Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1930. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. xxiv, Volume 1 (Hieroglyphic Transliteration, Translation and Commentary). 596pp. of text followed by eight full-page annotated plates. Half brown cloth over light brown linen. Gilt lettering and gilt decoration to spine. Minor shelf wear. Corners rubbed. Minor staining to..... More
Detroit: F. B. Dickerson, 1888. Third revised. Hardcover. Octavo. xv (i), 873pp. Original black cloth. Frontispiece portrait engraving. German translation of the third edition of Chase's "Practical Recipes." Compendium containing the newest useful and valuable prescriptions of all branches of medicine, general advice for the household, and a treatise of..... More
Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1988. Limited edition. Hardcover. Folio.IX, [1], 128, [4]pp. Original brown leather with gold tooling on covers and gilt lettering on spine. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Remarkable facsimile of the first (Venetian) edition published in 1491 of the Fasciculus Medicinae, a “bundle” of six..... More
Paris: Felix Alcan, 1904. Hardcover. 8vo. 523pp. 32pp. Stamped purple cloth with gilt lettering. Ex library. Grayish blue endpapers. Stamp on title page: "War Department, Office Chief of Staff. Mar -7 1904. Military Information Division." Work on anatomy and movement. Illustrated throughout with 565 b/w sketches. Age wear and staining..... More
Leipzig: Bermann Mendelssohn, 1864. Second revised. Hardcover. Octavo. xxii, (2) 260pp. Rebound in blue cloth with gilt ruling and lettering on spine. Account on the physical and philosophical aspects of atomism. Fechner was a German philosopher and physicist. He is known as a pioneer of experimental psychology and considered to..... More
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1843. First American edition. Hardcover. Lg. 8vo. xvi,629,[10]pp. Front board and front endpaper missing. Original leather back cover and spine. William Fergusson, 1st Baronet (1808-1877) was a Scottish surgeon as well as a Professor of Surgery and a surgeon in King's College in London. In five..... More
Berlin; Wien: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1937. 17th edition. Hardcover. Quarto (10 5/8 x 7 1/4"). VIII, 425, [1]pp; [427]-795, [1]pp; [797]-1033, [1]pp. Original illustrated cloth, with brown lettering to spines and front covers. Publisher's logo to each title. Illustrated with no less than 1550 woodcuts and 49 X-Ray photographic reproductions..... More
Bowie, MD: The Charles Press Publishers, Inc., 1978. First edition. Hardcover. Large quarto. 363, [1]pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over light green cloth, with brown lettering on spine and front cover. The "Atlas of Endoctrine Diseases" is a compilation of photographic and graphic presentation of patients with endoctrine diseases accompanied by..... More
Detroit: The Illustrated Medical Journal Co., 1879. Ninth Thousand. Softcover. 8vo. 320 pp. Paperback. Minor wear to edges. Head and tail of spine chipped. Light discoloration to edges and to spine. Illustrated with 116 b/w images. A tight copy in very good condition. More
Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1985. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 499, [1], 455, [1], 643, [1]pp. Full black leather with gold tooling and lettering on front covers and spines. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker in each volume. Exquisite edition of the Collected Essays of the best-known physician..... More
Bad Kreuznach: Graphische Kunstanstalt Jung & Co., 1928. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. Unpaginated. Original color illustrated stapled wraps, protected by modern mylar. Advertising brochure of the radium salt-water bath Bad Kreuznach near Wiesbaden, Germany. The brochure advertises the unique radio-active salt treatment in case of women's illnesses like gout, sciatica..... More
New London: U.S. Naval Submarine Base, 1951. First edition. Softcover. Quarto. 2pp. Original illustrated cream wraps with brown ruling and lettering on cover. A simple demonstration of the colors which are confused by persons with defective color vision conducted by the Medical Research Laboratory of the U. S. Naval Submarine..... More
Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1843. Second American Edition, revised. Hardcover. 8vo. xvi,458pp. Original calf. Heavy age wearing throughout binding. Head and tail of spine chipped. Foxing and sporadic water staining throughout. Frontispiece. Illustrated with 142 figures (drawings) in b/w. Fair condition. More
Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, 1953. First edition. Softcover. Octavo. 263pp. Original tan wrappers with vignette and black lettering on cover. Vignette on title page. Conference report of the Heidelberg Academy of Science, mathematical-natural science class. Detailed scientific study of the course of the plague in Venice and the measures taken to combat..... More
Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, 1870. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. IV, [2], 287, [1]pp. Original quarter calf over marbled paper covered boards with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Colored endpapers. Scarce German work on diabetes based on several studies. Age wear on binding with covers detached from spine, but present..... More
Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1869. First edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. VIII, 9-292, VIII, 9-293, [1]pp. Original 3/4 leather over marbled paper covered boards, with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. Printer's device on both title-pages. Scarce and fascinating medical work being a compilation of volumes 48 and 49 of the..... More
Philadelphia: Blanchard and Lea, 1862. New American edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xii, 18-420, 32pp. Original brown pebbled cloth with blind-stamped ruling on covers and gilt lettering and publisher's device on spine and title page. A new American edition from the third revised and much enlarged London edition. "Numerous facts and discussions..... More
Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. 4to. 257pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine. Section I-II of Stephanus' commentary on Hippocrates' aphorisms. Containing six parts (published in three volumes, this being part I & II), the work is based on the Greek medical scholar's lectures. In it, Stephanus..... More
London: MacMillan and Co., Ltd., 1910. First edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xii, 428, (8) 332pp. Original light red cloth with blind-stamped border, decor and vignette on covers, gilt lettering on spines. Blue endpapers. "Pharmacy, or the art of selecting, extracting, preparing, and compounding medicines from vegetable, animal, and mineral substances, is..... More
St. Louis: J.H. Chambers & Co., 1883. Second edition, revised. Hardcover. 8vo. xix. 228pp. Gilt embossed brown cloth with gilt lettering to spine. Age wearing throughout binding. Corners bumped and worn. Head and tail of spine slightly frayed. Scuffing and discoloration to boards. Red page edges. "With the bookplate and..... More
Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1982. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original gold-tooled leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Remarkable work on the brain and nerves, and compiling the facsimile editions of "The Anatomy of the Brain" (1802), "A Series of..... More
New York: Paul B. Hoeber, 1912. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo.76pp. Chestnut cloth with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. Explains the physiological and anatomical nature of features that result in these two types of visual conditions. In two lectures dated February 1st and February 3rd, the author, Professor F...... More
Birmingham: The Classics of Medicine Library, 1980. Limited edition. Hardcover. Quarto. Original gold-tooled leather with gold lettering on spine. Raised bands. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Ribbon marker. Publisher's booklet laid in. Remarkable facsimile of the 1778 second edition published in London by J. Johnson. This work on the history..... More
Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, 1993. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XXIV, 616, [4]pp. Original green cloth with gold lettering on spine and front cover. This remarkable work deals with the transmission of medical knowledge in medieval vernacular texts, focusing primarily on the writings of Ortolf von Bayerland, a Würzburg doctor active..... More
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1907. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. XI, [1], 187, [1]pp (Text), LIV (54)pp of plates. Original olive cloth with gold lettering on spine. The object of this remarkable work is to lay before the student of medical history an account of the various instruments with which the ancient..... More