archive, which he probably never sent). Jacob’s let-ters record in detail how difficult he found it to make a living as a medical practitioner, especially after he proposed marrying a young woman of great social stature but little wealth. When his

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medical practice foundered, he dreamed of adding an apothecary’s shop and dental practice to his “business” – more costly ventures which Charles warned him against, and was unwilling to finance. All this took place at the very time that Nathaniel reached the Pacific coast on his first expedition and then set out on his second – ventures that never generated the enormous profits for which he and his family had hoped, but gained Nathaniel the awed respect of his parents and brothers – not including Jacob, who complained that Nathaniel had slandered him by telling tales of the Doctor’s wasted youth to his fiancee’s illustrious relations. Jacob, in fact, felt that he had been wronged by all his family – complaints he continually sets forth in these letters, to-gether with a lame defense of his earlier behavior and repeated promises to Charles that he had turned over a new leaf. There are also inadvertent hints of Jacob’s deeper psychological prob-lems, particularly intriguing because Nathaniel himself sometimes complained of suffering from similar fits of the depression which both brothers called “the Blue Devils”. A few brief excerpts from the letters follow: 1/5/33, 3pp.: I reached this place 29th inst. after one week’s delay in St. Lewis, the Mississippi being full of ice above that place. The boats had ceased running by reason of which it became necessary to seek a passage in the Mail Stage, which leaves but once a week for this place. My medicines are behind in care of Mr. John-son who will forward them by the earliest opportunity…He as well as the gentlemen of this place hold out great encouragement to my settle-ment in this place. There are at present 3 physicians be-side myself. * 6/27/33, 3pp.: Mr. Sublette has called on you, no doubt you were pleased with him. He has misinformed you uninten-tionally about my situation [when return-ing from the overland expe-dition]. When I left him, in two days after parting, I positively had no meat and was informed he had none to spare and from motives of delicacy did not ask him for any. No doubt he would have supplied me, but I preferred to take my chances for he had been very kind to me. He was right however when he said I eat like the devil, there is no mistake in that. I joined the temperance society soon after I arrived finding that most of the respected people advised it… Mr. Sublette has again gone out toward towards the mountains. Under such arrangements that he cannot fail of amassing immense profits if he escapes with life, but unless

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he retires shortly I entertain no doubt he will eventually perish like all others who have pursued that dangerous occupation too long. I see Capt. Vandenburgh has met his fate in the mountains. I left him well in the rendezvous, as likely to live as anyone there. He was brave to extreme. * 9/12/33, 3pp.: It was with great pleasure that a letter came to my hands advising of the present safety and speedy return of our Brother, but I confess a doubt never entered my mind that such would be the event…My future prospects are more flattering than they have ever been at any preceding period. Since I wrote to Father, my earnings have increased to over 1,400 Dolls… You must be aware that under the circumstances in which I was placed $100 would go but a little way towards establishing me. Everything is so very dear in this place. My office is a build-ing by itself and it was to be entirely furnished and my horse cost me eighty Dollars, Franklin stove, thirty, Bedstead sixteen besides bedding… COMPLETE LISTING OF THE LETTERS, WITH EXTENSIVE EXCERPTS AND ADDITIONAL COMMENTARY, AVAILABLE ON REQUEST. Generally in fine condition.

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Rare Books & Manuscripts With Science & Medicine · 5. (Antiphonary) Antiphonarium Romanum Juxta Breviarium. [vi], 580, cclvxiii pp. Lacking free endpapers, possibly lacking leaf