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Lot 322
A pen, ink and gilt silhouette of a town crier holding a bell and notice, reading "Lost on Monday Between Old Town Street and Union Street, a purse......." , titled beneath "William Tucker, Died Nov 1st 1848, age 79, being Town Crier of the Borough of Plymouth, 35 years", 28 x 24cm, within a walnut frame, later inscribed on label verso, "John M A Tucker, August 1850 written on back of drawing".
Lot 400
Lock of Plymouth Dock, a late 18th century mahogany long case clock, the arched cornice and fluted pillars above an inlaid waist panel door on plinth and bracket feet, the arched 12" silvered dial with Tempus Fugit in the arch, calendar aperture and seconds subsidiary, the 8-day twin-trained movement with anchor escapement, striking on a bell, 206cm high.
Lot 408
Thomas Trigg, London, an 18th century long case clock movement, the 12" dial with cherub, crown and sceptre spandrels, the matted centre with second subsidiary ring and calendar aperture, the 8-day, twin-trained movement with ringed, turned, four-pillar movement striking on a bell, brass covered weights and pendulum bob contained in a later mahogany case with painted arch.
Lot 1005
Victorian mantel clock with eight day French movement striking on a bell, white enamel dial, signed - J W Benson, Ludgate Hill, in a drum case mounted with a fouled anchor, standing on an alabaster plinth with ormolu and porcelain mounts, surmounted by the gilded model of a classical maiden, 30cm overall height
Lot 556
Gamgee (Joseph Sampson). On the Advantages of the Starched Apparatus in the Treatment of Fractures and Diseases of Joints..., 1st edition, 1853, author’s first book, half-title, a few wood-engraved illustrations to text, library stamp to title, BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. Bell Fletcher to front free endpaper, hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, slightly frayed on joints, together with Researches in Pathological Anatomy and Clinical Surgery, 1st edition, 1856, half-title, 16 pp publisher’s catalogue dated February 1856, six plates including five plates drawn and lithographed by Gamgee, library stamp to title and each plate, author’s presentation inscription for Sir Henry Holland to title upper margin, BMI presentation bookplate to Dr. Bell Fletcher to front free endpaper, original cloth, rubbed, frayed on joints and tear to spine, plus On the Treatment of Wounds and Fractures: Clinical Lectures, 2nd edition, 1883, wood-engraved illustrations to text, publisher’s catalogue at rear, addendum slip tipped in, several purple ink library stamps to preliminary leaves, hinges cracked, original cloth gilt, rubbed and slightly soiled, plus A Text-Book of the Physiological Chemistry of the Animal Body, Including An Account of the Chemical Changes Occurring in Disease, 2 volumes, 1880-93, wood-engraved illustrations to text, library stamp to titles, volume 1 untrimmed, original cloth gilt, slightly rubbed and soiled, plus fifteen pamphlets and offprints by Gamgee, 1852-84, two bound separately in modern cloth, the remainder in late 19th-century library cloth, library stamp to each title and some soiling, many with author’s presentation inscriptions to title, some wrappers preserved, 8vo (8)
Lot 612
Parmly (Levi Spear). A Practical Guide to the Management of the Teeth; Comprising a Discovery of the Origin of Caries, or Decay of the Teeth; with its Prevention and Cure, 1st edition, 1818, engraved frontispiece, library stamps, light offsetting to title, clipped printed author address pasted to title, library cloth, 8vo, together with Bell (Thomas), The Anatomy, Physiology and Diseases of the Teeth, 1st edition, 1829, eleven engraved plates, library stamps, water stain and light spots, library cloth, spine ends rubbed, 8vo, plus Tomes (John), A Course of Lectures on Dental Physiology and Surgery, Delivered at the Middlesex Hospital School of Medicine, 1st edition, 1848, half-title, black and white illustrations, advertisment leaf at end, library stamps, previous owner signature to half-title, light marginal toning, BMI presentation label from J H Bartleet, labels removed from pastedowns, original cloth, spine torn with loss at head, light stains, 8vo, with eighteen others related (21)
Lot 669
