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Click here to subscribeSim, Thomas R. THE FORESTS AND FOREST FLORA OF THE COLONY OF THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE Aberdeen: Government of the Cape of Good Hope, 1907 first edition 4to 3 b/w photographs and 160 uncoloured plates by the author, folding uncoloured map compacted cloth, slight wear to corners, title page and endpapers slightly foxed, otherwise a very good copy. (1)
Sparrman, Andrew A VOYAGE TO THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TOWARDS THE ANTARCTIC POLAR CIRCLE AND ROUND THE WORLD BUT CHIEFLY INTO THE COUNTRY OF THE HOTTENTOTS AND CAFFRES FROM THE YEAR 1772 TO 1776 - 2 VOLS London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1785 first English edition 23 by 28cm hand coloured engravings and fold-out map ¼ leather, staining to cover boards, foxing to title page, internally tight, a clean set Comments: Translated from the Swedish original. (2)
Theal, George McCall BASUTOLAND RECORDS: COPIES OF OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS OF VARIOUS KINDS, ACCOUNTS OF TRAVELLERS - 3 VOLS Cape Town: W. A. Richards & Sons, Government Printers, 1883 first edition with maps and sketches of boundary lines cloth covered boards, firm clean contents, internal split of Vol. 3 and front cover board needs securing. With decorative bookplate of "Cape of Good Hope Ex Libris Mr Speaker`s Library 1898". In blue crayon on cover `Office Copy lying on Table`. (3)
Thompson, George TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA London: Henry Colburn, 1827 first edition 4to map, fold-out plans of Graaff Reinet and Cape Town, 20 plates and 17 vignettes Engraved plates. Magnificently bound copy in full dark red leather with wide foliate margins on covers with central large foliate design. Spine with ruled bands to separate 4 vignettes of a horse, sea bird, snake and sailing ship, red and black title labels, gilt edges, marbled endpapers. Note when this book was exquisitely bound some 70 to 80 years ago it was slightly trimmed to accommodate the gilt edges etc, lacks publisher`s advertisement at the end of the book. An object lesson in the bookbinder`s art, folds to some plates reinforced. Comments: (1)
Valentyn, Francois OUD EN NIEUW OOST-INDIËN VERVATTENDE EEN NAUKEURIGE EN UITVOERIGE VERHANDELINGE VAN NEDELANDS MOGENTHEYD IN DIE GEWESTEN - 5 VOLS Dordrecht en Amsterdam: Joannes van Braam en Gerard Onder de Linden, 1724 first edition 23 by 37cm a number of fold-out maps, lavishly illustrated, many of the illustrations are also fold-outs. All collated and correct ¾ leather binding, some wear to covers, back cover board of Vol. V detached. Gold foliated tooling to spines with raised bands. A magnificent example of this publication. A little rubbing to leather. (5)
Van Riebeeck Society FIRST SERIES VOLS 1, 3 TO 11 AND 13 TO 50 Cape Town: Van Riebeeck Society, 1920-1969 first edition 8vo b/w & col. illustrations cloth, generally in good condition with a few variations Vol. 1 has a Star Library imprint on the front endpaper, and browning to endpaper of some volumes etc Comments: Please note that there are two copies of Nos. 23, 37 and 41 and three copies of Nos. 18 and 42. The set lacks Vols 2 & 12. (57)
Walton, James WATER-MILLS, WINDMILLS AND HORSE-MILLS Cape Town: C. Struik, 1974 first edition 4to b/w illustrations hard back, dustjacket Comments: and 5 others of Cape interest ? LÜCKHOFF, C. A. - Table Mountain, 1951, dustjacket ? DU PLESSIS, I. D. - The Cape Malays, 1944, dustjacket ? BANCROFT, F. - The Historic Highway, 1820-1925, booklet ? KARSTEN, M. C. - The Old Company`s Garden, 1951, dustjacket ? BOTHA, C. GRAHAM - Place Names in the Cape Province, 1926. (6)
Wilson, H. W. WITH THE FLAG TO PRETORIA - 2 VOLS London: Harmsworth Brothers Ltd, 1900-1901 first edition 4to b/w illustrations and maps decorated red cloth, gilt edges, slight age browning to edge of cover boards and edges slightly rubbed and 3 others of Anglo-Boer War interest ? WILSON, H. W. - After Pretoria the Guerilla War, 2 Vols, 1901-1902, green bindings with wear ? MEMPES, MORTIMER - War Impressions, being a Record in Colour, October 1903 reprint, internal stab hole p226 to 256. Viewing recommended as condition varies. (5)
Baines, Thomas KLAAS SMITS RIVER - WAGON BROKE DOWN CROSSING THE DRIFT London: Ackermann & Co., 1852 first edition 46 by 33cm A trek party extracting the stricken wagon with difficulty from a drift. Baines featured in the bottom left corner appropriately framed, foxing in places to top portion of picture Comments: The coloured lithograph is plate No. 4, from Scenery and Events in South Africa: A Series of Views by Thomas Baines Esq. that was published in 1852. In 1977 A. A. Balkema of Cape Town published a facsimile of Baines` portfolio of these views. Provenance: The Greenwall Collection (1)
Finch-Davies, Claude G.THE BIRDS OF SOUTHERN AFRICAJohannesburg: Winchester Press, 1982Standard subscribers` first edition 2750 copies in this format, this being No. 19384tob/w & col. illustrationscloth, dustjacket, slipcase Comments: and another of similar interest ? FINCH-DAVIES, CLAUDE G. - A Celebration of Birds: C. G. Finch-Davies, final album of Southern African Birds, n.d., dustjacket, pictorial slipcase. Both books in fine condition. (2)
Blaeu, Willem Janszoon 1571-1638AETHIOPIA INFERIOR VEL EXTERIORn.p.: n.p., 1635probably a first edition of the map50 by 38cmthe map covers the area from Zanzibar-Congo to the Cape of Good Hope. It was the standard reference during the 17th Century and was produced in many editions and copied by other map makersappropriately framed in cut out mount, reverse of the map has the atlas text details. A bright example. (1)
1950-1: Codex Cenannensis: The Book of Kells 16 by 12 in.Bern: Urs Graf, vellum stamped in gilt; boxes.Facsimile edition of the Book of Kells in two volumes, comprising of hundreds of plates with many in colour, including all the openings to Gospels. Also with a printed reproduction of the first introductory text volume. (3 items)
1928: History of the 8th King`s Royal Irish Hussars 10 by 7.5 in.Original boards, Heffer 1928, 2 vols. limited edition of 250 of which this is no. 150.A complete history of the famous Irish regiment from their foundation in 1693 after the Battles of the Boyne and Aughrim to their disbandment in 1922. Covering their many wars including Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, Boer War, First World War etc. Vol 1: 403pp, Vol 2: 396pp.
