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Click here to subscribeSimon (Sir J) English Sanitary Institutions first edition inscribed “H.A. Des Voeux from Frank Simon May 1890” on front free endpaper 16 pp. publishers catalogue at end foxed at beginning and end ex-library copy with unobtrusive stamps original cloth a little rubbed 8vo 1890. ***Harold Antoine des Voeux published a paper on smoke abatement in 1936.
Virchow- Die medicinische Reform erschienen vom 10. Juli 1848 bis zum 29. Juni 1849 first edition title index & 53 issues (includes `Extrablatt zur medicinischen Reform No. 2` 19 July 1848) all with horizontal fold crease light water-staining towards end contemporary half cloth manuscript label on spine rubbed split to upper joint 4to Berlin G. Reimer 1848-49. ***This scarce weekly paper coincided with the revolutionary upheaval besetting Europe at the time. Virchow who was just beginning to make a name for himself in medical circles used this paper as a platform to campaign for various medical issues. This was no surprise as in 1848 Virchow had just published a report linking a typhus outbreak as a result of social conditions. Die medicinishe Reform campaigned for the streamlining of medical grades as well as demanding that medical education be orientated towards diagnosis; in other words he was setting standards for preventative medicine. His social and medical reforming zeal came from a deep rooted socialism and later in his life he was elected to the Berlin City Council to take control of public health areas such as sewage disposal hospital architecture improvement of meat inspection techniques and school hygiene. He reported that culture and class combined with poor housing conditions and declining milk supply was contributing to high infant mortality rates. For Virchow class and health were inextricably linked and this newspaper published while he manned the barricades in Berlin is the fruit of that belief.
Faraday Experimental Chemistry and Physics first edition half-title 3 plates 1 folding marginal spotting ex-Farraday House Library with bookplates and ink stamp to title front pastedown and fore-edge bookplates of Hugh Erat Harrison original cloth spine gilt and with gilt shelf number at foot a little fraying to corners but generally in very good condition 8vo Richard Taylor and William Francis 1859.
Guyton-Méthode de Nomenclature Chimique first edition first issue with woodcut vignette of cherub distilling on title half-title large folding table 6 folding engraved plates lightly browned plates a little creased at fore-edge contemporary mottled sheep spine gilt a little rubbed 8vo Paris Cuchet 1787.
Juengken(J.H.) Chymia experimentalis curiosa first edition with additional engraved pictorial title depicting laboratory but lacking frontispiece of apparatus title in red and black browned cropped shaving fore-edge off engraved title later half calf slightly rubbed 2 wormholes to foot of spine [Ferguson I 445 note; Wellcome III p.370; cf. Duveen p.314 1683 edition] 8vo Frankfurt J.Andreae for Hermann von Sand 1681. ***Scarce; the Macclesfield copy (sold in 2005) was lacking the additional engraved title but had the frontispiece (laid down).
Lavoisier.Elements of Chemistry 1790 translated by Robert Kerr first English edition half-title 2 folding tables 13 folding engraved plates 19th century ink inscription to the Liverpool Chemists` Association at head of title some foxing half-title defective at head where name torn away (repaired) I4 lacking upper outer corner just touching text modern calf-backed marbled boards spine gilt 8vo Edinburgh for William Creech 1790.
Telford.Life.. Civil Engineer 2v.inc.Atlas 1938 edited by John Rickman 2 vol. including Atlas first edition text with half-title engraved plate and a few vignettes in text plate a little foxed occasional spotting or soiling Atlas with engraved portrait and 82 maps and plates numbered 1-83 (no plate 28 called for in list) 21 folding and/or double-page some with routes supplied in red some foxing mostly marginal both modern half morocco spines gilt [Skempton 1556] 4to & folio 1838. ***Account of the engineer`s life and work written by himself describing canals roads aqueducts and bridges including the great suspension bridges over the Menai Strait and at Conway..
