80 2455 Mathematics Euclides 
80 2455 Mathematics Euclides 
80 2455 Mathematics Euclides 
- Fore-edge sl. inkstained w. some bleeding into right margin. Good/ fine copy.
= Hoogendoorn p.973f, 3.1; Bierens de Haan 5255; Waller 529/ 530 (other eds.); Geerebaert XXXVI, 10b.
80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S 
80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S 
80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S 
80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S 
80 2456 Mathematics Leclerc S 
- Last few lvs. a few wormholes; one plate cut out and laid down (by the printer?); endpapers unevenly browned; otherwise contents w. minor imperfections, mostly fine. Spine and back cover wormholed.
= Italian edition of the treatise for students by Sebastien Leclerc. The geometrical figures in the plates are combined with small views and figures. Leclerc (1637-1714) was an engraver who studied physics and geometry in relation to perspective theory and was appointed to ""l'Academie de Peinture"" as professor in perspective in 1672.
80 2457 Mathematics Morgenster J 
80 2457 Mathematics Morgenster J 
80 2457 Mathematics Morgenster J 
- Occas. (sl.) browned/ soiled/ dogeared/ (ink)stained (sl. affecting a few plates). Vellum sl. soiled; loosening/ dam. at lower turn-in.
= Bierens de Haan 2516. With an extensive chapter "Van Kaarte-maken."
80 2458 Mathematics Schmidt I R 
80 2458 Mathematics Schmidt I R 
80 2458 Mathematics Schmidt I R 
- Occas. sl. yellowed; partly waterst. Joints rubbed; lower joint splitting. = Sloos, Van Cleef 822-06.
Lacroix, S.F. Beginselen der stelkunst, ten gebruike van de kadetten der Koninklijke Artillerie- en Genieschool te Delft. Dutch transl. and ed. I.R. Schmidt. Ibid., idem, 1821, (4),XIV,(2),390p., bound unif. w. the preceding.
- Yellowed/ sl. browned throughout. Joints rubbed; backstrip dam. at foot. = Sloos, Van Cleef 821-04.
80 2459 Mathematics Westen W van 
80 2459 Mathematics Westen W van 
80 2459 Mathematics Westen W van 
- Vaguely/ sl. waterst. in margins. Otherwise a good copy.
= Hoogendoorn p.979f, 4.2; Bierens de Haan 5302 (publ. widow Loots-Mans, sl. diff. collation); Muller 771 (ed. 1641); De Vries 499 and Versnel 989 (both ed. 1644); Philip, A bibliography of firework books W070.6 (publ. widow Theunis Jacobsz., sl. diff. collation). Adaptation of J. Leurechon, Récréations mathématiques (1624); the last part deals i.a. with fireworks.
80 2460 Medicine Mauriceau F 
80 2460 Medicine Mauriceau F 
- Frontisp. browned/ foxed and trifle frayed in blank margins; a few hinges strengthened w. tape; some sl. foxing/ thumbing; last part sl. waterst. Spine lacks letterpiece; upper joint sm. dam. spot at top of spine.
= BMN I, p.342; Garrison/ Morton 6147 (French ed.): "The outstanding textbook of the time. Mauriceau, leading obstetrician of his day, introduced the practice of delivering his patients in bed instead of in the obstetrical chair (...). This book established obstetrics as a science."; Hagelin, The womans booke p.65-67; Norman Library 1461 (French ed.); Bibliotheca Walleriana 6362; Krivatsky 7595. The first Dutch edition.
80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F 
80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F 
80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F 
80 2461 Medicine L'Admiral J and Ruysch F 
- Mezzotint very fine; contemp. entry on title-p. Brocade paper sl. soiled/ faded.
= Very rare. Contains an early col. mezzotint with an extensive legend showing "het vaatagtig vliesje, leggende in 't onderste gedeelte van de pan van de ongenaamde beenderen, 't welk, onderleggende, alhier belemmert wordt door een vleezige klomp, van de zeer wel opgevulde, en daarom zeer root zich vertonende, spieren overgebleven." SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXXII.
