Zurich: [Orphans of Zurich], 1774. First edition. Folio (14 15/16” x 9 ¼”, 380mm x 236mm): A2 B–Gg2 Hh2(–Hh2) Ii–Kk2 [$2 signed; –G1, Kk2]. 65 leaves, pp. 1–4 5–129 [1] (blank). With an engraved vignette, 2 hand-colored engraved plates of Linnean botany, and 100 hand-colored botanical woodblock prints after Fuchs.....
Two volumes in one. Leiden: Peter Vander, 1687. Second edition. Quarto (9” x 7 ½”, 228mm x 190mm): *4(–*1) **4 A–Aa4, 2A–Hhh4 [$3 signed; –2A1, –Ggg1; S2 signed “S”]. 319 leaves, pp. [14] (title, blank, 3pp. dedication, table of contents, 2pp. preface, section title, blank, 2pp. dedication to the Royal Society, preface, table of.....
Edinburgh: for William Creech, 1792. Octavo (8 7/8” x 5 ½”, 225mm x 140mm): binder’s blank, π4 A–F8 G4 H2 [$3 signed; +E4, –G3, –H2]. 58 leaves, pp. [2] (2pp. blank) i–iii iv–v [1] (blank) 1 2–107 [1] (blank). With 40 engraved plates. Bound in publisher’s blue drab boards, rebacked.....
“THE BEGINNING OF MODERN PHYSICS” UNSOPHISTICATED IN WRAPS Florence: Giuseppe Cocchini, 1666 [but 1667]. First edition, first issue. Folio (14 3/16” x 10”, 361mm x 2563mm): π-2π2 ✠4 A-Ll4 *6 χ2 (χ2 blank) [$2 signed; –A2, C1, C2, D2, E2, F1, F2, G1, G2, H1, H2, I2, K1, K2, L1.....
Two parts in one. Venice: Felice Valgrisi, 1570. Folio in 6s (12 ½” x 8 ¼”, 357mm x 210mm): *–**6 A–C6 D4 2A–Z6 AA–KKKK6 LLLL4 NNNN6 [$3 signed; –*1, NNNN1]. 518 leaves, pp. [68] (title, blank, 13pp. dedication to Ferdinand, 4pp. preface, papal copyright, imperial copyright, French copyright, Italian copyright.....
Venice: Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1560. Third edition in Latin. Folio in 6s (12 7/16” x 8 6/16”, 318mm x 213mm): α4 β6 a–f6 g4 2a–z6 A–Ss6 Tt4, 2A–D6 [$4 signed; –2A3; q2 signed “qa,” s2 signed “sa”]. 462 leaves, pp. [100] (title, blank, 11pp. dedication to Prince Ferdinand, 4pp. to the.....
THE RENAISSANCE OF ANATOMY, THE ANATOMY OF THE RENAISSANCE Basel: Johannes Oporinus, June 1543. First edition. Folio in 6s (15 11/16” x 10 3/8”, 399mm x 264mm): *6 A-Z6 a-l6 m8(+χ1) n-z6 Aa-Ll6 Mm8 [$4 signed; –*1; +Mm5; p5 signed “p4”]. 359 leaves, pp. [12] (woodcut title, blank, 6pp. dedication.....
VESALIUS’S LAST GASP Munich: the Bremer Press (Willy Wiegand) for the New York Academy of Medicine and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Library, 1934 [1935]. Limited edition, no. 129 of 615, of a total edition of 725. Folio (21 ½” x 15 ¼”, 545mm x 387mm): 188 leaves. With the English translation.....
PRESENTATION COPY TO A MILITARY HERO Paris: Gauthier-Villars, 1876. First edition. Octavo (9 3/8” x 6 1/8”, 240mm x 155mm). π41-38 4*8(±44.5) 5-248 255 [$2 signed; +4*4 as “4..*”; –82, 112]. 200 leaves, pp. i-vii (half-title, imprint, title, blank, dedication, blank, preface) viii, 1 2-387, blank, 21 (advertisements) 22-4.....
THE REESE SET 6 parts in 3 volumes. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard, 1817, 1818 and 1820. Quarto. With 60 aquatint plates, mostly printed in color a la poupée. Bigelow had planned to use hand-colored copper plate engravings, which are used in the first half of the first volume, but he.....
Plate 3 from Jacques Tortorel and Jean Perrissin. Le Premier volume, contenant quarante tableaux ou Histoires diverses qui sont mémorables touchant les Guerres, Massacres, & Troubles advenus en France en ces dernieres annees. Le tout recueilli selon le tesmoignage de ceux qui y ont esté en personne, & qui les.....
Frankfurt: Nikolaus Basse, 1590. First edition thus. Oblong octavo (6 11/16” x 8 ¾”, 171mm x 223mm): ∵4(–∵2-4) A8(–A1, A2, A7) B-C8 D8(–D4.5) E-Q8 R8(–R3) S4 T-Bb8 Cc8(–Cc5) Dd8(–Dd5) Ee-BbB8 CcC8(–CcC2-4) DdD-LlL8 MmM4 NnN-AaaA8 BbbB8(–BbbB3-5) CccC(–CccC8) DddD4 [$5 signed; –∵1, C5; Oo5 mis-signed “O5”, SsS4 mis-signed “TtT 4”]. 558 leaves.....