Boole. Investigation of the Laws of Thought first edition ?first issue errata leaf at end occasional light spotting original black blind-stamped cloth covers a little damp-marked [Norman 266; Origins of Cyberspace 224] 8vo London & Cambridge 1854. ***Presumably the first of the three issues identified by Norman: the first with Walton and Maberly imprint errata at end and binding as described above; the second still with imprint as above but with errata after preliminaries an additional “note” leaf at end publisher`s catalogue at end and differences to the binding; and a third (as in the Norman copy) with cancel title new imprint and green cloth binding with Boole`s name on spine for the first time. A landmark of science. “Boole invented the first practical system of logic in algebraic form which enabled more advances in logic to be made in the decades of the nineteenth century than in the twenty-two centuries preceding. Boole`s work led to the creation of set theory and probability theory in mathematics to the philosophical work of Peirce Russell Whitehead and Wittgenstein and to computer technology via the master`s thesis of C. E. Shannon (1937) who recognized that the true/false values in Boole`s two-valued algebra were analgous to the open and closed states of electric circuits. This invention of the binary digit or “bit” made possible the development of the digital computer” (Norman). Today nearly everyone who uses a computer is familiar with Boolean Logic but the book that launched the theory is scarce.
Hutton (Charles) A Mathematical 2 vol. first edition 37 engraved plates woodcut diagrams in text vol. I title preface and endpapers slightly creased a little browned contemporary tree calf some slight wear vol. I upper cover with some loss to corners rebacked 4to for J. Johnson and G.C. and J. Robinson 1796-95. ***The first extensive English mathematical dictionary with biographical detail including balloons anenometers diving bells fire engines electrical machines microscopes steam engines and canals..
Newton.Philos.Nat. Principia Mathematica 1726 third edition engraved portrait by Vertue after Vanderbank (slightly smaller) title in red and black with half-title following title but without privilege Halley`s verses and dedication from another copy (indicated by intermittent wormhole) engraved illustration of cometary orbit on p.506 woodcut diagrams throughout portrait soiled and browned old ink signature of Thomas Carson on verso of portrait at head and upper edge neatly repaired title and final leaf soiled wormhole to title and some preliminaries some other light soiling and staining mostly marginal one or two pencil annotations to upper margin modern morocco-backed cloth spine ruled and titled in gilt [Babson 13] 4to W. & J.Innys 1726. ***”This edition was the last published during the author`s lifetime and the basis of all subsequent editions. It was edited by Henry Pemberton M.D. F.R.S. and contains a new preface by Newton and a large number of alterations the most important being the scholium on fluxions in which Leibnitz had been mentioned by name. This had been considered an acknowledgement of Leibnitz`s independent discovery of calculus. In omitting Leibnitz`s name in this edition Newton was criticised as taking advantage of an opponent whose death had prevented any reply. Halley`s verses were restored to their original form.” Babson A printed label on front pastedown states “This book formed part of the Library of Dr. Thomas Carson the first Apostle of the Religion of Humanity in Liverpool...”.
Faraday Experimental Researches Electricity 3 vol. first collected edition vol.1&2 facsimile reprints vol.3 first edition folding plates ex-Faraday House Library with bookplates bookplates of Hugh Erat Harrison original green cloth spines gilt and with gilt shelf number at foot labels removed from spines leaving faint marks vol.2 very small hole at foot rubbed at extremities in all still a good set 8vo 1859. ***Hugh Erat Harrison was the first principal of Faraday House.