80 2462 Medicine Alpinus P 
- Occas. waterstained; annotated copy (contemp. hand); bookblock shaken (first quire loosening).
= Cf. Bibl. Walleriana 370 (ed. 1719); Wellcome Library II, p.36; cf. Garrison/ Morton 2194 ("A classical work of prognosis"); cf. Osler 1801.
80 2463 Medicine Alpinus P 
80 2463 Medicine Alpinus P 
- Engr. armorial bookplate on verso first free endpaper; occas. sl. yellowed. Top of spine chipped; corners showing.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. This ed. not in Wellcome. Lindeboom 533; Hertzberger 238; Garrison/ Morton 2194 (other edition): "A classical work on prognosis".
80 2464 Medicine Bernard C 
- Trifle foxed; bookplate of C. Julliard on upper pastedown. Joints splitting.
= Norman 206: "Intended as the prologue to a multi-volume work on the principles of experimental medicine (which was never published), Bernard's masterly justification and exposition of the use of the experimental method in studying life phenomena has remained a classic of both scientific and philosophical literature"; PMM 353; Bibl. Walleriana 951.
80 2465 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
80 2465 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Sl. yellowed/ agetoned; partly sl. water-/ dampstained; a few lvs. w. restored margins.
= Krivatsy 1188; Bibl. Med. Neerl. I, p.57; Hirsch I, p.441. The third edition of this popular medicinal manual by the erudite Van Beverwijck, friend of the poet J. Cats, whose poems are found throughout the book. Among his remarkable observations we find the description of silicosis (gin-drinker's liver), artificial teeth and epileptic children due to alcoholism. The work also contains a chapter on tobacco (Arents 261, with reproduction of the fine half-p. engr. of Dutch smokers).
80 2466 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
80 2466 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Ad 1: Lacks engraved title and p.205-220 (quire O, containing 3 full-p. ills.); erroneously paginated (p.284-295). Waterstained; bookblock loose; first and final few quires loose(ning). Vellum darkened and stained. Sold w.a.f.
= Ad 1: Krivatsy 1199; BMN p.290; Lindeboom, DMB p.130. Ad 2: Krivatsy 9103; cf. BMN p.87 (ed. 1630).
80 2467 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Lacks p.479-480 incl. 1 ill. Title-p. w. tear; 2 plates cut sl. short in right margin; occas. sl. stained/ soiled; final lvs. sl. wormholed in lower blank margin. Vellum soiled.
= Rare ed. BMN I, 387. Popular medicinal manual by the erudite Van Beverwijck, friend of the poet J. Cats, whose poems are found throughout the book. I.a. on the medicinal benefits of wine, beer, sugar, salt, and various herbs.
80 2468 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Frontispiece to first part loose; first 5 lvs. outer blank margin strengthened/ repaired; quire R misbound (but complete); lacks final free endpaper. Binding worn.
= BMN 1399 E22 (ed. 1636). A popular manual for a healthy life by the erudite Van Beverwijck, friend of the poet J. Cats. A seventeenth century Regimen Sanitatis Salernitatum. I.a. on the medicinal benefits of wine, beer, sugar and salt. Also various herbs.
80 2469 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2469 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2469 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2469 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- Paper over boards chafed. Contents fine.
= One of only 2 rare case-histories by H. Boerhaave. This history gives the description of a very large tumor in the mediastinum. Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 353: "The history related here is that of the Marquise de St. Auban, who had married a Countess van Wassenaer and dies from a mediastinal tumor"; Lindeboom, DMB p.184; Hertzberger 67; Wellcome II, p.190.
Idem. De morbis oculorum. Praelectiones publicae ex codicibus auditorum editae. Ed. A. von Haller. Göttingen, Officina Vandenhoeckiana, 1750, 2nd ed., (10),238p., fold. engr. plate, contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Fine copy.