[Rome?: ca. 1615.] Watercolor, gouache and ink on paper (15 1/8” x 10 5/8”, 383mm x 269mm (sheet); 26 ¼” x 20 7/16” (frame)), mounted, glassed and framed. Numbered twice: once as “753.” immediately following the title and once as “323,”immediately below the bottom of the stem. Mildly evenly tanned.....
Paris: Librairie J.-B. Baillière et fils, 1876. First edition. Folio in 4s (14” x 10 5/8”, 356mm x 270mm): π4 1-184 192 [$1 signed]. 78 leaves, pp. i-vii (half-title, list of other works, title, blank, preface, blank, contents) viii, 1 2-148. With 14 chromolithographed plates. Bound in the publisher’s maroon.....
THE "FIRST BOOK DEVOTED ENTIRELY TO SURGICAL ANATOMY" Rome: Nicolò Angelo Tinassi, 1672. First edition. Small octavo (6 1/16” x 3 13/16”, 154mm x 97mm): a12 A-Ee8 Ff4 [$4 signed; –a1]. 240 leaves, pp. [24] (title, blank, 4pp. dedication, 6pp. to the reader, 4pp. to students, 6pp. contents, imprimaturs.....
FROM THE LIBRARIES OF TWO DISTINGUISHED HEART DOCTORS: PAUL DUDLEY WHITE & FRANCIS L. CHAMBERLAIN Amsterdam: Apud Janssonio-Waesbergios, 1741. Revised edition. Octavo (8 1/8” x 5 1/8”, 206mm x 131mm): *8(–*8) **6 A-Y8 Z4 [$5 signed; –*1]. 193 leaves, pp. [26] (title-page, blank, 3pp. to the reader, 3pp. authors.....
THE ESSENTIAL XVIIc WORK OF OPTICS Paris: Chez Thomas Jolly & Simon Benard, 1671. (Colophon: printed by Jean Cusson, 1670.) First edition. Folio in 4s (13 9/16” x 9 1/8”, 345mm x 231mm): binder’s blank, π4(π1 blank) ẽ4 ĩ4 õ4 ũ4 ãã4 A-Fff4 Ggg2 Hhh-Kkk4 Lll4(–Lll4) [$3 signed].....
Paris: Veufue Gabriel Buon, 1598. Fifth and best edition. Folio in 6s (13 ¾” x 8 11/16”, 349mm x 221mm): ã6 ẽ4 a-z6 A-Zz6 AA-KKk6 LLl6(–LLl6 blank) MMm-VVv6 XXx4(–XXx4 blank) [$4 signed; –ã1, Z1; Yy3 mis-signed “Yy ij”, MMm2 mis-signed “A ij”). 684 leaves, pp. [26] (engraved title, blank, 3pp.....
A RARE EARLY TREATISE ON TROPICAL MATERIA MEDICA Nuremberg: Peter Conrad Monath, 1719. Second edition. Pot quarto (7 3/16” x 6 7/16”, 196mm x 163mm): A4(–A4) B-L4 [$3 signed; –A1]. 43 leaves, pp. 1-2 (title, blank) 3-86. With 6 engraved plates (the first four as issued on half-sheets, 1.4.....
LARGE-PAPER COPY, UNTRIMMED Paris: chez l’Auteur, 1781. First edition. Folio (19 ¼” x 11 15/16”, 494mm x 304mm): χ1. 1 leaf, pp. [2] (2pp. explanation of plates). With 101 engraved plates: an engraved title and 100 engraved botanical plates with hand-color. Bound in contemporary brown marbled boards, (re-)backed with.....
Florence: Molini, Landi e Compagnia; 1805. First edition. Folio (14 3/8” x 9 3/8”, 365mm x 239mm): π2 1-142 [$1 signed]. 30 leaves, pp. [4] (title, blank, 2pp. dedication), 1 2-56. With 60 engraved plates colored by (a later) hand. Bound in modern half dark green morocco over marbled boards.....
A LETTER OF RECOMMENDATIONFROM THE FIRST U.S. NAVAL MEDICAL HERO Providence, 28 June 1839. Single sheet of writing paper (folded: 9 15/16” x 7 13/16”, 252mm x 198mm). Blind-stamped at the upper left. Written on the recto of the first folium, directed on the verso of the second folium.....
Philadelphia: A. Hart, 1852. Second edition. Quarto (12 3/8” x 10 1/8”, 315mm x 259mm): binder’s blank, 14 2-454, binder’s blank [$1 signed]. 360 leaves, pp. i-iii (title, copyright, preface) iv v (contents) vi-vii, [2] (blank, text), 10-359, [1] (explanation of plate L). With 50 lithographed plates colored by hand.....
De Gemmis: Leiden: Johannes Maire, 1647. First edition.Isagoge: Strasbourg: Caspar Dietzel, 1631. Octavo (7” x 4 1/4”, 177mm x 107mm): pp. [64], 212, [6]; [6], 176, [10]. With in excess of 40 woodcut illustrations. Bound in contemporary stabbed vellum with yapp edges. Authors and title in ink manuscript to the title. All.....
THE 10TH REGIMENT OF THE MISSOURI INFANTRY SURGEON’S BATTLEFIELD COPY OF THE RARE CONFEDERATE MANUAL OF MILITARY SURGERY WITH A DRAWING OF A FOOT SURGERY AND A COLLECTION OF 17 SURGICAL TOOLS Richmond[, VA]: Ayres & Wade, 1863. First edition. Duodecimo (6 15/16” x 4 3/8”, 176mm x 111mm): binder’s blank, 14 1*8.....