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81 2224 Medicine Boerhaave H 81 2224 Medicine Boerhaave H
81/2224 [Medicine]. Boerhaave, H. Kurze doch gründliche Abhandlung von Augenkrankheiten, und deroselben Cur, durch bewehrte, sichere, auch auf eigene Erfahrung gegründete Mittel und beygesetzte Recepten. Nürnb., W. Schwarzkopf, 1759, 2nd enl. ed., (14),310,(6)p., fold. engr. plate, contemp. calf.

- 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.

€ (100-150)
81 2225 Medicine Degner J H 81 2225 Medicine Degner J H
81/2225 [Medicine]. Degner, J.H. Historia Medica de Dysenteria Bilioso-Contagiosa quae MDCCXXXVI, Neomagi et in ei pagis Epidemice grassata fuit. Utr., N. van Vucht, 1754, 2nd ed., (6),X,389,(25)p., contemp. calf.

- Waterst. and wormholed at the beginning and end. Calf dam. at top of spine and along edges.

= BMN I, p.65; Wellcome II, p.441. Account of the dysentery epidemic which hit Nijmegen in 1736.

€ (50-70)
81 2226 Medicine Disdier F M 81 2226 Medicine Disdier F M
81/2226 [Medicine]. Disdier, F.-M. Traité des Bandages ou Méthode Exacte pour appliquer les bandages les plus usités en chirurgie, Ouvrage très utile et nécessaire aux jeunes chirurgiens Paris, n.publ., 1741, VII,(5),119,(50 blank)p., contemp. calf w. gilt spine and burgundy mor. letterpiece, sm.8vo.

- Contemp. owner's entries on verso first free endpaper, title-p. and final free endpaper, and on first two leaves after the final printed leaf. Corners and lower joint sl. worn.

= Rare work on bandaging. No copy traced in the BN.

€ (80-100)
81 2227 Medicine Flu P C 81 2227 Medicine Flu P C
81/2227 [Medicine]. Flu, P.C. Voordrachten over aetiologie, epidemiologie en specieele prophylaxis van de infectie- en parasitaite ziekten van den mensch. Haarlem, Erven F. Bohn, 1936, XIII,(1),876p., 296 (col.) ills., orig. gilt cl., 4to (fine). Spalteholz, W. Handatlas der Anatomie des Menschen. Leipsic, S. Hirzel, 1932-1933, 3 vols., 13th ed., VI,(2),309,(3); (4),311-563,(3); (6),565-975,(5)p., 1084 (col.) ills., orig. unif. gilt cl., 4to (vol. 3 lacks backstrip). - AND 3 others, i.a. H.K. CORNING, Lehrbuch der Topografischen Anatomie (Wiesbaden, 1909, 2nd rev. ed., num. (col.) ills., orig. cl., 4to).
€ (80-100) 90
81 2228 Medicine Froriep A 81 2228 Medicine Froriep A
81/2228 [Medicine]. Froriep, A. Zur Kenntnis der Lagebeziehungen zwischen Grosshirn und Schädeldach bei Menschen verschiedener Kopfform, zugleich ein Beitrag zur Vergleichung des Schädels mit der Todtenmaske. Leipsic, Von Veit, 1897, 46p., 5 col. lithogr. plates, orig. clothbacked boards, folio.

- Spine-ends dam; ticket on frontcover. Contents fine.

= First edition of this groundbreaking work on craniocerebral topography.

€ (70-90) 70
81 2229 Medicine Helvetius J F 81 2229 Medicine Helvetius J F
81/2229 [Medicine]. Helvetius, J.F. Amphitheatrum physiognomiae medicum. Dat is: schouw-plaets der Medicinale Gesicht-Konst. The Hague, L. van Dyck, 1664, 4 parts in 1 vol., each w. individual title-p., engr. fold. portr. of the author, 20th cent. hcl., sm. 8vo.

- Lacks first free endpaper; a few annots. Good copy.