1913: Boer War history of the 3rd Battalion Leinster Regiment 9 by 5.5 in.Original boards, 148pp.Record of Services of the 3rd Battalion - The Prince of Wales`s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians) in the South African War, 1900, 1901, 1902.. First edition published by the Army and Navy Co-Operative Society Ltd.. Well illustrated, a scarce record of an Irish Militia Battalion during the Anglo-Boer War.
1916 Rising: Sinn Fein Rebellion Handbook “Easter 1916” Edition 10 by 6.25 in.Letterpress, 248 pp.Scarce first edition of this useful reference work. Full of details relating to the Rising with lists of casualties, prisoners, and other participants, well illustrated. Published by the Weekly Irish Times.
1921 (August) Barbed Wire Ballykinlar prisoners` publication Vol. 1 No. 1Mimeograph, 6pp.The first edition of Barbed Wire produced by prisoners held in Ballykinlar camp. A scarce item consisting of six single pages with information, advice, jokes, sports notes etc. Also with a single page (4) of the December 1921 edition.
1922 (April 1-17) Freeman`s Journal Civil War post printing machinery destruction editions 13 by 8.5 in.Mimeograph typescript.Three scarce 7pp editions of the Freeman`s Journal produced after the destruction of their printing presses by Anti-Treaty IRA men for its support of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The first edition declaring "the sledge is not all-powerful. On the night it demolished our machines we managed to produce one sheet. Today we offer our readers seven. The Freeman`s Journal declines to bow to tyranny...
1926: Michael Collins and The Making of A New Ireland by Piarais Beaslai 9 by 7 in.Original green cloth gilt.In two volumes 458pp and 484pp. First edition published in 1926 by Phoenix Publishing Co. The first definitve and authoriative biography of Collins by his comrade in arms Piarais Beaslai
1957: Brendan Behan The Quare Fellow signed by the author 7.5 by 5.25 in.Printed dust jacket, Methuen London, 1957. 86pp.A good and scarce signed copy of this first edition. Inscribed bilingually in Irish and English on New Year`s Day 1957 "To John & best wishes for 1957, Brendan Behan, 1-1-57
1956 Olympics: Melbourne collection including Ronnie Delaney memorabiliaIncluding programme for Athletics 23 November, 29 November and 1 December 1956 including the final of the 1500 Metres won by Ronnie Delany 2006 An Post, Australian and 1956 Polish first day covers all signed by Delany, Dominican Republic 1956 Olympic stamp sheets Programmes football quarter- finals and Football Final and Closing Ceremony. Australia (vol. 11 no. 2) magazine edition for the Olympic Games, 1956 British Olympic Association Official Report , Across The World For Sport - An Olympic Odyssey by J.J. Walsh, signed. Olympic Odyssey by Stan Tomlin
Two Matchbox DS75 Models of Yesteryear vac-formed wall display units: each includes a has space for 24 models, overall dimensions approx. 76cm/30" x 51cm/20" x 6cm/2.5" (both appear G, somewhat dusty, boxed). Together with Matchbox Models of Yesteryear - The Collection (First Edition and Second Edition); two VHS videos (`The First Series 1956-1983` and `The Rare Ones 1956-1983`); The Yesteryear Book 1956 to 1993 (softback); The Yesteryear Book 1956 to 2000 Millennium Edition (hardback). (8).
