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Click here to subscribeCobbett, William The woodlands, or a treatise... London: W. Cobbett, 1825. First edition, 8vo, 4pp. advertisements at end, illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, some light spotting, head of spine worn; Tull, Jethro The horse-hoeing husbandry, edited by William Cobbett. London: W. Cobbett, 1829. 8vo, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, slightly spotted, small nick to head of spine (2)
Darwin, Charles The descent of man. London: J. Murray, 1871. First edition, 2nd issue without errata on verso of volume 2 or Postscript leaf, 2 volumes, 8vo, 16pp.advertisements at end of both volumes, original cloth, some spotting, rubbed, one hinge broken; Idem The origin of species. London: J. Murray, 1878. Sixth edition, (twentieth thousand), original cloth, hinges weak, front endpaper and half-title loose, worn, a few small inkstains to cover (3)
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall A bibliographical antiquarian and picturesque tour in the Northern counties of England... London, 1838. 8vo, 2 volumes, plates, modern half morocco gilt. t.e.g, interior clean; [Idem] A metrical history of England.... London, 1813. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, half titles, original boards with paper labels, interiors clean, backstrips rubbed and cracking; Jamieson, R. Popular ballads and songs. Edinburgh, 1806. 8vo, 2 volumes, original boards, rebacked, later endpapers, some light spotting (6)
Johnston, Sir Harry George Grenfell and the Congo. London: Hutchison & Co., 1908. First edition, 8vo, 2 volumes, portrait frontispiece to each volume, original brown cloth gilt, lacking dustwrappers, some rubbing to lower boards, interiors clean, bookplates; Hawker, George The life of George Grenfell. London, 1909. Second edition, 8vo, original cloth gilt, foxing; Smith, Rev. Edwin The Ila-speaking of Northern Rhodesia. London: Macmillan and Co., 1920. First edition, 8vo, frontispieces, folding map, original green cloth gilt; Hobley, C.W. Ethnology of A-Kamba and other East African tribes. Cambridge, 1910. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, rubbed, library stamp to title, later endpapers; Kumm,. H.K. Khont-hon-nofer. London, 1910. 8vo, colour frontispiece, plates, original cloth gilt, rubbed; Froude, J.A. Two lectures on South Africa. London, 1880. 8vo, original cloth gilt, uncut, bookplate; and 10 others on Africa (18) Provenance: Provenance: Society Writers to His Majesty`s Signet, bookplates in first two volumes.
Robertson, William The history of America. London: printed for W. Strahan, 1777. First edition, 4to, 2 volumes, folding plate, lacking maps, modern half calf gilt, backstrips stained; Yule, Capt. Henry A narrative of the mission... to the court of Ava in 1855. London, 1858. 4to, 3 maps, 27 plates, lacking large folding map in pocket, modern half red morocco gilt, later endpapers (2)
Barclay, John A series of engravings, representing the bones of the human skeleton. Edinburgh: E. Mitchell, 1819-20. First edition, presentation copy "To Dr Colles of the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin with best wishes and respects from his sincere friend John Barclay, Edin. Jan 12th 1820", 2 volumes, folio, 35 engraved plates, original printed boards, uncut, library stamp to titles and one plate, joints weak, head and base of spines rubbed
Belzoni, Giuseppe Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Eygpt and Nubia. London: J. Murray, 1820. First edition, text volume only, lacking atlas, 4to, [iii-XIX] 483, engraved frontispiece and 1 plate, contemporary half calf, spotting, several library stamps, lacks map and half-title, no leaf of Greek text at p. 338, worn, lacks spine