Arnott (James). Cases Illustrative of the Treatment of Obstructions in the Urethra, &c by the New Instrument, the Dilator, with Further Directions to Facilitate its General Adoption..., 1821, engraved plate (dampstained at corner and offset to facing explanation leaf), library stamp to title and plate (a little trimmed), bound with Bell (Charles), Letters Concerning the Diseases of the Urethra, 1811, half-title, six engraved plates at rear, advert leaf, bound with Phillips (Benjamin), A Treatise on the Urethra, its Diseases, Especially Stricture and their Cure, 1832, half-title, bound with Andrews (M.W.), Practical Observations on the Application of Lunar Caustic to Strictures in the Urethra..., 2nd edition, 1827, three engraved plates, library stamp to all titles and plates, some spotting and dampstaining to lower outer corner throughout the volume and to inner margins of plates of last-named work, upper margin to title of last name work torn away not affecting text, library cloth, partly dampstained, split along upper joint, together with other mostly 19th-century works on kidneys, rectum and urinary glands, all in ex-library condition (approx. 50)
Lot 671
Dupuytren (Guillaume). Lecons orales de clinique chirurgicale, faites a l’Hotel-Dieu de Paris, 4 volumes bound in 2, Brussels, 1836, half-titles, library stamps, some spotting and soiling, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, second volume torn at head of spine, together with Duchenne (Guillaume Benjamin Amand), De l’electrisation localisee..., 3rd revised edition, Paris, 1872, two plates including one folding and partly hand-coloured, wood-engraved illustrations to text, library stamp to title, BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. Bell Fletcher to front free endpaper, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, joints weak, 8vo, plus Memoires de la Societe de Chirurgie de Paris, volumes 1-7, Paris, 1847-69, some spotting throughout, library stamps to titles, contemporary half calf gilt over marbled boards, volume 5 lacking spine labels, volume 7 neatly rebacked to nearly match, heavily rubbed, 4to, plus other 18th and 19th-century general French language medicine, all in ex-library condition and including odd volumes and incomplete sets (approx. 90)
Lot 701
* Pathological Drawings. An album of thirty-five watercolours of pathological conditions, mid 19th c., many relating to jaundice and diseases of the kidneys, some showing the face and skin colour of the subject, others internal organs, etc., plus one monochrome watercolour, two pencil drawings and nine engravings, twenty-four of the watercolours and drawings signed by S[amuel] Moreton, a few dated in the 1840s and 1850s, some with pen or pencil annotations to recto or verso, library stamp to each, tipped on to rectos of a later album and seven larger watercolours hinged as double-page plates at rear, many sheets approx. 30 x 38 cm and similar, a few smaller and seven larger, BMI presentation bookplate from Dr. [Thomas] Bell Fletcher [1806-1897] to front pastedown, modern blue half morocco over cloth, gilt-titled on spine with the name of Dr. Bell Fletcher, cloth a little soiled, 4to (46 x 40cm). The artist of many, or all, of these pathological drawings was Samuel Moreton, one-time museum curator at Queen’s College, Birmingham. (1)
Lot 796
Pott (Percivall). Farther Remarks on the Useless State of the Lower Limbs, in Consequence of a Curvature of the Spine, Being a Supplement to a Former Treatise on that Subject, 1st edition, 1782, [iv], 64 pp, five mezzotint plates at rear, half-title detached, library stamp to title and plates (light browning), inscribed ‘From the author’ to title but not in the author’s holograph, bound with Saunders (William), Observations on the Superior Efficacy of the Red Peruvian Bark, in the Cure of Agues and other Fevers..., 2nd edition, with Considerable Additions, 1782, viii, 158 [ie. (176] pp, some spotting, bound with Dawson (Thomas), An Account of a Safe and Efficacious Medicine in Sore-Eyes and Eye-Lids, 1782, [ii], 45 pp, lacks half-title, bound with Wall (Martin), A Syllabus of a Course of Lectures in Chemistry, Read at the Museum, Oxford, 1782, iv, 63 pp, some spotting, bound with others by John Andree and William Butter, plus four dissertations by George Bell, Philip Holland, Charles William Quin and John Winterbottom, plus an extract from the London Medical Journal (‘Inoculation’), library cloth, some soiling and wear to spine ends, joints weak, 8vo. Pott: Norman 1738a. (1)