2000 Easy Rider M50 Millenium Monkey Bike Bike Year: 2000 Bike Make: Easy Rider Bike Model: M50 Millenium Monkey Bike Bike Reg No.: X571NYG Bike Frame No.: 1000177 Bike Engine No.: 100058 Bike Colour: Chrome Goodness knows where the inspiration came from for the name or the idea of a miniature motor bike but motorcycle genius Soichiro Honda`s original design, the CZ100 `Mini Bike`, still has an enthusiastic following, and an original example will now set you back a few thousand sovs. AKA the `Monkey Bike`, by which it was and will be forever known, the first of the line had a 49cc pushrod engine, rigid forks, single seat and 5`` wheels. Soon upgraded to the CZ50M, a sort of de-luxe version, with ohc engine from the step-thru C50 and tartan twin folding seat. Next up was the Z50A which had tele forks, 8`` wheels with knobblys, high level exhaust and you could have a red, blue or yellow colour scheme. That model then morphed into the Z50AK2 which was almost exactly the same and named, after its tank badges, the `Mini-Trail`. Ironically the Far East motorcycle industry has spent the last four decades cloning Mr Honda`s designs, some official others not, and there are many copies of the Monkey Bike available on the market today. Indeed the term has become somewhat generic now and can apply to any miniature motorcycle. The bike on offer would appear to be of Oriental origin branded Jincheng ``Easy Rider Monkey Bike`` and looks to be a very good replica of the Honda Z50AK2. A 2000 `Millennium Edition` it has only 98 miles on the odometer and looks to be in very good condition. It has a V5, together with expired MOT certificates to 2007 and is fitted with many extras. Ideal for mounting on the back of your motor home. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com
1988 Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante `X-Pack` 6.3 Car Year: 1988 Car Manufacturer: Aston Martin Car Model: V8 Vantage Volante `X-Pack` 6.3 Car Reg No.: F968NPG Car Chassis No.: SCFCV81V7KTR15745 Car Colour: Blue Hailed as the world`s fastest four-seater convertible upon its launch at the October 1986 Birmingham Motor Show, the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante proved capable of 0-60mph in 5.4 seconds and 164mph. Utilising much the same sheet steel platform chassis, independent front suspension, De Dion back axle, ventilated disc brakes and power-assisted rack and pinion steering as its tin-top sibling, the newcomer possessed even greater road presence thanks to a menacing front air dam, prominent rear `flip tail` spoiler, extra wide wheelarches and dramatic sill extensions. Available with a choice of five-speed manual or automatic transmission, the V8 Vantage Volante could also be had in US emissions friendly fuel-injected or high-performance `X-pack` (580X) guises. Those cars built to the latter specification shared their specially reworked 5340cc `quad cam` V8 (four 48mm Weber carburettors, Cosworth pistons, larger inlet ports and higher lift camshafts etc) with Aston Martin`s contemporaneous limited edition V8 Vantage Zagato flagship. Arguably among the ultimate interpretations of this legendary V8 Vantage Volante `X-Pack` series, `F968 NPG` was first registered on 29th November 1988. Returning to the famous Newport Pagnell factory the following year to be fitted with a handling kit and straight through exhaust pipes, it was further upgraded by Works Service and marque specialist R.S. Williams during 1992. Belonging to well-known Aston Martin collector and guru Simon Draper at the time, work comprised a conversion to 6.3-litre `Zagato` specification and should have yielded circa 465bhp and 460lbft of torque. As befits so special a powerplant, it is mated to a five-speed manual gearbox rather than an automatic one. Boasting a warranted low mileage of just 32,000, the four-seater is finished in non-metallic Dark Blue complemented by Magnolia leather upholstery. The carpets are Oatmeal and the power hood is fashioned in Dark Blue mohair. The hood bag is finished in Magnolia and, like the seats, piped in Blue. Treated to a new differential, brake discs and callipers not long ago, the Aston Martin is reportedly accompanied by circa ú80,000 worth of bills. During its three-year production run, a mere 167 examples of the V8 Vantage Volante were built. Of these, 58 were left-hand drive export models fitted with the less powerful Weber Marelli fuel injection engine. That means only 109 were supplied with the full `X-Pack` (580X) unit, of which 30 had automatic transmission and 79 sported manual transmission. All this makes `F968 NPG` a pretty rare car even before the 6.3-engine conversion is taken into account; the extra cubic centimetres providing a very noticeable boost both in terms of responsiveness and outright performance. Eye-catching alloys, Alpine radio-cassette with remote control, alarm, immobiliser and tracker unit form just part of the car`s impressive specification. The phenomenal success of Aston Martin in recent years has rekindled interest in all the pre-DB7 models, and in an age increasingly dominated by talk of ever smaller-capacity force-fed internal combustion engines, electric motors and fuel cells, there`s nothing quite like the sight and sound of a normally aspirated 6.3-litre V8 to set the pulse racing. Click Here to view this item on www.i-bidder.com