Bennet, Christopher Tabidorum theatrum, sive pthisios, atrophiae & hecticae xenodochium. London: S. Thompson, 1656. First edition, 8vo, engraved portrait frontispiece, 3 (of 4) folding plates, contemporary calf, portrait torn without loss, rebound with original boards laid down, two library stamps, slight spotting; Salmon, William Pharmacopoeia Bateana or Bate`s dispensatory. London: S. Smith & B. Walford, 1694. 8vo, contemporary calf, small hole to title and erasure affecting two words, library stamp, worn, upper cover detached; Salmon, William Synopsis medicinae therapeutica. London: T. Dawks, 1680. Volumes 3-4 only in one, 8 engraved plates, contemporary calf, title soiled and torn, some spotting and soiling, worn, joint split (3) Provenance: Note: Wing B1882; Wing B1088; cf. Wing S455
British medicine, 19th century, a large quantity, including Home, Everard Practical observations on the treatment of the diseases of the prostrate gland. London, 1811-1818, 23 engraved plates, half calf, some spotting, covers detached; Fielding, George Surgical cases, with practical observations. Part 1. Hull, 1813. 8vo, presentation copy to Geo. H. Fielding from the Author, Hull, 1813, 2 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary half calf, worn, library stamp; Rous, Philibert Joseph A narrative of a journey to London, in 1814, or a parallel of the English and French surgery. London, 1816. 8vo, half calf, worn; Spurzheim, Johann Christoph Observations on the deranged manifestations of the mind, or insanity. London: Baldwin, 1817. First English edition, 3 (of 4) engraved plates, contemporary half calf, spotted, library stamp to title; Bell, John The anatomy of the human body. London, 1802-04. 4 volumes, 8vo, engraved plates, contemporary calf, upper margin cut from title of volume 2, library stamp to some text leaves, spotting, worn (13 boxes)
Browne, W.G. Travels in Africa, Egypt and Syria, from the year 1792 to 1798. London: T. Cadell &c., 1799. First edition, 4to, engraved frontispiece, 2 folding maps, and one plan, half-title, contemporary calf, frontispiece and preliminaries browned, library stamp, worn, covers detached; Hutchinson, Thomas J. Impressions of Western Africa. London, 1858. 8vo, original cloth, worn; Gliddon, G.R. Discourses on Egyptian archaeology. London, 1849. 8vo, original cloth, worn (3)
Buckingham, James Silk Travels among the Arab tribes inhabiting the countries East of Syria and Palestine. London: Longman &c., 1825. First edition, 4to, [xvi, 669], folding map, wood-engraved vignettes, contemporary half calf, several library stamps, library stamp at head of Preface deleted, some spotting and dampstaining, slightly rubbed, marbled paper of upper board lacking
Cooper, Sir Astley Paston Illustrations of the diseases of the breast.. London: Longman, Rees &c., 1829. First edition, 4to, 9 plates, all but one hand-coloured, plate 9 on india paper, erratum slip, contemporary half calf, library stamp on title, several text leaves and plate versos, some spotting and dust-soiling, worn Provenance: Note: Wellcome Library Record No: 14826410
Cooper, Sir Astley Paston Observations on the structure and diseases of the testis. London: Longman, Rees &c., 1830. First edition, 4to, inscribed "Phillip Cramplon Esq. with the author`s most sincere regards", 24 hand-coloured plates, several folding, contemporary half calf, a clean copy Provenance: Note: Wellcome Library Record No: 27205632 Provenance: Phililp Crampton Smyly, armorial bookplate
Dillwyn, Lewis Weston British conferuae, or coloured figures and descriptions of the British plants referred by botanists to the genus conferua. London: W. Phillips, 1809. First edition, 4to, 116 colour printed plates (including 7 supplementary plates), some hand-finished, a few plates misbound, contemporary green half morocco, uncut, library stamps to title, text slightly spotted, slight discolouration to upper margin of some plates, rubbed
Fraser, James Baillie Journal of a tour through part of the Snowy Range of the Himala Mountains. London: Rodwell & Martin, 1820. First edition, 4to, folding map, half-title, library stamps, spotting, especially to title and map, stain in upper margin to first 60 pages, contemporary half calf, lacks spine, covers detached