Maxwell Electrical Henry Cavendish... edited from the original manuscripts in the possession of the Duke of Devonshire first edition half-title facsimile plates of Cavendish`s writings 1p. advertisement at end ex-Farraday House Library with bookplate bookplate of Hugh Erat Harrison original cloth spine gilt and with gilt shelf number label removed from spine leaving mark Cambridge 1879; and another about Cavendish 8vo(2)
Wolf History of Science Technology 2 vol. first editions plates and illustrations original cloth dust-jacket to vol.1 only a few nicks 1935-1938 § Evans (A.F.) The History of the Oil Engine plates original cloth dust-jacket slightly marked and creased n.d.; and 3 others Scientific Reference including an ex-library copy of the 1854 edition of Dud Dudley`s Mettallum Martis v.s.(7)
Cardanus De Subtilitate LIbri XXI 1580 woodcut ornament to title and illustrations blank Y8 present title with ink library stamp and biro and ink number lightly browned occasional light foxing contemporary blind-tooled vellum-backed boards minor split to lower corner of upper cover soiled and rubbed [cf.Adams C675 (variant); Caillet I 2017; Duvenn pp.116-117; Ferguson I 142] 8vo Lyon Stephanum Michaelem 1580. ***A scarce edition. As well as chapters on metals gemstones plants and distillation it contains the first description of a flour-sifting machine..
Radonvilliers Manière d`Apprendre les Langues 1st first edition the La Rochefoucauld copy with faint ink stamp of the Bibliotheque du Chateau de la Roche-Guyon to title half-title woodcut ornament to title and head- and tail-pieces contemporary tree calf spine richly gilt worming to lower cover rubbed and slightly scuffed [Cioranescu 52113] 8vo Paris chez Saillant 1768. ***A scarce work in which Radonvilliers laments the secondary place of the learning of grammar to the spoken word in the acquistion of language. His lingusitic works are considered to be key works in the development of translation techniques and speed reading.
Grellman Dissertation on the Gipseys 1st eng. first edition in English title and a few other ff. lightly spotted contemporary calf-backed marbled boards spine gilt vellum corners rubbbed 8vo 1807. ***A very good copy of this scarce comprehensive work. Includes chapters suggesting Egypt and Hindostan as places of origin of the gypsies..
[Walker (George)] The Costume of Yorkshire first edition English and French text 40 fine hand-coloured aquatint plates by R.Havell after Walker lacking frontispiece contemporary red straight-grain morocco gilt greek key-border to covers spine gilt a little rubbed [Abbey Life 432; Colas 3044] folio 1814. ***Includes the famous plate of the collier which depicts in the background the first representation of a steam-engine on rails built by Murray & Blenkinsop in Leeds in 1812 about two years before Stephenson`s engine. Other subjects include local trades such as farmers whalebone scrapers a dog breaker factory children jockies and some gentlemen hawking..
Baynton (T.) Treating Old Ulcers of the Legs first edition last couple of ff. creased modern calf-backed marbled boards Bristol & London 1797 § Rowley (William) An Essay on the Cure of Ulcerated Legs second edition old tape mark to title modern calf-backed marbled boards for F.Newbery 1771; and 2 others on leg ulcers 8vo(4)
Bell (Sir Charles) A Series of Engravings 1803 first edition 9 engraved plates 3 folding lacking advertisement leaf at end water-stained modern half calf uncut 1803; The Nervous System of the Human Body second edition 9 engraved plates one double-page soiled and browned some leaves frayed at edges modern cloth 1830 both ex-library copies with ink stamp on titles and a few other leaves; and a third edition of the second item 4to & 8vo(3)
Bell.Letters..Diseases of the Urethra first edition 6 engraved plates foxed and water-stained ex-library copy with stamp at head of title modern half calf 1810; The Hand illustrations 8pp. catalogue at beginning original cloth label defective 1833; and 9 others by or about the same 8vo & 4to(11)
Bell.Illusts..Great Operations of Surgery Trepan Hernia Amputation Aneurism and Lithotomy first edition first issue 20 engraved plates by Thomas Landseer some printed in sepia all but 3 hand-coloured or partly so engraved illustration in text a little soiled and stained title creased leaves towards end defective at lower outer corner not affecting images or text (repaired) modern calf-backed marbled boards with vellum corners spine gilt with red morocco label [GM 5588; Waller 857; Wellcome II p.136] oblong folio Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1821.