Academie Royale de Chirurgie. Memoires de l`Academie Royale de chirurgie..., volumes 1-5 only, new edition, Paris, 1787-69-78-84-74, 84 engraved mostly folding plates, library stamp to titles and plates, some spotting and browning, first volume slightly dampstained and with some paper holes from p. 783 to end, together with Prix de l`Academie..., Memoires sur les sujets proposes..., volume 5, Parts 1 & 2 only, Paris, 1798, plus Receuil des pieces qui ont concuru pour le prix..., volumes 2 & 3 only, 1757-86, library stamp to titles, some spotting, browning and occasional old dampstaining, library cloth, some rubbing and wear, white china ink titling to spines of last four volumes, 4to. Sold as a periodical not subject to return. (9)
Adams (George). An Essay on Electricity, Explaining the Theory and Practice of That Useful Science and the Mode of Applying it to Medical Purposes, 3rd edition, 1787, engraved vignette title, nine folding engraved plates, occasional light foxing, final plate browned, faint library stamps to title and plates, modern full morocco gilt, 8vo. First appearance of `Mode of Applying Electricity to Medical Purposes`. Contains a contemporary engraved bookplate of J. Flamank as well as a presentation bookplate to the BMI from Dr G.H. Marshall. (1)
Albinus (Bernhard Siegfried). Dissertatio secunda de sede et caussa coloris Aethiopum et caeterorum hominum. Accedunt icones coloribus distinctae, 1st edition, Leiden: Theodorum Haak, & Amsterdam: Jacob Graal & Henri de Leth, 1737, title printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, woodcut head-piece, tail-piece and initial, 18 pages of text, including title, three-colour mezzotint plate on fold-out page by Jan L`Admiral, with single-rule border in gold leaf, very faint library stamp to title, and top blank margin of folding plate, some light browning to text leaves, contemporary vellum, with gilt library stamp to foot of upper cover, a little soiled, with modern cloth slipcase, 4to (255 x 205mm) Wellcome II, p. 26. Cushing, A-105. Heirs of Hippocrates 842. Franklin, Early Colour Printing, pp. 41-42. Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697-1770), whose father Bernard Albinus was also a medical scientist and a professor of medicine at the University of Leiden, was one of the greatest anatomists of the 18th century. His most important work was the Historia Musculorum Corporis Humani published in 1734. The present short work is an examination of the structure of black or Ethiopic skin pigment identified by Marcello Malpighi (1628-1694). One of the first colour-printed anatomical illustrations ever published, being one of six anatomical illustrations produced by by Jan L`Admiral (1698-1773) for Albinus for separate publications. The painter Jan L`Admiral and his brother Jacob worked in the London studio of mezzotint colour printing inventor Jacob Christoph le Blon, although L`Admiral presented the technique as his own when he offered his services to Albinus in Leiden. (1)
Albinus (Bernhard Siegfried). Icones ossium foetus humani, accedit osteogeniae brevis historia, 1st edition, Leiden: J. et H. Verbeek, 1737, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette, sixteen engraved plates with accompanying outline plates on sixteen folding sheets, library stamp to title and plates (mostly away from images), some spotting, occasionally heavy, contemporary initials T.J.L.(?) and Birmingham Medical Institute presentation bookplate from Dr [Willoughby] Wade to front endpapers, library cloth, slightly rubbed and dampstained, 4to (245 x 195mm) Albinus is particularly remembered for his descriptions of the bones, and this first edition of his treatise on fetal bones is one of his finest atlases. All of the fetal bones are illustrated with great detail and are finely lined in the sixteen plates and sixteen line drawings, but in no place is the total skeleton depicted` (Heirs of Hippocrates 830); Choulant-Frank, p. 280; Wellcome II, p. 26. (1)
Albinus (Bernhard Siegfried). Explicatio tabularum anatomicarum Bartholomaei Eustachii, anatomici summi... Accedit tabularum editio nova, Leiden: Langerak and Verbeek, 1744, half-title, title printed in red and black with engraved vignette (both with small marginal repair), 89 engraved plates plus corresponding outline plates, privilege leaf at end, first few leaves a little soiled with light marginal dampstain, a few light spots, previous owner signature of Thomas Taylor, 1815 to half-title, modern burgundy morocco-backed boards, folio. In this edition, each of Eustachius` plates is supplemented by a separate outline plate of equal size on which the explanatory letters are engraved. The Eustachian plates in this edition, too, are newly engraved copies, different from those in the Amsterdam edition... The explanations of the plates are by Albinus` (Choulant-Frank, p. 202). Wellcome II, p.26. (1)
Albinus (Bernhard Siegfried). Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body, 2 parts in one volume, Edinburgh: Balfour & Smellie, for Andrew Bell Engraver, 1777-78, separate title-pages each bearing vignette engraving by Bell, 41 full-page engraved plates including 13 outline key plates, occasional light foxing, some offsetting of plates, 19th-century sheep-backed boards, worn and frayed, folio. This Edinburgh edition was slightly smaller than the London printed first English edition of 1749. The plates, engraved by Andrew Bell, were used again in his Anatomia Britannica published at Edinburgh in 1798. Heirs of Hippocrates 833; Russell 7; Waller 339; Wellcome II, p. 26. (1)