French medicine, 19th century, a large quantity, including Serres Recherches d`anatomie transendante et pathologique. Paris: J.B. Bailliere, 1832. 4to, 20 lithographed plates, some folding, half calf, some discolouration & spotting, rubbed; Desmoulins, A. Anatome des systèmes nerveux des animaux a vertèbres. Paris, 1825. 2 volumes, 8vo, quarter calf, spotting; Dupuytren, Baron Leçons orales de clinique chirurgicale. Paris, 1839. 2 volumes, 8vo, quarter calf, spotting; Velpeau, A.A.L.M. Nouveaux éléments de médecine opératoire. Paris, 1839. 4to, atlas only, 22 plates, 1 folding, half calf, spotting & soiling, covers detached; Ballif, P. Description d`un nez artificiel et de plusieurs obturateurs. Berlin, 1826. 4to, 8 plates, plate 5 frayed, disbound, title soiled, spotting; Humbert, François Essai et observations sur la manière de réduire les luxations. Bar-le-Duc, 1835. 4to, atlas volume only, 26 plates, half calf, spotting, rubbed; Lombard, Claude Clinique des plaies récentres où la suture est utile. Strasbourg, an VIII. 8vo, 1 engraved plate, half calf; Mayor, Mathias Bandages et appareils a pansements. Paris, 1838. 2 volumes including 4to atlas, 16 plates, some spotting & soiling, half calf; Thillaye, J.B.J. Traité des bandages et appareils. Paris, 1815. 8vo, 11 folding engraved plates, original wrappers, spotting, one wrapper detached; Trousseau, A. & H. Belloc. Traité pratique de la phthisie laryngée. Paris, 1837. 8vo, 9 folding plates, half calf, one cover detached; Laennec, M. & M. Andral. Notes et additions au traité de l`auscultation médiate de Laennec. Paris, 1836. 8vo, half calf; 2 hand-coloured lithographed plates, spotting; Bayle, G.L. Recherches sur la phthisie pulmonaire. Paris, 1820. First edition, 8vo, half calf; Orfila, M.J.B. Traité de médecine légale. Paris, 1836. 4 volumes, 8vo, half calf; Pelletan, P.J. Clinique chirurgicale. Paris, 1810. 3 volumes, 8vo, folding plates, half calf, several covers detached; mostly with spotting, worn, library stamps; sold not subject to return (quantity)
Hunter, John Observations on certain parts of the animal oeconomy. London, 1786. First edition, 4to, 18 plates, somewhat spotted; bound with Hunter, John A treatise on the veneraeal disease. London: G. Nicol, 1788. Second edition, 4to, 7 plates, C1 torn, frayed and soiled, somewhat spotted, contemporary red half morocco, rubbed; Heister, Lorenz A general system of surgery. London: J. Whiston &c., 1768. 4to, 39 of 40 plates, contemporary calf, lacks plate 14, stamp on title verso and covers, extremities worn; Hunter, John The works. London, 1837. 4to, plate volume only, engraved portrait and 61 plates, half calf, plates 55 & 56 torn without loss, some spotting and water staining, worn (3)
India - Hyderabad Chloform Commission - Jah, Sir Asman Report of the Hyderabad Chloroform Commission. Bombay: The Times of India Steam Press, 1891. First edition, 4to, contemporary light brown morocco, g.e.; [with] Selected Tracings of Experiments with Chloroform and Ether of the Hyderabad Chloroform Commission .To accompany the Report. 4to, 26 albumen prints mounted on board with printed captions, most c. 6.5 x 22cm. , red morocco gilt, g.e., lightly rubbed; with a 4 pp. folio printed letter from Surgeon Lt. Col. E. Lawrie, President of the Hyderabad Chloroform Commission to His Excellency Sir Asman Jah Bahadur, Prime Minister of Hyderabad, relating to the commission, library stamps (3) Provenance: Note: Rare. The accompanying printed letter from Surgeon Lt. Col E. Lawrie, President of the Hyderabad Chloroform Commission, to His Excellency Sir Asman Jah Bahadur, Prime Minister of Hyderabad, starts "I have the honor to forward twenty copies of the Report of the Hyderabad Chlorofom Commission, and twenty copies of an album containing photographs of selected tracings of the Commission`s experiments, for presentation to the Government of India."
