Multi-layered chromolithographic plates on linen-backed coated stock of Torso, Head, Eye, Ear, Upper & Lower Extremities with inexplicably detailed attention to the Male & Female Pelvic rgans. Wear to corners of locking folder (sans key), lacks key to letters in plates, with all movables intact.; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
A handsome set in full vellum. [xlvi], 1344, [liii]. The Foesius volume: [vi], 318. Frontis to volume one. Vellum separated or separating at hinges but boards remain firmly attached. From the library of the "Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland" with their bookplate to front pastedowns, but no further markings, Swann. 10.4 x10.3 inches View More...
16 1/2" x 22 1/2". Represents three fetal skeletons in field with arch and obelisk in background: figure 1 at c. 8 months, figure 2 at 5 months and figure 3 at c. 4 months. Thiroux d'Arconville's great improvement upon Monro's 1726 Anatomy of the Human Bones. Includes folio key plate and four explanatory pages. A very good deep impression on heavy stock. First Edition. View More...
16 1/2" x 22 1/2". Represents three fetal skeletons in field with arch and obelisk in background: figure 1 at c. 8 months, figure 2 at 5 months and figure 3 at c. 4 months. Thiroux d'Arconville's great improvement upon Monro's 1726 Anatomy of the Human Bones. Includes folio key plate and four explanatory pages. A very good deep impression on heavy stock. First Edition. View More...
Beige cloth with title to front cover and spine. Three pages of advertisements prior to title page, along with an appendix and five pages of ads to rear. No previous owners' names or other markings.5 x 7.5 in First Edition. View More...
Publisher's full brown calf with decorative blindstamping to covers and spine.. Circa 898 pages (446 paginated leaves). A very nice copy without bookplates or markings. Please expect extra postage for overseas orders. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; [vi,][446] pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
47 plates on 41 sheets in the original wraps; lacking front wrap and free fly. A clean crisp copy.; Folio 10x16.5 in; 257x415; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. . View More...
Full vellum with titles inked to spines. 6 raised bands. Red speckled edges. Fissure in vellum at front hinges, but quite firm. Wine colored stain to front cover of vol. II near spine. Many foldout plates. Late 17th century compilation of medical specialties. A nice clean copy without previous owners' names or other markings. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 1072; 1223 pages; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
English translation of text by Lennox Browne. Paper covered boards with black cloth spine. Boards detached. Cover plate of jaw separated at hinge, otherwise plates crisp & clean. Includes 39 page Explanatory Pamphlet The Mechanism of Voice, Speech and Taste. First Edition. View More...
Bound in full brick red leather by Quebecor Printing Sherwood with gilt rule and design to boards. Spine is stamped in 22-karat gold. 3 raised bands to spine; all edges gilt; silk ribbon present in each volume; and marbled endpapers. Includes publisher's Notes from the Editors pamphlet. No previous owners' names or other markings. Pages bright and clean. Very small scrape ( View More...
1743. [ii], [iv], [ii], 228, [xviii]; [ii], 253, 45. Two parts together in later binding of brown paper covered board. Gilt particulars to green label to spine. All edges painted teal. Bookplate of the Library of the Medical and Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland to front pastedown; their purple stamp occasionally throughout including to title pages. With several folding plates to rear of book. A nice clean copy without further markings. ; 8vo; All shipments through USPS insured Priority Mail. View More...
Two volumes bound as one. The first dealing with diseases of children & the second with poisons .Full yapped vellum. From the "Library of the Medical & Chirurgical Faculty of Maryland" with their large bookplate but without other markings. Swann; 11 x 18 cm; 4.25 x 7 inches; [viii],468,[25],[viii]168,[8] pages . View More...
Full green cloth with gilt title to front cover and spine. Slight staining to bottom corner of title page and preface not affecting text. Moisture remnants and staining to rear cover (see image). Lacking rear fly leaf. Wear to top and bottom of hinges (see image). Occasional pencil markings and staining to top edge of rear pages not affecting text. Two pages of advertisements to rear. 4.25 x 6.25 in View More...
Full worn brown calf. Red morocco label with gilt particulars to spine of volume I, which is lacking bottom quarter of spine covering. Volume II completely lacking spine covering. Loss to bottom right corner of volume II half title (not affecting text). Complete with 17 folding plates. Plate VI with a closed tear to the lower left margin (not affecting image); plate XVI significantly creased. Foxing throughout. Six pages of Latin text (editores et commentatores from "Horatii") inexplicably bound in rear of volume II. Nevertheless, a serviceable copy with nicely engraved plates. ; 8vo 8" ... View More...
Three volumes in four. Half Morocco over marbled boards. Marbled endpapers and edges. Five raised bands on each with gilt titles on spines. Vol. I lacks the half-title and front fly. Previous owner's inscription to rear of front endpaper to Vol. I. Wear to leather on heads and tails of spines, as well as corners, yet remains a supple tight set with no other markings. Handsome shelf appearance. Vol. I pp. [xxxii] 1058, Vol. II pp. [iv] 931, Vol. III pp. 768, and Vol. IV pp. [767] 1490. View More...
Maroon cloth boards with gilt particulars to front board and spine. Top edge gilt. 35 chapters and 4 appendices with topics covered include: Fundamental functions of the heart muscle-cells; Preliminary examination of the patient; Reflex, or Protective Phenomena; Angina Pectoris; The position and movements of the heart; The Venous Pulse; The extra-systole; Valvular defects; Cardio-sclerosis (Arterial Degeneration. The Senile Heart); Chloroform in Heart Affections; Prognosis; Treatment and many others. Some slight discoloration to spine with minor spotting to boards (see image). xix, 386 pp. 7... View More...
Original hand-colored copper-plate engraving, this being plate 15 from William Woodville's Medical Botany. Common name of plant added in elegant 19th century script to top of page. No other names or markings. Full title: "Medical botany containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates, of all the medicinal plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended in the catalogues of the materia medica, as published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh...." Light image transfer from adjacent plate and light thumbing (see image). 5.8 x 8.5 inches. View More...
Original hand-colored copper-plate engraving, from Woodville's Medical Botany. No names or other markings. Full title: "Medical botany containing systematic and general descriptions, with plates, of all the medicinal plants, indigenous and exotic, comprehended in the catalogues of the materia medica, as published by the Royal Colleges of Physicians of London and Edinburgh...." Light image transfer from adjacent plate and light thumbing (see image). 6.13 x 8.5 inches. View More...