Alpini (Prosper). De medicina Aegyptiorum, libri quatuor, & Iacobi Bontii in Indiis archiatri, De medicina Indorum, 2 parts in one, Venice: Nicolas Redelichuysen, 1645, title printed in red and black, a few woodcut illustrations including one full-page, woodcut initials and head-pieces, separate part-title and foliation to second work, some old marginalia and underscoring throughout plus leaf of notes bound in at rear, library stamp to main title, a little light soiling and browning and some old dampstaining to lower outer corners, library cloth, lower cover dampstained and slightly bowed not affecting contents, 4to (225 x 175mm) Alpini`s is the first important work on the history of Egyptian medicine and this is a later edition of G-M 6468, Norman 39 & Osler 1706 (all citing 1st edition 1591); Heirs of Hippocrates 384 (1646 edition). Bondt`s work was probably the first to regard tropical medicine as an independent branch of medical science. He spent the last four years of his life in the Dutch East Indies, and his book incorporates the experience he gained there. It is the first Dutch work on tropical medicine and includes the first modern descriptions of beri-beri and cholera` (G-M 2263, citing 1st edition, 1642); Heirs of Hippocrates 463 (1642 edition). (1)
Andry de Boisregard (Nicolas). An Account of the Breeding of Worms in Human Bodies; Their Nature, and Several Sorts; Their Effects, Symptoms, and Prognostics. With the True Means to avoid them, and Medicines to Cure them, 1st edition in English, 1701, three folding engraved plates, occasional light spotting, library stamps, BMI presentation label from Dr. Blackall, later full brown morocco, 8vo. The first medical parasitology text - an exhaustive study of the parasites of man, the diseases associated with them and their treatment. Andry`s views were often ahead of his time. Unlike most of his contemporaries, he did not believe in the spontaneous generation of parasites but clearly stated that their seeds entered the body from outside sources and that some foods were particularly liable to contain them` (G-M 2448.2). (1)
Andry de Boisregard (Nicolas). L`orthopedie ou l`art de prevenir et de corriger dans les enfans, les difformites du corps. Le tout par des moyens a la portee des peres, & des meres, & de routes les personnes qui ont des enfans a elever, 2 volumes in one, 1st edition, Paris: La veuve Alix; Lambert & Durand, 1741, engraved frontispiece after A. Humblot, fourteen engraved plates (a few close-trimmed, one shaved at lower margin), a few spots, library stamps, library cloth, 12mo. The first book on orthopaedics (literally straight child`), a term coined by French physician Nicolas Andry (1658-1742). The work, intended as advice for parents rather than physicians, is based on Andry`s belief that many adult deformities occurred due to bad posture in childhood caused by sitting on poorly designed furniture and wearing restrictive clothing. He advised attention to proper posture in the prevention and correction of spinal curvature; he had a practical knowledge of body mechanics. This is also the first book on diseases of children to include mention of chlorosis.` (G-M 4301). The metaphorical engraved plate of a crooked sapling tied to a stake is much used as a generic international symbol of orthopaedic institutions. Norman 55. (1)
Aretaeus of Cappadocia. De acutorum ac diuturnorum morborum causis & signis, lib. IIII, De acutorum, ac diuturnorum morborum curatione lib. IIII, 1st edition, Paris: Adr. Turnebum, 1554, 102 leaves, Greek and Latin title, Greek text with a few decorative woodcut initials and initial spaces with printed guide letters, a few scattered old ink marginalia, some minor dust-soiling, printer`s woodcut device to title (faint library stamp and a little chipped at edges), inscribed Ex musao Anto. Valetij` at foot in a contemporary hand with Greek inscription beneath, (probably the scholar-doctor Antoine Valet, 1546-1610), later ownership signature of James Johnstone to somewhat chipped front free endpaper, all edges gilt, modern calf gilt, 8vo (167 x 105mm) Editio Princeps of Aretaeus` work on the causes, symptoms and cures of acute and chronic diseases. Included is the first accurate account of diabetes, to which Aretaeus gave its present name` (G-M 22). Adams A1549; Durling 255; Norman 63; Osler 327. (1)
Bacon (Francis). Instauratio magna [Novum organum], 1st edition, 2nd issue, John Bill, 1620, engraved title by Simon van de Pass (a few spots and library stamp to lower margin) rehinged with archival tape, woodcut headpieces and historiated initials, initial blank rehinged after dedication leaves, woodcut headpieces and historiated initials, closed tear repairs to leaves c1-c2, without blank c4, with e3 cancelled and reprinted on e4r, adding an errata and omitting the name of Bill Norton from the colophon, presentation bookplate to the BMI to front pastedown from Dr [Willoughby] Wade, modern morocco gilt, folio (282 x 186mm) First edition of Bacon`s manifesto for a new philosophy of scientific method, relying on laws deduced from observation and investigation. Bacon originally conceived his revolutionary work in six parts, of which only the first and second parts, the De augmentiis scientiarum (1623, a greatly expanded version of Of the Advancement of Learning) and the Novum organum were completed. He conceived a new method of acquiring knowledge of the world through observation, experiment and inductive reasoning, which he envisioned as a tool for the total reconstruction of sciences, arts and all human knowledge... to extend the power and dominion of the human race... over the universe`... Bacon made no contributions to science itself, but his insistence on making science experimental and factual, rather than speculative and philosophical, had powerful consequences.... As a philosopher Bacon`s influence on Locke and through him on subsequent English schools of psychology and ethics was profound. Leibniz, Huygens and particularly Robert Boyle were deeply indebted to him, as were the Encyclopidistes and Voltaire...` (PMM). His vision inspired the creation of the Royal Society and the other early scientific academies. Gibson 103b; PMM 119; STC 1163; Dibner, Heralds of Science 80; Norman 98 (large paper copy). (1)
