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Lot 122
Paré (Ambroise) The Workes 1st Eng. 1634 translated by Thomas Johnson first English edition fine engraved title with portrait and scenes of trepanning a herbalist at work distillation apparatus surgical instruments monsters etc. numerous woodcuts in text of similar subjects engraved title soiled and frayed at edge with very slight loss to border (repaired) dedication and To the Reader leaf defective at upper outer corner and fore-edge with loss of a few letters (repaired) Ff 3-5 and final two leaves also repaired light water-staining at beginning and end slight worming to lower margin modern calf ruled in blind [STC 19189] folio Th.Cotes and R.Young 1634. ***”Paré was the greatest of the army surgeons before Larrey...He is particularly remembered for his abandonment of boiling oil and the cautery for his revival of podalic version his re-introduction of the ligature and his invention of many new surgical instruments. He was the first to suggest that syphilis is a cause of aneurysm. He popularized the truss introduced artificial limbs and (in dentistry) re-implantation of the teeth.” GM.
Lot 137
Ruscelli.The Secretes of...Alexis of Piemont lacking title and preliminaries but 122ff. text and 10ff index present Seconde parte with 79ff text and 7ff. index with the title to The thyrde and last parte bound at beginning corner of I5 part 2 defective with loss of text some early ink annotations upper edge cropped sometimes affecting headline some soiling and light staining modern calf [STC 296] 4to by Roulande Hall for Nycholas Englande 1562; sold not subject to return
Lot 151
Swan (Joseph) Nerves of the Human Body first quarto edition 25 engraved plates light offsetting otherwise very good 8pp. catalogue tipped in at front Robert Bentley Todd`s copy with his bookplate King`s College stamp on title original cloth rebacked 4to 1834. ***Robert Bentley Todd (1809-1860) physician and physiologist; medical reformer..
Lot 160
White (Charles) An Account of the Topical Applicat browned final leaf frayed and fore-edge and reinforced modern cloth-backed boards for W.Johnston 1762; Observations on Gangrenes and Mortifications... final leaf with light marginal stain modern calf-backed marbled boards Warrington W.Eyres for Charles Dilly... 1790 first editions [Wellcome V p.423-424] 8vo(2)
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Lot 182
[Roesslin (Eucharius)] The Byrth of Mankynde black letter title within woodcut borders lacks woodcut border at foot of title 4 plates on 2 ff. ? only without `fygures...of the partes of women` mentioned in the text the last 2 ff. supplied in photocopy small marginal tears to A1&2 H7 light foxing slightly browned ownership inscription on flyleaf of Samuel Melford January 1846 his presentation inscription `to his friend John Jackson` and memorial bookplate on front pastedown presenting this vol. to Warrington Museum & Library recased 18th century calf gilt slightly rubbed rebacked with the original spine laid down [STC 21156] sm. 4to [?Richard Jugge] 1560.
Lot 188
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.
Lot 210
Darwin On the origin of Species 1861 third edition seventh thousand half-title folding plate 2pp. advertisements ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper light damp-staining to endpapers staining to a few ff. upper hinge weak original cloth spine gilt repair to head of lower joint some fraying to spine ends and corners a few spots and pinpoint worm holes to covers [Freeman 381] 8vo 1861.
Lot 211
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.
Lot 216
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...”.
Lot 220
Desaguliers System Experimental Philosophy 1719 To which is added Sir Isaac Newton`s colours: the description of the condensing engine with its apparatus: and Rowley`s Horary; a machine representing the motion of the Moon about the Earth; Venus and Mercury about the Sun according to the Copernican System. 2 parts in 1 initial advertisement f. for Boerhaave`s Method of Studying Physick 10 folding engraved lates errata f. 3pp. advertisements at end occasional light spotting new endpapers modern half calf spine gilt for B. Creake 1719. ***A re-issue. The second part Lectures of Experimental Philosophy is a second edition. Desaguliers was an ardent Newtonian and repeated several of Newton`s experiments on heat optics and mechanics. Some of the results from these experiments were used by Newton himself in the third edition of the Principia..
Lot 229
Newton to Mr. Linus...light and Colours 1676 extracted from Philosophical Transactions Number 123 March 25. 1676 lightly browned spotted disbound small 4to 1676. ***Newton`s protracted dicussions with Linus or Francis Hall were later continued by his student Gascoigne and then in turn by Anthony Lucas. The extract also includes Three Letters of Signor Cassini containing his Sentiment of Mr. Flamsted`s Account of the last Eclipse of the Moon.
Lot 231
Nollet (Jean Antoine) Lettres sur l`Electricité 17 2 parts in 2 vol. half-title to first part 8 folding engraved plates some light browning and occasional foxing uniformly bound in 18th century mottled calf spines in compartments and richly gilt double morocco labels a little wear to corners and spine ends 12mo chez H.L.Guerin & L.F. Delatour 1753-1760. ***All parts of this series are scarce. Nollet was the first to observe that pointed bodies electrified give out streams of light. A third part was published in 1764 in which an ongoing fight with Franklin continued..
Lot 241
Crinitus De Honesta Disciplina Lib. XXV 1520 The Chatsworth copy with ink stamp of Henry Cavendish to verso of title title and woodcut printer`s device within ornate woodcut architectural border woodcut decorated initials some light spotting towards end and a pinpoint wormhole to outer margin of last few ff. else generally crisp and clean 17th century English calf covers with large gilt arabesque centre-pieces within 5 gilt filet borders the inner 3 sets with gilt floral corner-pieces sympathetically rebacked spine in compartments with gilt Chatsworth monogram at head and thistle motifs to other compartments erroneously dated `1720` in gilt at foot of spine covers detached corners repaired [Adams 2950; Renouard Ascensius II p.353/5] folio Paris [Rursus ex aed. Ascensianis] [1520]. ***Provenance: Henry Cavendish (natural philosopher) and by descent..