= The three other parts are titled: [Part 2] Xistus Herbarum, Dat is Lustige wandel-weg der Cruyden ((10),54p.); [Part 3] Berillus Medicus: Dat is: Een Edele Gesteente van de Medicyne, Waer in te sien is, wat kruyden en gewassen yder maent in't jaer voortbrenght, ende wat by het insamelen van de selve is in acht te nemen ((10),32p.); [Part 4] Morborum: Dat is: Der Kranckheden dood ((12),68p.). BMN I,73; Hirsch-H. III, 174; Ferguson I, 384. Lindeboom, pp.827-828. The author studied at Harderwijk, where he graduated with a thesis on "De Peste", and became court physician of the Prince of Orange. He is best known for his alchemical work Vitulus Aureus (The Golden Calf).

€ (150-250)
81 2230 Medicine Hovorka O von and Kronfeld A 81 2230 Medicine Hovorka O von and Kronfeld A
81/2230 [Medicine]. Hovorka, O. von and Kronfeld, A. Vergleichende Volksmedizin. Eine Darstellung volksmedizinischer Sitten und Gebräuche, Anschauungen und Heilfaktoren, des Aberglaubens und der Zaubermedizin. Stuttg., Strecker & Schröder, 1908-1909, 1st ed., 2 vols., XXIV,459; X,960p., 28 plates, 383 ills., contemp. unif. giltlettered hcl., 4to.

- Hinges strengthened. Otherwise a fine copy.

= Bibl. Walleriana 13740; Garrison/ Morton 6455: "Most authoritative work so far available on the subject".

€ (50-70)
81/2231 Medicine De kwynende Amsterdamse heel konst 81/2231 Medicine De kwynende Amsterdamse heel konst
81/2231 Medicine De kwynende Amsterdamse heel konst 81/2231 Medicine De kwynende Amsterdamse heel konst
81/2231 [Medicine]. De kwynende Amsterdamse heel-konst. Amst., "Gedrukt met Previlegie van de geweeze Overlieden van 't Barbiers Gildt", n.d. (1731), 2 parts in 1 vol., (8),197,(2)p., fold. engr. frontisp., contemp. hroan with later marbled paper over covers.

- Page numbering occas. erratic, but complete; soiled/ waterstained in upper margin; bookplates (i.a. of R. Cordes) on upper pastedown.

= BMN I, p.38: "Het 1e dl. bevat 35, het 2e dl. 9 twist- en spotschriften over de in 1731 afgezette overlieden van het chirurgijns-gilde te Amsterdam." Rare.

Daelmans, E. De Nieuw-Hervormde Genees-konst, Gebouwt op de Gronden van het Alcali en Acidum, Waar in kortelijk, volgens de Gronden van de hedendaagse Nieuwe Practyk, alle Ziekten, met weinig omslag Genesen worden. Amst., Jan ten Hoorn, 1689, 2nd ed., (8),197,(2)p., woodcut title-vignette, contemp. calf w. modern repaired spine, sm. 8vo.

- Sl. later (1749) and modern annots. and library stamps on title-p.; new endpapers. Spine restored w. modern calf.

= Cf. Krivatsy 3041 (mentioning the 1st ed.); Lindeboom p.396-397.

€ (150-250) 150
81 2232 Medicine Leune J C F 81 2232 Medicine Leune J C F
81/2232 [Medicine]. Leune, J.C.F. De leer van Gall over de herssenen en schedel. Transl. M. Stuart. Amst., J. Allart, 1804, (8),205p., 5 fold. engr. plates, contemp. stiff wr.

- Library stamps on title; ticket on inside frontwr. Otherwise a fine copy.

= First Dutch translation of "Entwicklung der Gall'schen Theorie über das Gehirn" (1803). Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) was a German anatomist, physiologist, pioneer in ascribing cerebral functions to various areas of the brain (localization), and creator of phrenology, or the practice of divining individual intellect and personality from an examination of skull shape. According to Gall the surface of the skull faithfully reflects the relative development of the various regions of the brain. Hirsch III, 758/9; BMN I, 108.

€ (150-250)
81 2233 Medicine Malpighi M 81 2233 Medicine Malpighi M
81 2233 Medicine Malpighi M 81 2233 Medicine Malpighi M
81/2233 [Medicine]. Malpighi, M. Opera Posthuma. In quibus Excellentissimi Authoris vita continentur, ac pleraque quae ab ipso prius scripta aut inventa sunt confirmantur, & ab adversariorum objectionibus vindicantur. Amst., D. Donatus, 1698, (7),387p., engr. frontisp., 19 fold. plates, contemp. calf w. gilt spine, 4to.