Baillie (Matthew). A Series of Engravings, Accompanied with Explanations, Which are Intended to Illustrate the Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body, 1st edition, 1799-1803, ten fasciculus, 73 engraved plates after William Clift, scattered light spotting, library stamps, previous owner signature of Richard Wood to title, modern cloth, 4to. The first systematic atlas of pathology` (G-M 2282). The work was intended to illustrate his Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body (1793), but with each plate accompanied by detailed text, it is considered a stand alone work. Baillie, nephew and pupil of William Hunter and the plates were prepared by William Clift, John Hunter`s artist, depicting many specimens in Hunter`s collection. Norman 109. (1)
[Balneology]. De balneis, omnia quae extant apud Graecos, Latinos, et Arabas, tam medicos quam quoscunque ceterarum artium probatos scriptores, 1st edition, Venice: Heirs of Lucantonio Giunta, 1553, 14, 497 leaves, Roman type, mostly double column, woodcut initials and woodcut printer`s device to title, five full-page woodcuts, lacks final blank (3q10), old manuscript notes to later flyleaves bound at rear, occasional minor spotting and old dampstaining and browning largely confined to margins of some of the earlier leaves, three faint library stamps to title, professional outer corner repairs to title and following leaf, modern morocco gilt, folio (302 x 207mm) This work is one of the most complete collections on baths and bathing compiled during the sixteenth century, containing texts by more than seventy authors among whom are Hippocrates, Avicenna, Averro?s, Galen, Gesner, Cardano, Savonarola, Fuchs, d`Abano, and Maimonides. Many of these works are printed here for the first and only time so that this volume provides a comprehensive picture of the state of balneology, then at the height of its popularity. The five woodcuts in the work show the plan of a spa, part of the baths at Pfeffers in Switzerland, the baths of Plombi?re, a map of the baths around Venice and Trieste, and a view of the interior of a Roman bath` (Heirs of Hippocrates 217); Durling 1101; G-M 1986; Norman 113; Osler 1902; Wellcome 652. (1)
Banister (John). The Historie of Man, Sucked from the Sappe of the Most Approued Anathomistes, in this Present Age, Compiled in Most Compendious Fourme, and Now Published in English, for all the Utilitie of all Godly Chirurgians, within this Realme, 1st edition, John Daye, 1578, title within ornamental woodcut border, main text in black letter, woodcut illustrations, initials and tail-pieces, lacking leaves 2I1-4 at end (index leaves and final blank), first few leaves repaired, illustration of dissection instruments trimmed and laid down at end, a few leaves close-trimmed at top margin, some dampstains, library stamp to title, modern library morocco, folio. One of the earliest English anatomies to describe the human body post Vesalius (with the usual religious narrative) from anatomist and surgeon John Banister (1533-1610). The work contains the first English translation of the section on pulmonary circulation, taken from Matteo Colombo`s De Re Anatomica libri XV (1559). STC 1359. (1)
Banister (John). The Workes of that Famous Chyrurgian, Mr. Iohn Banester, by Him Digested into Five Bookes... , 4 parts in 1 volume, 1st edition, Thomas Harper, 1633, separate printed titles to parts two to four, lacks first general title (A1), leaf A1 of part two (blank?) and final blank, library stamp to first title, spotting and soiling throughout, library cloth, joints cracked and spine ends slightly frayed, together with Bonham (Thomas), The Chyrurgians Closet, or, An Antidotari Chyrurgicall... , and Now Drawne into Method and Forme, by Edward Poeton of Petworth... , 1st edition, Edward Brewster, 1630, some browning and old dampstaining throughout, title soiled, index closely trimmed at foremargins shaving a few letters, scarce old ink marginalia and ownership signature of F.A. Hope(?) to title, library stamp at head of title, library cloth, slightly rubbed, both 4to, plus [Read, Alexander], Somatographia Anthropine, or, A Description of the Body of Man, with the Practise of Chirurgery... , 2 parts in 1 volume, 1634, woodcut illustrations throughout, partly offset, lacks initial blank and pp. 97-117 at end of part 2, some soiling and dampstaining throughout, first and last leaves soiled, white library cloth, darkened and soiled, 8vo, plus a defective copy of Peter Lowe`s Discourse of the Whole Art of Chyrurgerie`, 2nd edition, 1612, library cloth, 4to. STC 1357, 3279, 20783 & 16870 respectively. (4)
Barbette (Paul). Opera omnia medica et chirurgica notis et observationibus... cum appendice..., opera et studio J. J. Manget, 3 parts in one, Geneva: I.A. Chouet, 1683, one engraved plate of surgical instruments, spotting throughout, heavy at front and rear, library stamp to title, close-trimmed at upper and outer margins occasionally shaving running head, library cloth, small 4to, together with Thesaurus chirurgiae: The Chirurgical and Anatomical Works... , 3 volumes in 1, 3rd edition, Moses Pitt, 1676, engraved frontispiece and three folding plates to first work, separate titles (Medicina Militaris and Cista Militaris, both dated 1674), library stamp to titles and plates, some spotting and light browning, trivial worming to lower margin, lacks half-titles and two final advert leaves, hinges cracked, library cloth, 8vo, (Wing B700), plus Praxis Barbettina, cum notis & observationibus Frederici Deckers, Leiden: Gassbekios, 1669, lacks additional engraved title, library stamp to printed title, light browning, old manuscript pharmacy notes to rear fly-leaf, modern cloth, slightly frayed at head, 12mo, plus three other editions of the same works. A much reprinted work, this early edition of Opera Omnia was published one year after the first edition. Krivatsy 651; Waller 667. The Praxis contains sections on the heart, epilepsy, and the gastro-intestinal system. (6)