India -- Jacquemont, Victor Letters from India, describing a journey in the British dominions of India, Tibet, Lahore and Cashmere. London: E. Churton, 1834. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, lithographed portrait and folding map, contemporary half calf, library stamp to title of volume 2 and several leaves of text, small tear to map without loss, slightly spotted, slightly rubbed
Leeuwenhoek, Anthony van Opera omnia, seu Arcana naturae: Epistolae ad Societatem Regiam Anglicam: Epistolae physiologicae. Leiden: Johannes Arnold Langerak, 1715-1733; Delft: Adrian Beman, 1719. 4 volumes, 4to, 2 engraved frontispieces, 103 engraved plates, numerous engraved illustrations in text, contemporary quarter vellum, lacks portrait in volume III, browning, spotting and fraying, bindings worn, library stamp on title of two volumes (4) Provenance: Footnote: First collected edition in Latin of the works of the earliest and most expert microscopists. Leeuwenhoek`s writings were originally published letter by letter in Leiden and Delft from 1684 to 1689; sets of the complete works first appeared in 1719 and were composed of those separate issues, bound together and fitted with title-pages so that hardly any two sets are exactly alike. Waller 10889.
Leybourn, William Cursus mathematicus. London: Thomas Basset, Benjamin Tooke &c., 1690. First edition, folio, [7] (of 8) leaves, 904 [i.e. 1044] p., [46 leaves], 44 plates, (35 folding), one plate cut round and mounted onto p. 406, lacking portrait, title page lacking one third, some leaves detached and frayed, some browning, text block split, lacks covers; sold not subject to return Provenance: Note: Wing L1911
Lister, Martin Sex exercitationes medicinales de quibusdam morbis chronicis. London: S.Smith & B. Walford, 1694. First edition, 8vo, [16], 221, [2 - blank], 48, contemporary calf, library stamps, inscription and small erasure mark to title, rubbed, upper board detached Provenance: Note: Wing L2531; Wellcome Library Record No: 11414458
Lovell, Robert Panbotanologia sive Enchiridion botanicum or, a Compleat Herball. Oxford: William Hall, 1659. First edition, 12mo, [84], 671, [1], contemporary calf, title dust-soiled, frayed with some loss of typographic border & repaired on verso, *2 with loss of a few words, some spotting, light soiling & marginal discolouration, later spine, very worn, upper cover detached Provenance: Note: Henrey, 234
Malpighi, Marcello De viscerum structura exercitatio anatomica. Amsterdam: Pieter le Grand, 1669, 12mo; [bound with] Malpighi, Marcello & Caroli Fracassati. Epistolae anatomicae. Amsterdam: Caspar Commelin, 1669. First edition, 12mo, 5 folding engraved plates, slightly dampstained, 2 works in one volume, contemporary vellum, early inscriptions of Ludolph Smith 1671 on front endpaper, upper cover slightly stained, library stamp on title of first work Provenance: Note: Wellcome Library Record Nos: 14717692 & 14307698
Mercklin, Georg Abraham Tractatio med. curiosa, de ortu & occasu transfusionis sanguinis. Nuremberg: Johannis Ziegeri, 1679. First edition, 8vo, [26], 112, [4]; engraved frontispiece, signature of Sir Thomas Molyneux, Bart., M.D. of Dublin, on page 1, browned, library stamp to title, bound with Hoogstraten, David van Dissertatio epistolica de hodierno medicinae statu. Dordrecht: J. van Hoogstraten, 1683. 8vo, [2], 42, 2 works in one volume, modern calf retaining upper board Provenance: Note: Mercklin: Wellcome Library Catalogue No: 5869134
Morgagni, Giovanni Battista The seats and causes of diseases investigated by anatomy. London: A. Millar, T. Cadell &c., 1769. First English edition, 3 volumes, 4to, translated by Benjamin Alexander, twentieth century half calf, red morocco lettering pieces, some spotting, chiefly to preliminary leaves, library stamps, joints of volume 3 split, with initial blank leaf in volume 3, volume 1-2 lacking initial blank leaf, two preliminary leaves of volume 2 nearly detached
Ophthamology -- Bowman, Sir William The collected paper of Sir W. Bowman, Bart, F.R.S. London: Harrison & Sons, 1892. First edition, 2 volumes, 4to, presentation labels to The Royal College of Sugeons, Dublin, from Harriet Lady Bowman, Dec. 1893, 2 frontispieces, 4 uncoloured & 5 hand-coloured engraved plates, original cloth, library stamp to titles (2)