- First 2 textleaves browned; waterstained in lower half of the page (especially affecting the first few quires (incl. frontisp. and fold. plates)), later on receding and then sl. increasing towards the end; lacks first free endpaper. Spine restored w. use of orig. backstrip.

= Wellcome IV, p.38; Nissen, ZBI 2657.

€ (200-300) 200
81 2234 Medicine Maygrier J P 81 2234 Medicine Maygrier J P
81 2234 Medicine Maygrier J P 81 2234 Medicine Maygrier J P
81/2234 [Medicine]. Maygrier, J.-P. Volledige verzameling van afbeeldingen, uit den geheelen omvang der theoretische en practische verloskunde, met eene uitvoerige beschrijvende verklaring derzelve. Ed. E.C.J. von Siebold. Dutch transl. S.J. Galama. Amst., C.L. Schleijer en Zoon, 1850, 2nd Dutch ed., 2 vols., text vol.: XII,680p.; plate vol.: letterpress htitle and title, 137[=136, the fold. plate counted as two] lithogr. plates (2 handcol., 1 fold.), modern unif. cl. w. use of contemp. gilt cl. backstrip.

- Some occas. foxing. Good copy. = BMN I, p.339; Fasbender 319.

€ (150-250) 275
81 2235 Medicine Salomon G 81 2235 Medicine Salomon G
81/2235 [Medicine]. Salomon, G. Handleiding tot de verloskunde. Amst., J. van der Hey, 1817, 1st ed., 2 vols., XXII,412,(1); XII,342,(1)p., 3 (fold.) engr. plates, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Both vols. bookblock loose and paper over covers mostly lacking. Contents good/ fine.

= Fasbender, p.355; Hirsch V, p.156.

€ (80-100) 130
81 2236 Medicine Sprengel K 81 2236 Medicine Sprengel K
81 2236 Medicine Sprengel K 81 2236 Medicine Sprengel K
81/2236 [Medicine]. Sprengel, K. Versuch einer pragmatischen Geschichte der Arzneikunde. Halle, J.J. Gebauer, 1800-1803, 2nd rev. ed., 5 vols., 3 (of 5) engr. frontisp. by i.a. A.G. EBERHARD, contemp. unif. gilt hcalf w. 2 contrasting mor. letterpieces.

- Lacks frontisp. of vol. 3 and 4; all vols. w. scattered libr. stamps; title-p. w. gluestains in inner margin. Corners showing. Nevertheless a good set.

= The first comprehensive history of medicine, for a long period the standard work on the subject. DSB XI, p.591; cf. Garrison/ Morton 6382; Wellcome V, p.165.

€ (100-150)
81 2237 Medicine Tissot S A A D and Bicker J 81 2237 Medicine Tissot S A A D and Bicker J
81 2237 Medicine Tissot S A A D and Bicker J 81 2237 Medicine Tissot S A A D and Bicker J
81/2237 [Medicine]. Tissot, S.A.A.D. and Bicker, J. Raadgeeving voor de gezondheid van den gemeenen man van Landlieden en allen, die de hulpe van eenen bekwaamen Genees- of Heelmeester ontbeeren, of niet spoedig genoeg bekomen kunnen (...). Rott., R. Arrenberg, 1772, 3rd enl. and rev. Dutch ed., XXXII,752p., engr. ill., contemp. overlapping vellum w. gilt ornamental piece on both covers.

- New endpapers; tightly bound; contents fine. Lacks ties; vellum sl. soiled.

= Norman Libr. 2081 (on the orig. French ed. (Lausanne, 1761)): "Tissot's treatise on popular medicine is a typical product of the health education movement that grew out of the didactic, humanitarian and selfimproving impulses of the Enlightenment. (...) [it] went through ten French editions in less than six years, was translated into every European language, and won for its author a medal and a pension"; Garrison/ Morton 1597; BMN I, p.389.

€ (70-90) 70
81 2238 Medicine Usiglio G 81 2238 Medicine Usiglio G
81/2238 [Medicine]. Usiglio, G. Della macchina dell'uomo de' suoi rapporti in generale ed in particolare di quelli esistenti fra le esterne, e le più nobili sue interne parti. Prospetto fisico-medico. Florence, G. Galletti, 1826, (10),155,(3)p., sl. later richly gilt and embossed calf, slipcase. - BOUND WITH: Idem. Memorie sulla salute pubblica in Toscana. Ibid., Stamperia Magheri, 1836, 65p. - AND WITH 2 short treatises on cholera by the same and 2 manuscript treatises (by the same?), i.a. "Memoire sur le Cholera Asiatique et sur la marche qu'il a tenu en Italie l'Année 1835 (...)".