= Second edition of the series of public lectures on diseases of the eye (first lectured in 1701, first published after his death in 1746), Boerhaave describes its diseases and their treatments. It is held to have laid the foundation for practical ophthalmology in the 18th century. Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Source Book of Ophthalmology 256; Lindeboom 398: "For this second edition, adapted by Von Haller with the aid of his pupil Christian Ludwich Willich (Nordheim), a much more extensive dictation of Laurentius Heister was used. In the preface Haller urges the reader not to consult the editions appearing at Paris and Venice any longer"; Hertzberger 192.
Idem. Des Maladies des Yeux, à quoi l'on joint son introduction à la pratique clinique; les leçons sur la pierre; quelques descriptions des maladies et quelques consultations du même auteur. Paris, Briasson, 1749, 1st French ed., (8),371,(5)p., 4 engr. plates, contemp. gilt calf.
- Plates sl. mouldy. Upper joint splitting at foot of spine.
= Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on final blank. Source Book of Ophthalmology 255; Lindeboom 411: "After Boerhaave's death several pupils adapted their dictations of his annual lecture course for publication"; Hertzberger 194 (ed. Paris, Durand).
80 2470 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- Owner's entries on 3rd blank; partly sl. wormholed in lower blank margin.
= Rare ed. Lindeboom 179; Bibl. Walleriana 1191ff (other eds.).
80 2471 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2471 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- Stamp of the New York Historical Society on title; first and final leaf yellowed/ sl. browned due to former binding.
= Lindeboom 478; Wellcome II, p.190; Partington II, p.744: "(...) this treatise is more correct than the Latin original."; Duveen p.641-642: "(...) beautifully printed edition (...)"; Cole 168: "The first essentially unabridged and correct English translation of the 1732 Elementa was made by Timothy Dallowe, a former pupil of Boerhaave's. It includes a few variations approved by the author." The plates depicting apparatus and furnaces. Two of the plates are signed J. Mynde.
80 2472 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2472 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2472 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2472 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- Contemp. owner's entry on first title and upper pastedown ("Francisce Teine(?)"); occas. annotations in blank margins; final lvs. dam. in outer blank margin; occas. sl. yellowed. Leather over backcover loosening; foot of spine and corners wormholed; lacks part of letterpiece.
= Ad 1: Lindeboom 43; Hertzberger 125; Bibl. Walleriana 1202. Ad 2: Lindeboom 146; Hertzberger 30; Bibl. Walleriana 1193. Ad 3: Lindeboom 286; Hertzberger 147; Bibl. Walleriana 1214.
Consultationes medicae: sive sylloge epistolarum cum responsis Hermanni Boerhaave. The Hague, A. Johnson, 1743, (4),231,(1),34p., contemp. simple. boards.
- Waterstained; library stamp on title ("Bibliotheca Bergamo"). Boards sl. soiled; 2 paper tickets on spine.
= Collection of 52 consultations on the basis of letters. Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 575 (erroneously dated 1734); Hertzberger 85.
80 2473 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2473 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2473 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2473 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- Sl. dampstained in upper (mostly) blank margin; occas. sl. yellowed. Otherwise fine.
= Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 60: "The lectures which Boerhaave gave the first on June 23, 1701, were called: Institutiones Medicae. The book bearing this title is based on these lectures"; Hertzberger 126; Wellcome II, p.188; this edition not in Bibl. Walleriana.
Idem. Praelectiones academicae de lue venerea. Franeker, J. Brouwer, 1751, (4),167,(1)p., modern hcalf, sm. 8vo.
- Owner's entry and a library stamp on title (shining through on 2 following pages). Otherwise contents fine.
= Rare edition of a compilation on venereal diseases by Boerhaave's pupils based on his lectures. Only 1 copy in STCN. Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Bibl. Walleriana 1220; Hertzberger 71; Lindeboom 387; Proksch I, p.35; this edition not in Wellcome.
80 2474 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- Partly foxed and waterst. (also affecting the plate); sl. yellowed. Binding dried/ worn and w. some dam. spots.
= Cf. Albert/ Norton/ Hurtes 257; cf. Waller 1211.