Lot 244
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..
Lot 274
Loggan (David) [Oxonia Illustrata] 21 plates only of 40 from Loggan`s Oxonia Illustrata including “Theatri Sheldoniani” “Hortus Botanicus” “Scholae Publicae” “Habitus Academici” and many college views engravings 11 with hand colouring each c.240 x 360mm. to 400 x 510mm. central vertical folds some hinged into mounts some tears to edges not affecting views light spotting browning and surface dirt 1675(21) ***German draughtsman and line engraver of topographical views. Born in Danzig he studied under Simon van der Passe and Hendrik Hondius and came to England early in his career. After working in London he went to Oxford and was appointed engraver to the university. There he produced his famous series of prints “Oxonia Illustrata” in 1675..
Lot 27
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.
Lot 61
Fabricius ab Aquapendente.Opera chirurgica half-title title in red and black with engraved vignette of labourers constructing a wall in front of a castle with 5*1 - 8*1 (14pp. preliminary text not usually present) text in double-column 9 folding engraved plates at end occasional soiling light water-staining towards end mostly marginal but slightly affecting plates contemporary calf rubbed corners worn rebacked [Wellcome III p.4] folio Leyden Boutesteyn 1723. ***”Fabricius teacher of Harvey at Padua made important observations on the valves of the veins.” GM This collected work includes his works on embryology and the venous valves. The plates depict surgical instruments and an orthopaedic correction suit..
Lot 66
Gibson. Anatomy of Human Bodies third edition initial imprimatur leaf 16 engraved plates ?lacking final leaf Qq8 (?blank) some light marginal water-staining at beginning contemporary signature of G.Hopkyns to title and front pastedown contemporary calf rubbed [Wing G674] 8vo for Awnsham Churchil 1688.
Lot 801
Julian Rossi Ashton, English/Australian 1851-1942- Extensive, Australian rural landscape with outbuildings; watercolour and bodycolour over traces of pencil, signed and dated 1910, inscribed label for The Fine Arts Society, 29 Bligh Street, Sydney, Australia, attached verso, 25x35cm, Note: The original Sydney Art School today the Julian Ashton Art School, which Ashton established in 1890, recognised as one of the most influential in Australia. In 1897-98 Ashton was president of the Society of Artists which in 1903 amalgamated with the Art Society of New South Wales to become the Royal Art Society of New South Wales. In 1907 he led a successful move to re-establish the Society of Artists, and was president until 1921 and vice-president until 1940, when he returned to the Royal Art Society. Because of Ashton`s domination, the society became strongly identified with his art school. He was behind the establishment in 1911 of the Fine Arts Society`s gallery and shop in Bligh Street, the first to deal solely in Australian art. He also lectured and wrote frequently, especially for Art in Australia. Ashton was a well-established artist in both oils and water-colour. He claimed his `Evening, Merri Creek` (1882) was the first plein air painting done in Australia. His early landscapes had a distinctly Australian feeling of light and space. He was also known for his romantic figure-paintings, many done at beaches near his home at Bondi. Awarded the Society of Artists` medal for distinguished services to Australian art in 1924, he was appointed C.B.E. in 1930, and won the Sydney sesquicentenary prize for a water-colour in 1938. (ADoB)
Lot 885
Graham Clarke b.1941- "Cottage garden"; etching and aquatint printed with tone, signed, titled and numbered 21/100 in pencil, 34x54cm: together with three further etchings from the same suite to include "Industry; Spring Ploughboys and Beneath The Green Willow, each signed, titled and numbered 21/100, in matching frames, (4) Note: A recent major project, Graham Clarke`s Millennium window is to be seen in his own parish church of Boughton Monchelsea, Kent. It involves light and sound as well as the stained glass itself. During the year 2000 he produced a large composite wood carving `The Gloucester Nativity`. Gloucester Cathedral is its home but it is designed to travel and forms the centrepiece at Clarke`s retrospective exhibition held at The Royal Museum and Art Gallery, Canterbury in 2001. (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Lot 979
* Stanley William Hayter 1901-1988- "Night and Day"; (B.M.203) Engraving, soft ground etching and embossing, 1953, signed and dated 1953, inscribed Etat VI, full margins on wove paper in generally good condition, light soiling and minor creasing in the margins, minor tear extreme bottom right, traces of printers ink in the margins, 70x54cm., (unframed)
Lot 1332
An early 20th Century lacquered brass and marble Clock Garniture, Boullier of Bourges, the drum-shaped cased surmounted by a dove amongst flowers, to a serpentine mount raised on four plain freestanding columns set with floral and ribbon swags, to a further shaped base and bladed feet, with beaded bezel enclosing a bevelled convex glass, to a signed 4” Arabic enamel dial with further Arabic quarters, outside minute track and floral swag detail to the centre, and fancy pierced gilt hands, to a circular brass movement with back mounted count wheel and anchor escapement, strike on a bell, height 17 ½”; together with a matching pair of side three light Candelabra (3)
Lot 356
Len Harvey 1907-1976 Lonsdale middle, light heavy and heavy weight champion, his shorts in presentation case, along with an Edwardian silver and leather boxing belt belonging to him, ornamented to the centre with two boxing figures in silver gilt and chased with scrollwork and flower heads, assayed London 1906.
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