Bell (John). Engravings, Explaining the Anatomy of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1794, additional engraved title and 32 engraved plates including four outline plates, faint library stamps to titles and plates, bound with Engravings of the Bones, Muscles, and Joints illustrating the First Volume of the Anatomy of the Human Body, 3rd edition, 1810, additional engraved title, 32 engraved plates, a few plates with arteries highlighted in colour, library stamps to plates, modern half calf, 4to. Fifteen plates with many individual figures depict the bones, fourteen plates illustrate the muscles, and the joints are shown in three plates. These exquisite copperplates, drawn by the author, are accurate and uniquely elegant in the Bell style.` (Heirs of Hippocrates 1187); Osler 7674; Russell 60; Wellcome II, p. 137. Includes the 1st and 3rd editions of the same work with slightly differing titles, bound together. (1)
Bellini (Lorenzo). De urinis et pulsibus, de missione sanguinis, de febribus, de morbis capitis et pectoris, dicatum Francisco Redi, cum praefatatione Johannis Bohnii..., 2nd edition, Frankfurt and Leipzig: Printed for Johannes Grossius by Christian Scholvinus, 1685, title printed in red and black (detached, library stamp and a few old annotations), bound with Bartholin (Caspar), De fontium fluviorumque origine ex pluviis dissertatio physica, 1st edition, Copenhagen, 1689, 48pp., bound with Whistler (Daniel), Disputatio medica inauguralis, De morbo puerili Anglorum quem patrio idiomate indiginae vocant The Rickets, quam Deo suppetias ferente, ex authoritate Johannis Polyandri a Kerchoven, reprint of the 1645 Leiden edition, Thomas Flesher, 1684, 16pp., bound with Stisser (Johann Andreas), De machinis fumiductoriis curiosis sive fumum impellendi intra corpus instrumentis ... epistola ad... ad ... Societatis Regiae Anglicanae, 1st edition, Hamburg: Gottfried Liebezeit, 1686, 16pp., four folding plates of tobacco pipes (each with library stamp), title close-trimmed at foremargin shaving the final letter s from `humiductoriis`, bound with Hanhard (Johann Huldreich), Dissertatio physica chemica, de salibus novis experimentis illustrata, 1st edition, Basel: prostat apud Reges, 1685, bound with Cujus sal eruditionis digestione decenti ita sapidum palatoque Aptissimum Evasit ut Et Ad Instar Auri Igne Probate Illibatum Perstiterit Is Merito E Fece Populi Ad Culmen Honoris Evehitur Doctorisque Tiara Decoratur Is Vero Est Vir Juvenis... Dn. Joh. Huldricus Hanhardus Helvetio Vitoduranus Accipiens E Manu Viri... D. D. Jacobi Rothii Anat. et Botan. Profess. Meritissimi... Ob Studium Singulare Itinera Literaria Summe Promeritan Solenniter In Rauracorum Parnasso D. VII. Iulii Ann. MDCLXXXV..., Basel, 1685, 12pp., some spotting or browning throughout, small brown stain to foremargin of last three items not affecting text and with worming within the stain of last two works, old manuscript notes to fly-leaf at front, library cloth, slightly rubbed and split at head of upper joint, 4to. 1) Bellini, professor of anatomy and medicine at Pisa, realized the value of the urine as an aid to diagnosis and insisted on its chemical analysis in pathological conditions` (G-M 4162, 1st edition, 1683). He became a professor early in life due to his discovery of ducts in the kidney, and later was physician to Cosimo de Medici and Pope Clement XI. 2) Caspar Bartholin, junior, was the first Scandinavian to support the new ideas on the origin of springs. 3) Whistler`s graduation thesis was the first description of rickets as a definite disease manifesting itself by a more or less constant association of symptoms. The book attracted little attention, and credit for the first description is usually give to Glisson (1650) who described rickets on the basis of clinical and post mortem experience with the condition (see below). Wing W1677. 4) Stisser`s medical study focuses on the use of tobacco smoke mixed with medicines to treat nervous disorders, including hysteria and epilepsy, and also compares the design and efficacy of English and German pipes in delivering the therapy. Waller 9266. (1)
Boerhaave (Hermann). Institutiones et experimenta chemiae, 2 volumes in one, Paris [i.e. Leiden?], 1724, one folding engraved plate and one engraved illustrtion, library stamp to title and plate, occasional marginal dampstaining, light dust-soiling and toning, sewing broken between R8 & S1 in volume one, library cloth, spine rubbed, 8vo, together with Elementa chaemiae, quae anniversario labore docuit, in publicis, privatisque..., 2 volumes, Paris: Guillelmum Cavelier, 1733, half-title to volume one, seventeen engraved plates, library stamps to half-titles, title and plates, occasional browning and dampstaining, library cloth, 4to, plus Elements of Chymistry, Faithfully Abridg`d, from the late Genuine Edition, Publish`d and Sign`d by himself at Leyden..., To which are Added, Curious and Useful Notes. Rectifying several Opinions, etc. of the Learned Author by Edward Strother, 2 volumes in one, 2nd edition, C. Rivington, 1737, seventeen engraved plates, decorative woodcut initials, head & tailpieces, library stamps to title and plates, library cloth, 8vo, plus other eighteenth-century Boerhaave