Park, Mungo Travels in the interior districts of Africa. London: G. & W. Nicol, 1799. Third edition, 4to, engraved portrait, 2 folding maps, folding chart and 5 plates, contemporary calf, some spotting and offsetting, library stamps to title, worn, one cover detached; Park, Mungo The journal of a mission to the interior of Africa, in the year 1805. London: J. Murray, 1815. First edition, 4to, half-title, folding map, library stamp on title, lacking upper board and spine; sold not subject to return (2)
Raffles, Lady Sophia Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. London: J. Murray, 1830. First edition, 4to, engraved frontispiece and 10 plates and maps, original cloth, library stamps, spotting and offsetting to plates and text, worn and soiled, lacks spine, covers detached
Ridley, Humphrey The anatomy of the brain. London: S. Smith & B. Walford, 1695. First edition, 8vo, [16], 200, [24]; 5 folding engraved plates, old calf, the plates trimmed very close, plates with short tears, one with longer tear, spotting, offsetting and dust-soiling, library stamp to title and one plate, binding defective and detached Provenance: Note: Wing R1449; Wellcome Library Record No: 14304616
Scoresby, William An account of the Arctic regions, with a history and description of the Northern Whale-Fishery. Edinburgh: A. Constable, 1820. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 folding frontispieces and 22 engraved plates and maps, 4 folding tables, library stamp on volume 1 title, contemporary half calf, spotting & browning to plates and titles, lacks spines, covers detached
Sweden - Thomson, Thomas Travels in Sweden during the autumn of 1812. London: R. Baldwin, 1813. First edition, 4to, frontispiece, 4 folding maps (3 coloured), folding plan and 7 plates, original boards, uncut, library stamp, slight offsetting and small hole to title, spotting, spine worn, covers detached
Travers, Benjamin A synopsis of the diseases of the eye. London, 1820. First edition, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates, original boards, uncut, some spotting, worn, one board detached; Demours, A.P. Traité des maladies des yeux. Paris, 1818. 4 volumes, 8vo and 4to, portrait & 80 plates, some coloured, spotting, some boards and leaves detached; Beer, Professor. A manual of the disease of the human eye. Glasgow, 1821. 2 volumes, 8vo, 5 plates, 4 coloured, contemporary half calf; Adams, William A practical inquiry into the causes of the frequent failure... 1817. 8vo, 2 folding tables, contemporary half calf, worn, spotted, covers detached; Vetch, John A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye. London, 1820. First edition, 8vo, 3 hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary half calf, spotted, covers detached; Guthrie, G.J. Lectures on the operative surgery of the eye. London, 1823. 8vo, 5 engraved plates, 3 hand-coloured, contemporary half calf, spotting, worn, covers detached; Cleoburey, William A review of the different operations performed on the eyes. London, 1826. 8vo, contemporary half calf, spotting, rubbed; Cooper, Samuel Critical reflections on several important practical points relative to the cataract. London, 1805. 8vo, 1 engraved plate, contemporary half calf, worn; and c.20 others, 19th century, relating to ophthalmology, library stamps (34)
Wardrop, James History of James Mitchell, a boy born blind and deaf, with an account of the operation. London: John Murray, 1813. First edition, 4to, original boards, uncut, library stamp on title, some spotting, title slightly dust-soiled, worn, boards detached; Ware, James Chirurgical observations. London, 1805. Second edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, worn; Noble, E.M. A treatise on ophthalmy. Birmingham, 1800. 8vo, original boards, uncut, rebacked; Edmonston, Arthur A treatise on the varieties and consequences of ophthalmia. Edinburgh, 1806. 8vo, contemporary half calf; Scarpa, Antonio A treatise on the principal diseases of the eyes. London, 1818. Second edition, 8vo, half calf, worn, covers detached; Ware, James Observations on the treatment of the epiphora. 1818. 8vo, half calf, covers detached; Saunders, John C. A treatise on some practical points relating to diseases of the eye. London, 1816. 8vo, frontispiece and 8 plates, 7 hand-coloured, half calf, spotting, covers detached; Stevenson, John A practical treatise on the morbid sensibility of the eye. London, 1819. 8vo, original boards, rubbed; Watson, Alexander A compendium of the diseases of the human eye. Edinburgh, 1828. 8vo, 10 plates, 9 hand-coloured, original boards, worn; and c. 19 others on the eye, ophthalmic surgery &c., all with library stamps (28)
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