Lot 817
Underhill (Thomas). On Hospitals and Medical Education, Being the Inaugural Address Delivered at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Birmingham & Midland Counties Branch of the British Medical Association..., 1870, 27 pp, author’s inscription to title, bound with Fletcher (Thomas Bell Elcock), The Requirements for Medical Practice, An Introductory Lecture Delivered at Sydenham College, Birmingham, 1852, 20 pp, bound with Fearon (Henry), Mental Vigour, Its Attainment Impeded by Errors in Education, 1859, 47 pp, bound with Lacock (Thomas), Correspondence and Statements Regarding the Teaching of Clinical Medicine in the University of Edinburgh 1855-1857, with a Sequel, Edinburgh, 1857, 70 pp, bound with eight others on scientific education including three offprints, some dust-soiling for first and last leaves and library stamp to most titles, library cloth, partly broken with covers and spine detached, 8vo (1)
Lot 458
Adams (Joseph). A Popular View of Vaccine Inoculation, with the Practical Mode of Conducting it. Shewing the Analogy between the Small Pox and Cow Pox, and the Advantages of the Latter, 1st edition, 1807, six stipple-engraved plates, folding table, library stamps, a few spots, library cloth, spine lightly rubbed, 12mo, together with Sanders (James), A Comprehensive View of the Small Pox, Cow Pox, and Chicken Pox. With a Concise History of their Different Stages and Terminations, Proving that the real Small Pox never have occurred more than once in the same person, nor ever after the Cow Pox, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1813, half-title, 2pp. publisher’s list at end, library stamps, light water stain and spots, some pencil scoring and annotation, BMI presentation label from John Greene, library cloth, spine a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Bryce (James), Practical Observations on the Inoculation of Cowpox ; Pointing out a new mode of Obtaining and Preserving the Infection; and also a Certain Test of Perfect Vaccination, 2nd edition, Edinburgh, 1809, two sanguine-coloured folding plates (cropped at outer margin), library stamps, a few spots, bound with Remarks on the Cow-Pox; Designed for General Reading in which the Universal Adoption of Mr. Bryce’s Test is Strongly Recommended, by Jonas Malden, 1820, 23pp., BMI presentation label from Dr Blackall, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, rebacked, 8vo, with others related by George Bell, John Thomson and Robert Ceely etc (15)
Lot 482
Bell (Charles). A System of Dissections, Explaining the Anatomy of the Human Body, the Manner of Displaying the Parts, and their Varieties in Disease, 2 volumes in 1 [7 parts plus Appendix], 1st editions (Part I 2nd edition), Edinburgh, 1798-1803, thirty engraved plates, part-titles, appendix to Part First bound at rear of volume 1, some spotting or browning, occasionally heavy and largely affecting plates, library stamp to title and each plate, together with a second copy of volume 1 [5 parts plus Appendix], 1st editions, Edinburgh, 1798-1799, twenty engraved plates (plates 1, 7, 14, 15 & 16 with partial hand-colouring), part-titles, explanation for plates 2-4 in part I bound after part-title, advertisement leaf following title of part III (as first copy), some spotting and browning throughout, occasional dust-soiling and marginal dampstaining, a few short closed marginal tears without loss, both library cloth, rubbed and soiled, upper cover to first volume near-detached, folio (435 x 275 & 425 x 175mm). ‘Bell’s first independent venture as an author was published while he was still a student, but his considerable artistic talent was already fully developed. The first editions of parts 1-5 of volume I were issued between 1798 and 1799, in the first edition of the ‘Appendix’ in 1800; the second edition of these parts followed the first by a year, and are often found bound with the first editions of volume II, parts 1 and 2. A few copies of this work were issued with partially hand-coloured plates’ (Norman 166, 2nd edition of volume 1, 1st edition of volume 2); G-M 402; Russell 46, 47. (2)
Lot 483
Bell (Charles). Engravings of the Arteries, illustrating the second volume of The Anatomy of the Human Body ..., 1st edition, 1801, ten hand-coloured lithograph plates, library stamp to title and each plate, a little spotting and soiling throughout, library cloth, small tear at head of spine, 4to (265 x 183mm). Norman 167; Russell 51. (1)