- Partly sl. foxed.

€ (70-90) 400
81 2239 Medicine Vinkhuijzen H J 81 2239 Medicine Vinkhuijzen H J
81/2239 [Medicine]. Vinkhuijzen, H.J. De Melaatschheid, vooral met betrekking tot hare oorzaken en verhouding in de maatschappij. The Hague, Gebr. Van Cleef, 1868, VI,(2),232p., handcol. lithogr. ill. on title-p., 2 plates, contemp. gilt and blindst. red mor., a.e.g.

- Lacks the map; owner's entries on htitle. Upper joint splitting. = BMN I, p.237.

€ (40-60) 70
81 2240 Medicine Woyt J J 81 2240 Medicine Woyt J J
81 2240 Medicine Woyt J J 81 2240 Medicine Woyt J J
81/2240 [Medicine]. Woyt, J.J. Gazophylacium medico-physicum, of Schat-kamer der genees- en natuur-kundige zaaken, behelzende de meeste konst-woorden die in de genees-kunde gebruikelyk zyn, verhandelingen van veele in en uitwendige ziektens, beneffens derzelver genees-middelen, alle de mineralen, metaalen en aarden. Vreemde en inlandsche dieren, kruiden, bloemen, zaaden, zappen, olyen, harsten enz: alle zeldzaame speceryen in de medicynen gebruikelyk. En ten laatsten veele fraaje tot de werktuig-kunde behorende hand-greepen, alles in een welgepaste orde na 't Latynsche alphabet te zamen gestelt. Dutch transl. J.C. Schmellentin. Amst., Janssoons van Waesberge etc., 1741, (24),590,(28)p., engr. frontisp., 4 engr. tables, early 20th cent. hcl., 4to.

- Foxed/ sl. browned, mostly in margins; last page w. large paper remnant on lower blank part of the leaf.

= Rare 1st Dutch edition. BMN I, p.205. Cf. Ferchl 589; Hirsch V, p.999; Blake 495; Waller 10401; Zisska p.205.

€ (300-500) 300
81 2241 Merian M S 81 2241 Merian M S
81 2241 Merian M S 81 2241 Merian M S
81/2241 Merian, M.S. Leningrad Watercolours. Ed. E. Ullmann. New York/ London, H. and K. Wolff/ H.B. Jovanovich, 1974, 2 vols., 50 facs. plates printed in colours, each w. descriptive textleaf, loose as issued in orig. giltlettered hvellum box; commentary vol.: 319p., 146 col. ills. on fold. plates, text in German, English, French and Russian, orig. giltlettered hvellum unif. w. the box, large folio, printed in 1750 numb. copies, together in orig. board slipcase.

= Sumptuous publication on the watercolours by Maria Sibylla Merian.

€ (200-300) 200
81 2242 Metchnikoff E 81 2242 Metchnikoff E
81/2242 Metchnikoff, E. Études sur la nature humaine. Essai de philosophie optimiste. Paris, Masson & Cie., 1903, 1st ed., (6),II,399p., 20 ills., contemp. giltlettered hmor. Idem. Essais optimistes. Paris, A. Maloine, 1907, 1st ed., (6),III,(1),438p., 27 (photogr.) ills., contemp. giltlettered hcl.

- Ad 1: extremities sl. worn. Ad 2: some sl. occas. foxing.

= Two pioneering studies on resp. the human defect and thanatology (old age and death among animals and humans) by the zoologist and Nobel laureate Élie Metchnikoff (1845-1916).

€ (60-80) 150
81 2243 Meteorology Buisman J 81 2243 Meteorology Buisman J
81/2243 [Meteorology]. Buisman, J. Duizend jaar weer, wind en water in de lage landen. Ed. A.F.V. van Engelen. Franeker, Van Wijnen, 1995-2019, 7 vols., num. (col.) plates, ills., orig. unif. boards.
€ (80-100) 80
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