Blandin.Traité d`Anatomie Topographique 1834 2 vol. including Atlas mixed set second edition text with folding table ink signature at head of title foxed contemporary calf covers elaborately gilt with arms of Richmond Hospital School of Medicine spine gilt slightly rubbed Paris 1834 Atlas with 20 hand-coloured lithographed plates text spotted light soiling and browning to plates ex-Charing Cross Hospital library copy with ink presentation inscription from Edwin Canton 1856 at head of title library stamps throughout including most plates modern calf-backed marbled boards spine gilt with morocco label Brussels 1834 [Waller 1107; Wellcome II p.176] 8vo & oblong folio ***Originally published in 1826 but with only 12 plates. Blandin was the first to describe the mixed glands of the tongue (“Blandin`s glands”) and he developed various surgical techniques used in rhinoplasty.
Burns.Observations..Surgical Anatomy..Head first edition 10 engraved plates marginal staining ex-library copy with ink stamp on front pastedown contemporary half calf rubbed old sticker on upper cover Edinburgh 1811 § Goddard (Paul B.) Plates of the Cerebro-Spinal Nerves first edition 12 lithographed plates heavily foxed contemporary half roan crudely rebacked in cloth Philadelphia J.G.Auner 1837 rubbed; and 3 others 8vo & 4to(5)
Bushe (G)Diseases of the Rectum and Anus first edition text vol. only some foxing ink library stamp to title original cloth rebacked preserving original spine corners worn New York 1837 § Jukes (Alfred) A Case of Carcinomatous Stricture of the Rectum 4 lithograph plates errata slip occasional foxing original cloth-backed printed boards spotted [1842]; and 2 others similar 8vo and 4to (4)
Desault (Pierre Joseph) Oeuvres Chirurgicales edited by X.Bichat and P.J.Roux 3 vol. second edition half-titles engraved portrait and 14 folding plates contemporary ink inscription on titles some foxing water-staining to plates at end of vol. 3 contemporary sheep-backed boards spines gilt with red labels yellow edges rubbed a few splits to joints [GM 5580; Wellcome II p.542] 8vo Paris Mequignon 1801-03. ***”Desault was a great French surgeon one of the first professors at the École Pratique de Chirurgie Paris. He made many suggestions regarding the treatment of fractures and dislocations and is one of the founders of modern vascular surgery.” GM.
Desport.Traité des Plaies d`Armes a Feu first edition half-title lightly browned ex-Wellcome library copy with withdrawn stamp on verso of title rear free endpaper stamped and stained contemporary sprinkled calf a little worn spine chipped at head and foot [Wellcome II p.457] 12mo Paris d`Houry 1749. ***Treatise on military medicine and surgery..
Dionis.Anatomy of Humane Bodies Improv`d... first English edition licence leaf 21 engraved plates 1 folding and supplied in facsimile some soiling for H. Bonwicke... 1703; A Course of Chirurgical Operations demonstrated in the Royal Garden at Paris second English edition 10 engraved plates woodcut illustrations a little browned for J.Tonson... 1733 both ex-library copies with ink stamp on verso or recto of title contemporary calf rubbed or worn rebacked [Wellcome II p.471] 8vo(2)
Freind (John) The History of Physick... 1725 2 vol. in 1 including `Vita Gabrielis...` at end of vol.2 second edition ?lacking frontispiece for J.Walthoe 1725-26 bound with W[intringham] (C[lifton]) Observations on Dr.Freind`s History of Physick... first edition lacking 5 leaves at end (all after p.56) ink annotations and signature on verso of title for G.Strahan 1726 together 2 works in 1 vol. soiled worming towards end slightly affecting text nature-printing of leaves on front pastedown with ink inscription of “William Widderson Coopwell Bishop” (soiled) contemporary calf spine gilt rubbed spine defective at foot [Wellcome III p.66 & V p.455] 8vo ***”Freind was the first Engish historian of medicine.. [he] planned the above work while committed to the Tower of London on a charge of high treason...Sir Robert Walpole Prime Minister at the time suffered much from renal calculi and called in Mead a great friend of Freind. Mead refused to treat Walpole until Freind was released...” GM 6378.