Lot 484
Bell (Charles). The Anatomy of the Brain, Explained in a Series of Engravings, 1st edition, 1802, twelve stipple-engraved plates (eleven hand-coloured), library stamps, light offsetting and spotting, library cloth, 4to (295 x 230mm). ‘Bell was trained in art as well as in medicine, and his twelve plates illustrating the structure of the Brain are among the most beautiful in neuroanatomy. Plate I is important for its accurate portrayal of the cerebral gyri’ (Norman 168); Wellcome II, p.315. (1)
Lot 485
Bell (Charles). A Series of Engravings, Explaining the Course of the Nerves, 1st edition, 1803, nine engraved plates including last three folding, publisher’s advert leaf at rear, ornamental Birmingham Library ink stamp to blank area of each plate, heavy old water staining and slight dust-soiling throughout, modern cloth gilt, 4to. Heirs of Hippocrates 1298; Norman 169. (1)
Lot 486
Bell (Charles). A Dissertation on Gun-Shot Wounds, 1st edition, 1814, thirteen engraved plates on seven folding sheets, illustrations, advertisment leaf, library stamps, marginal soiling and a few spots, library cloth, a little rubbed and faded, 8vo, together with Engravings from Specimens of Morbid Parts..., 1813 twelve engraved plates, heavy spotting and browning throughout, library stamps to title and plates, some old water staining, contemporary linen-backed boards, some wear, upper cover detached, folio (2)
Lot 487
Bell (Charles). A Series of Engravings, Explaining the Course of the Nerves. With an Address to Young Physicians of the Study of the Nerves, 2nd edition, 1816, half-title, nine engraved plates including four folding, publisher’s advert leaf at rear, library stamps to title and plates, some spotting, modern quarter morocco gilt over marbled boards, 4to (1)
Lot 488
Bell (Charles). Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery, Trepan, Hernia, Amputation, Aneurism, and Lithotomy, 1st edition, 1821, twenty plates by Thomas Landseer etched in sepia from drawings by Bell, all but three hand-coloured, one etched illustration to text, a little occasional spotting or soiling, ownership inscription of Joseph Sampson Gamgee, Birmingham, 18th June 1864, to front free endpaper, BMI presentation bookplate from Professor Leonard Gamgee to front pastedown, original roan-backed with gilt-titled leather label to upper cover, some corner wear, upper cover detached with front free endpaper and title-page, oblong folio (268 x 380mm). First issue of this remarkable book, distinguished by the presence of an imprint date and the inclusion of ‘Hurst’ in the list of publishers. ‘One of the most dramatically and beautifully illustrated works in the entire literature of surgery. Hand-coloured copies show more blood than is usual for surgical treatises of the period’ (G-M 5588); Heirs of Hippocrates 1305; Norman 174 (second issue of c. (1830). Dr. Joseph Sampson Gamgee (1828-1886) was a surgeon at the Queen’s Hospital (later the General Hospital) in Birmingham, which he joined in 1857. Here he performed a successful amputation of a man’s leg at the hip joint. The man, a former coal miner, had an enormous growth on the femur with a weight of more than two thirds the weight of the man himself. Gamgee took an interest in all hospital matters and for his efforts to improve hospital conditions, and occasioned a building of a new hospital wing. In 1873 he founded the Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund and was also the first president of the Birmingham Medical Institute. His son Dr. Leonard Parker Gamgee was also a renowned surgeon of Birmingham. Unusually, this book has no library stamps to the text or plates. (1)
Lot 489
Bell (Charles). Observations on Injuries of the Spine and of the Thigh Bone, in Two Lectures, Delivered in the School of Great Windmill Street..., 1st edition, 1824, nine lithographic plates including two double-page, title slightly browned, library stamp to title and each plate, library cloth, rubbed and soiled, spine a little frayed, 4to, together with Barbour (A.H. Freeland), Spinal Deformity in Relation of Obstetrics, 1st edition, Edinburgh & London, [1883], thirty-nine lithographed plates including fifteen tinted and some double-page or folding, library stamps to title and plate margins, author’s initialled presentation inscription to title and with BMI presentation bookplate from the author to front free endpaper, original cloth gilt, rubbed and soiled with wear to spine ends, folio (2)
