- Partly vaguely waterst. (mostly in margins); library stamps on first blank. Extremities trifle worn; corners showing.
= Contains contributions by Duhamel, Fourcroy, Gallon, Fougeroux de Bondaroy and De la Lande. Poggendorff I, p.618, 782f and 1349.
Hire, P. de La. Mémoires de l'Academie Royale des Sciences. Vol. 9. Oeuvres diverses de M. de La Hire. Paris, Compagnie des libraires, 1730, (16),730p., mathematical woodcut ills., later boards, 4to.
- Title-p. reattached w. tape; partly vaguely (water)stained in inner margin; lower hinge broken. Upper joint splitting; paper over backstrip partly worn off.
= Cf. Poggendorff I, p.1347f.
- Trifle foxed. Binding sl. worn along extremities.
= French translation of one of the most important works by Boerhaave. Lindeboom 190; Hertzberger 58.
Idem. Tractatus de viribus medicamentorum. Ed. B. Boudon. Paris, G. Cavelier, 1740, new ed., LVII,564p., contemp. hroan, sm. 8vo.
- Title-p. sl. foxed. Backstrip heavily worn.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 319. "One of Boerhaave's pupils published an adaptation of his "Libellus de materia medica", greatly amplified from the lectures of his master. The success of this spurious edition, followed by many reprints, shows clearly how much Boerhaave's teaching on the medical treatment of diseases was valued" (Lindeboom).
BOUND WITH: Abercromby, D. Nova medicinae, tum speculativae, tum practicae, clavis; sive Ars explorandi Medicas Plantarum, ac Corporum quorumcumque, Facultates ex solo Sapore. Ibid., idem, 1740, 43,(5)p., new enl. ed.
- A few 18th and 19th cent. owner's entries and a library stamp on title; sl. dampstained. Otherwise a good copy.
= Lindeboom 143: "A year after the Institutiones Boerhaave published another book, the Aphorismi de cognoscendis et curandis morbis. It was dated 1709, but probably came out at the end of 1708. It is a collection of short pronouncements concerning the diagnosis and therapy of various diseases. Apparently Boerhaave emulated Hippocrates to a certain extent in this work. If possible this work was still more in demand than the previous one and numerous editions spread the fame of the author." Norman 256 ("The work deals with pathology and therapy, complementing the Institutiones; the two works were largely responsible for Boerhaave's European reputation"); Wellcome II, p.189; Bibl. Walleriana 1191; Hertzberger 26.
- Waterstained in upper (mostly) blank margin.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 171; Hertzberger 33; Bibl. Walleriana 1195 (other ed.).
BOUND WITH: Idem. Libellus de materie medica et remediorum formulis, quae serviunt aphorismis de cognoscendis et curandis morbis. Ibid., idem, 1720, (12),186,(42)p.
= Lindeboom 293; Bibl. Walleriana 1213 (other ed.).
- 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.
- 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: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom 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.
- Plates sl. mouldy. Upper joint splitting at foot of spine.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. 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).
- Both vols. damp-, waterstained and occas. mouldy; 1 plate torn in fold. Binding worn along extremities; upper joint partly split (±6 cm.).
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. The first Latin edition, warranted by the author with his signature on verso of title-page. Lindeboom 450; Hertzberger 93; Ferguson I, p.112; Schwerdt 105; Duveen p.84; Ferchl p.53: "Der erste enthält Geschichte und Theorie, der zweite die Operationen"; DSB II, p.227: "(...) the Elementa chemiae (...) remained the authoritative chemical manual for decades (...)". In 1732 seven editions were published simultaneously in Europe.
BOUND WITH: Idem. Opuscula omnia. The Hague, J. Neaulme, 1738, 2nd ed., (4),139p., woodcut printer's mark on title-p., 2 small engr. textills.
= "De eerste complete editie van Boerhaaves medische voordrachten, Opuscula omnia..., met een polemiek met de befaamde geneesheer Frederik Ruysch (1638-1731) en een verhandeling over kwik." (Een heel huis vol. Beredeneerde catalogus). Lindeboom 526; Hertzberger 179. The first complete edition of Boerhaave's 8 orationes (1701-1731), together with 4 other tracts. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIX.
- Late 18th cent. owner's entry (ms. inscription of the presentation gift by Dr. Pat. McArthur to the Medical Society of Aberdeen) and a few annots. in blank margins in pen and ink; 2 library stamps; bookplate on upper pastedown ("Franz Sondheimer"); sl. yellowed/ foxed. Rebacked w. modern calf.
= The rare Paris edition of the Elementa chemiae, sometimes described as the best edition with copious indexes. The second work, Opuscula omnia, in first edition, includes a series of lectures from 1701 to 1731, letters between Boerhaave and Ruysch in 1721 and some works on pharmacology. Lindeboom 457; Hertzberger 96.
- Trifle foxed. Wrappers sl. soiled. Otherwise fine.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 462; Hertzberger 100; Ferguson I, p.112; Schwerdt 105; Duveen p.84; Ferchl p.53: "Der erste enthält Geschichte und Theorie, der zweite die Operationen"; DSB II, p.227: "(...) the Elementa chemiae (...) remained the authoritative chemical manual for decades (...)". First published in 1732.
- 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.
- 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.
- Sl. dampstained in upper (mostly) blank margin; occas. sl. yellowed. Otherwise fine.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom 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.
- Wrapper plasticized
= Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Bibl. Walleriana 1210; Hertzberger 52; Wellcome II, p.189; Lindeboom 180: "Love was a medical student yet, when he undertook this translation, some mistakes he made indicate that the students did not always understand the latin teaching entirely. For example he renders the word vomica, which means ulcer (in the lung), as vomiting!".
- First vol. partly dampstained; both vols. trifle foxed. Corners showing; covers sl. scratched.
= Lindeboom 480; Hertzberger 104; cf. Wellcome II, p.190 (2nd ed. 1741).
- Sl. waterstained in upper and lower (mostly) blank margins. Binding soiled.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 520; Hertzberger 175.
- 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.
- Joints starting; chipped at foot of spine.
= Lindeboom 390; Hertzberger 72; Proksch I, p.35. Boerhaave's lecture on venereal diseases.
AND 1 other edition of the same work (Lindeboom 385).
- Occas. sl. foxed. Restored binding.
= The rare first edition of these famous lectures on nervous diseases, based on the notes taken by van Swieten among others. Lindeboom 421; BMN, p.248; Hertzberger 185.
- Sl. yellowed and foxed; 2 stamps and owner's entry on title. Joints splitting; chipped at top of spine; lower corner frontcover lacks portion of leather; backcover partly discoloured.
= Lindeboom 424; BMN I, p.248; Hertzberger 186; Wellcome II, p.191.