Guyot.Nouveau Sisteme du Microcosme first edition title in red and black with woodcut device woodcut head-piece and ornaments folding engraved plate lightly browned a little water-staining at end ex-Bedford General Infirmary library copy with stamp on title verso of final leaf and front free endpaper contemporary morocco gilt tan morocco doublureswith gilt dentelles rubbed label and foot of spine chipped 8vo The Hague M.G. de Merville 1727.
Heath.Course of Operative Surgery second edition half-title 20 chromolithograph plates illustrations foxed a couple of plates frayed (some repaired) original cloth rebacked rubbed 1884 § Liston (Robert) Practical Surgery first edition illustrations 8pp. catalogue at end title soiled and frayed foxed and browned modern half calf 1837 § Pearson (John) Principles of Surgery half-title advertisement leaf at end title defective at corners (repaired) modern cloth-backed boards uncut 1808 § Gamgee (J.S.) Researches in Pathological Anatomy and Clinical Surgery half-title plates 16pp. catalogue at end original cloth 1856; and 10 others similar 4to & 8vo(15)
Heister (Lorenz) A Compendium of Anatomy first English edition 4 engraved plates on 2 sheets at end contemporary ink signature at head of title and a few annotations to text severely browned cropped shaving final plate at fore-edge modern marbled boards spine very slightly faded [Wellcome III p.236] 8vo for Tho.Combes and James Lacy 1721. ***”Heister is the founder of scientific surgery in Germany”. GM.
Heister.Medical Chirurgical Anatomical Cases translated by George Wirgman first English edition engraved title-vignette of putti playing with a ball and racquet 8 folding engraved plates contemporary ink inscription on front free endpapers title and front endpapers soiled and frayed at edges (repaired) lightly browned staining to lower margin affecting some plates ex-British Medical Association library copy with faint ink stamp on title and front endpaper modern morocco tooled in blind 4to by J.Reeves... 1755.
`Quiz (Roland)` Giant-Land, The Wonderful Adventures of Tim Pippin, 1936, dust wrapper; Outhwaite (Ida Rentoul) & Rentoul (Annie R.), The Little Green Road to Fairyland, 1947, colour plates, dust wrapper (torn); Dallas-Smith (Peter) & Peter Cross, Trouble for Trumpets, 1982, 4to., first edition, pictorial boards; with five others (8)
Yeats (W.B.) Poems, 1901, first edition, original cloth gilt (spine faded); Campbell (Thomas), The Pleasures of Hope, with Explanatory Notes by Thomas Campbell, 1821, London, ornate manuscript by Geo. Mackay, [3], 65 pages (single sided) with variety of decorative borders, a.e.g., contemporary morocco gilt (rubbed, silk endpapers stained); (2)
Orwell (George) Animal Farm, A Fairy Story, 1945, first edition, later leather binding with gilt pig to upper board, contained within cloth solander box; id., The Road to Wigan Pier, 1937, first edition (not LBC), red [?later] cloth; id., England your England, and Other Essays, 1953, first edition, dust wrapper; with eleven others (14)
Baxter (Stephen) Timelike Infinity, 1992; id., Flux, 1993; id., The Time Ships, 1995; id., Titan, 1997; id., Traces, 1998; all first editions, each signed by the author, dust wrappers; Brooke (Keith) & Brown (Eric), Parallax View, 2000, first edition ltd. to 250 copies, signed by authors and Baxter, dust wrapper; Sladek (John), Roderick, or The Education of a Young Man, 1980, first edition, signed by author, dust wrapper; with fourteen others (21)
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