Lot 490
Bell (Charles). The Nervous System of the Human Body, embracing the papers delivered to the Royal Society on the subject of the nerves, 1st edition, 1830, half-title, nine engraved plates, library stamp to titles and plates, a little spotting to text and heavy spotting and browning to plates with some offsetting to facing text leaves, upper hinges near broken, library cloth, rubbed, 4to (276 x 233mm). G-M 1258. (1)
Lot 491
Bell (Charles). Illustrations of the Great Operations of Surgery, Trepan, Hernia, Amputation, Aneurism, and Lithotomy, 2nd edition, c. (1830, 20 engraved plates, most hand-coloured, occasional light duststains or finger marks, contemporary boards, spine and edges rubbed or chipped, oblong folio. ‘One of the most dramatically and beautifully illustrated works in the entire literature of surgery. Hand-coloured copies show more blood than is usual for surgical treatises of this period’ (G-M 5588). (1)
Lot 492
Bell (John). The Principles of Surgery, 3 volumes in 4, 1st edition, 1801-08, engraved titles to volumes I & II, additional engraved title to volume III, 87 engraved plates including 12 hand-coloured, a few folding, engraved illustrations, library stamps, some water stains and spotting, one or two closed tears, volume I front hinge breaking, library cloth, a little rubbed, 4to (283 x 230mm). ‘John Bell, the Scottish anatomist and brother of Charles Bell, is regarded as a founder of surgical anatomy. He was the first to ligate the gluteal artery and tied the commin carotid and internal iliac. His illustrations were his own work, and were of a high standard’ (G-M 5581). He had a compassionate approach to his patients, set aside an hour a day in his surgery to see poor patients and set out a rational and scientific approach to his surgery based on experience and precedents. Norman 177. (4)
Lot 493
Bell (John). Engravings of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints, Illustrating the First Volume of the Anatomy of the Human Body, 3rd edition, 1810, additional engraved title, twenty-eight engraved plates and four outline plates, two engravings in the text, occasional spotting and slight offsetting, single advert leaf as conjugate of final leaf of text plus 16 pp further publisher’s ads bound horizontally as four sheets, an advert leaf for Mr Charles Bell’s Lectures tipped in before engraved title, contemporary presentation inscription to front free endpaper, ‘Sol. Hodgson, from HH, Nov. (1815’, BMI presentation book label ticket from Dr. S.G. Webb beneath, uncut, modern half calf over marbled boards, rubbed and slightly split at head and foot of joints, 4to (285 x 220mm). ‘The plates are magnificently realistic... all were drawn and most were etched or engraved by Bell’ (Russell 62). (1)
Lot 496
Blake (Robert). An Essay on the Structure and Formation of the Teeth in Man and Various Animals, 1st edition, Dublin, 1801, nine engraved plates (eight folding), library stamps, occasional light spotting, library cloth, lightly rubbed, together with Clark (Andrew). Practical Directions for Preserving the Teeth; With an Account of the Most Modern and Improved Methods of Supplying their Loss; and a Notice of an Improved Artificial Palate, Invented by the Author, 1st edition, 1825, half-title, six lithographed plates (one or two close-trimmed), library stamps, bound with An Essay on the Diseases of the Jaws, and their Treatment; with Observations on the Amputation of a Part or the Whole of the Inferior Maxilla; Tending to Prove that such Operation is Seldom, if Ever Necessary, by Leonard Koecker, 1st edition, 1828, half-title, two lithographed plates (one part-coloured), library stamps, a few spots, plus Bell (Thomas), The Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Teeth, 1st edition, 1829, eleven engraved plates, advertisment leaf at end, library stamps, light water stain and spotting, modern morocco-backed boards, spine faded, all 8vo. First English edition and translation of Blake’s thesis Disputatio Medica Inauguralis, first published in Edinburgh in 1798. He was the first State Dentist of Dublin. (3)
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