= With AUTOGRAPH DEDICATION on htitle. DSB III, p.95f: "Cartan was one of the most profound mathematicians of the last hundred years, and his influence is still one of the most decisive in the development of modern mathematics."
- Central part sl. waterst. in upper margin and sl. foxed. = Bierens de Haan 1568.
- Two sm. stamps on title. Cloth sl. worn; lower joint starting.
= First edition of "a very rare case in mathematical literature: the foundations of a new discipline are laid wthout the support of any previously published comprehensive work" (DSB). DSB VI, p.176f.
- Title-p. and final 2 textp. (sl.) browned. Lower edge sl. stained.
= Poggendorff III, p.1461.
= First separate edition.
- Each trifle yellowed; occas. sl. frayed.
= Interesting technical drawings showing i.a. "Machine a Condensateur", "Machine a vapeur a cylindre horizontal" and "Presse hydraulique".
AND 7 other pen/ pencil drawings (1x w. watercolour): 1 of an unidentified machine and classical ornaments and 6 architectural pen drawings by "Wolterstorff" (20th cent.).
- Owner's entry on first free endpaper; binding trifle worn. = BMN p.322.
- Trifle foxed. Sl. worn along extremities.
Witkowski, G.J. Le génération humaine. Ibid., H. Lauwereyns, 1881, 362,(1)p., 2 chromolithogr. multi-layered plates of the female anatomy, contemp. gilt hmor.
- Trifle foxed. Sl. worn along extremties.
AND 1 other.
- Bindings rubbed; backcover vol. 2 stained.
- Owner's entry on title (dated 1876); contemp. entry in pen and ink on p.1 ("Ter nagedachtenis aan JW Francken (...)"); plates occas. sl. yellowed/ browned.
= Bibl. Med. Neerl. I, p.86; cf. Wellcome II, p.185 (German ed.). Very rare anatomical atlas, first published Leipsic, 1841.
- Occas. sl. browned/ soiled; 4th part owner's stamp on first free endpaper and first text leaf. Covers (sl.) rubbed/ worn; 4 vols. spine-ends sl. dam.; corners showing.
- Sl. dogeared at beginning. Frontcover and spine-ends sl. dam.
= Rare, not in the usual bibliographies.
Astruc, J. L'art d'accoucher réduit à ses principes, ou l'on expose les pratiques les plus sûres & les plus usitées dans les différentes espêces d'Accouchemens. Paris, P.G. Cavelier, 1771, LXXII,308p., 20th cent. boards.
= Wellcome I, p.65. On the art of midwifery of complicated deliveries. With a "Lettre sur la conduite qu'Adam & Eve durent tenir à la naissance de leurs premiers enfans".
AND 3 others similar, i.a. C.H. VALENTIN, Essai sur les pertes Qui précèdent, accompagnent ou suivent l'Accouchement (ibid., 1799, modern boards. Annot. in pen and ink on title-p.) and J.-M. BAYSSELLANCE, Dissertation sur le renversement de l'uterus (ibid., 1803, modern boards).
- Sl. foxed. Binding trifle worn.
= The Classics of Neurology & Neurosurgery Library. Facsimile reprint of the Philadelphia/ London ed. 1889.
AND 5 other similar facsimile reprints of similar works, i.a. P. DEGRAVERS, A Complete Physico-Medical and Chirurgical Treatise on the Human Eye (New York, 1992).
- A few sentences underlined on p.1-10; lacks first free endpaper. Bookblock shaken; spine-ends sl. worn.
- Bindings sl. worn; vol. 2 lacks vol. piece.
- Good/ fine set.