works, including Van Swieten`s Commentaria, 5 volumes, 1742-72, all but one in library cloth. Norman 257, Duveen pp. 83-84 and Lindeboom 444 for the first work. Boerhaave`s 1724 edition of Institutiones et experimenta chemiae, bearing a Paris imprint, was probably published in Leiden. This spurious edition of Boerhaave`s chemical notes so incensed Boerhaave that on 9 October 1726 he published a warning in the Leydische Courant against booksellers selling such works, and on 25 October asked the academic Senate for help in protecting him from any further abuses at the hands of unscrupulous printers and booksellers. He also later countered the work with an authorized chemical textbook, the Elementa chemicae (1732), which remained the authoritative chemical manual for many years. All copies of the Elementa carried Boerhaave`s autograph signature, attesting to the work`s authenticity and protecting against pirated editions` (Norman). (27)
Bondt (Jacob de). An Account of the Diseases, Natural History, and Medicines of the East Indies, Translated from the Latin... , To Which are Added Annotations by a Physician, 1776, publisher`s advert leaf at rear, some spotting, library stamp to title, together with Clark (John), Observations on the Diseases which Prevail in Long Voyages to Hot Countries, Particularly on Those in the East Indies, and on the Same Diseases as they Appear in Great Britain, 2 volumes bound in 1, 2nd [3rd] edition, 1792, separate title and part title to volume 2, paginated as one, folding table as pp. 565-6, errata leaf at rear, two small library stamps to title and one at end of text, minor spotting, both library cloth, slightly rubbed and darkened, second volume a little frayed at head of spine, both 8vo. G-M 2263 (first Latin edition, 1642): It is the first Dutch work on tropical medicine and includes the first modern descriptions of beri-beri and cholera`. The first English translation appeared in 1769. (2)
Bonnet (Charles). La palingenesie philosophique, ou idees sur l`etat passe et sur l`etat futur des etres vivans, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Geneva, 1769, errata at rear of volume 1, library stamp to both titles, some spotting and old dampstaining, modern library cloth gilt, 8vo. Rare first edition on theoretical biology, dealing with the past and future of living beings, before and after death. (2)
Botallo (Leonardo). Opera omnia medica & chirurgica, edited by J. van Horne, Leiden: Daniel & Abraham a Gaasbeeck, 1660, four folding engraved plates including two of the heart and one larger plate of surgical instruments, lacks additional engraved title, library stamp to title and plates, some spotting and old light dampstain to lower outer corners throughout, Birmingham Library bookplate to front pastedown, contemporary vellum, soiled, 8vo. First edition of Botallo`s collected works including his writings on the heart, giving his name to Botallo`s duct, Botallo`s foramen and Botallo`s ligament. G-M 802.1; Wellcome II, p. 209. (1)
Boyle (Robert). New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air and its Effects..., 1st edition, Oxford, 1660, half-title inscribed to verso Thomas Holder His Book 1707`, folding engraved plate (minor fore-edge fraying), errata to final leaf verso, faint library stamps to title and plate, some spotting, old dampstaining to lower margins throughout, library cloth, slightly rubbed and faded, 8vo. Boyle`s first scientific publication and an investigation into all properties of air. The importance of this work in the history of respiration is Boyle`s demonstration that air is essential for life` (G-M 914); Fulton 13; Wing B3998. (1)
Boyle (Robert). Experiments and Considerations about the Porosity of Bodies, in Two Essays, 1st edition, 1684, a little spotting and soiling throughout, small brown stain to foremargin of first two quires, faint library stamp and ownership signature of Joseph Wilkes to title, lacks final blank, library cloth, rubbed and lower cover soiled, 8vo (169 x 104mm) Fulton 149; Wing 3966. (1)
Briggs (William). Ophthalmo-graphia, sive oculi ejusque partium descriptio anatomica, cui accessit nova visionis theoria, 2 parts in one, revised edition, 1685, separate title to part two, three folding engraved plates (first with closed tear repair to verso), library stamp to first title and each plate, early ownership inscription partly trimmed at upper margin of title, library cloth, 8vo (146 x 93mm) Wing B4668A & B4667. Briggs`s Ophthalmographia was originally published in 1676. This is the first Latin and first complete edition of Nova visionis theoria and for which a letter by Isaac Newton commending the text appears on leaves A3r to A4v. (1)
Brisbane (John). The Anatomy of Painting: Or, A Short and Easy Introduction to Anatomy: being a new edition, on a smaller scale, of six tables of Albinus, with their linear figures, also, a new translation of Albinus`s history of that work, and of his index to the six tables: to which are added the Anatomy of Celsus, with notes, and the physiology of Cicero, with an introduction, giving a short view of picturesque anatomy, 1st edition, printed by George Scott, 1769, title with engraved vignette, six full-page engraved anatomical plates, each with matching full-page engraving with the bones and ligaments identified, some spotting to first and last few leaves, minor water stain occasionally to extreme head of inner margin only, untrimmed (sheet size 39 x 25 cm), endpapers renewed, contemporary boards with old reback, and library gilt stamp to foot of spine, light library stamp to title and each plate, soiled and somewhat worn, folio (1)
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