1735 - 2048 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
79 1935 Lorentz H A 
- All vols. first blank and final text leaf yellowed/ browned on verso. Two vols. w. superficial scratch on frontcover (vol. 5)/ backcover (vol.6). Nevertheless a fine set.
= Dutch physicist and joint winner (with Pieter Zeeman) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1902 for his theory of electromagnetic radiation, which, confirmed by findings of Zeeman, gave rise to Albert Einstein's theory of relativity. Rare.
79 1936 Magnetism Pfaff C H 
79 1936 Magnetism Pfaff C H 
79 1936 Magnetism Pfaff C H 
- Partly vaguely waterst. in inner margin. Binding sl. worn; frontcover loosening.
= Rare. Crabtree 278 (German ed., 1817): "This work is the result of Pfaffs critical attitude towards the subject [animal magnetism]. Pfaff was aware of the problem of suggestion and the tendency of the somnambulist to fulfill the subtle expectations of the magnetizer. He skeptically views the experiences of Gmelin, Fischer, F. Hufeland, and others."
Binet, A. and Féré, C.S. Le magnétisme animal. Paris, G. Baillière et Cie, 1887, (8),283,(1),4,32(publ. cat.)p., 15 woodengr. ills., orig. gilt cl.
- (Sl.) foxed; lower hinge weak. Cloth sl. discoulered; backstrip sl. worn/ dam.
= Crabtree 1162: "A well researched and widely read treatment of animal magnetism and hypnotism by two respected psychological investigators. The book includes a brief but informative history of those phenomena up to the time of its publication. It also contains a treatment of the stages of hypnotism, the nature of hypnotic suggestion, and the therapeutic application of hypnotism (...)".
AND 1 other: J.-S. MORAND, Le magnétisme animal. Étude historique et critique (Paris, 1889, ills., orig. wr. Crabtree 1241).
79 1937 Marius J and Francus J 
79 1937 Marius J and Francus J 
- Occas. sl. foxed/ spotted. Binding sl. worn; spine-ends dam.; joints splitting.
= Ad 1: Wellcome IV, p.56. First French transl. of the orig. Latin ed. (Augsb., 1685). Rare publication on the beaver's exudate 'castoreum', which was used since antiquity as a remedy i.a. for cramps, insomnia and anxiety.
79 1938 Martinet J F 
- Sl. foxed and fingersoiled; last vol. partly w. waterstain in lower outer corner. Boards chafed; leather spines rubbed/ sl. worn along extremities.
= B. Paasman, J.F. Martinet, p.45-65 and p.100; cf. Bierens de Haan 3061. "Uit dit werk, dat zich tot de grote groep geïnteresseerde leken richtte, kan men de 18e-eeuwse opvattingen leren kennen, niet alleen op het gebied van de biologie, maar ook op dat van de astrologie, geologie, fysica, meteorologie en ook filosofie, theologie en psychologie. Men vindt er vele gegevens over de zeden en gewoonten van de 18e-eeuwer, alsmede over het leven van de auteur zelf. Het bevat tientallen verwijzingen naar bekende tijdgenoten en naar plaatsen en landstreken uit de Republiek, vooral naar Zutphen en omgeving, en naar andere gebieden waar Martinet gewoond heeft, zoals Edam en wijde omgeving en de Meijereij van Den Bosch." (Paasman p.47).
AND 1 other on the same.
79 1939 Mathematics Euclides 
79 1939 Mathematics Euclides 
- Vaguely waterst. in upper (blank) margin at the beginning. Binding w. minor imperfections; letterpiece chipped. A good/ fine copy.
= PMM 25; DSB IV, p.415: "Euclid's fame rests preeminently upon the Elements, which he wrote in thirteen books and which has exercised an influence upon the human mind greater than that of any other work except the Bible". This edition containing books I-VI. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.
79 1940 Mathematics Euclides 
- Later owner's entry on title-p. Partly yellowed/ browned.
= Bierens de Haan 5255; Waller 529/ 530 (other eds.); Geerebaert XXXVI, 10b.
79 1941 Mathematics Loomis E S 
79 1941 Mathematics Loomis E S 
- Corners bumped. = The author's best-known work, still considered a work of reference.
Pogorelov, A.V. Lectures on the Foundations of Geometry. Gron., P. Noordhoff, 1966, (4),137p., orig. rexine w. dustwr. - AND 8 others in 11 vols., i.a. P.R. HALMOS, Finite-Dimensional Vector Spaces (Princeton etc., 1958, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); P. MAINARDI and H. BARKAN, Calculus and its Applications (Oxf. etc., 1963, orig. cl. w. dustwr.); N. PISKOUNOV, Calcul différentiel et intégral (Moscow, 1969, 2 vols., orig. unif. cl. w. dustwr.) and A.H. COPELAND, Geometry, Algebra, and Trigonometry (New York, 1962, orig. cl. w. dustwr.).
79 1942 Mathematics Ozanam J 
- Vol. 1 lacks one preliminary leaf and 1 leaf at the beginning of the Tables des Problèmes; one quire in vol.1 sl. waterstained in blank margin. Corners sl. worn and spine-ends rubbed.
= Cf. Bromley 636; cf. Houzeau/ Lancaster I.2, no. 9338 and 11521 note: "Outre les principes de gnomonique, qui sont au commencement de l'ouvrage, il y a des problèmes sur calendrier et sur la navigation."; cf. Weaver no.304 (ed. Paris 1741): "Celebrated work on recreative philosophy (...)"; DSB IX, p.263f: "Ozanam's Récréations may be regarded as the forerunner of modern books on mathematical recreations (...) The work was later augmented and revised by Montucla."; Poggendorf II, p.341; Goldsmith O 247; Baillie 121; Cantor III, no.103; Cat. The Children's World of Learning 3528. First published 1694.
79 1943 Mathematics Schmidt I R 
79 1943 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.
79 1944 Medicine Aretaeus of Cappadocia 
- Yellowed/ sl. browned. Restored binding.
= Provenance: from the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on verso first free endpaper. Lindeboom 557; Hertzberger 242.
79 1945 Medicine Aretaeus of Cappadocia and Rufus of Ephesus 
79 1945 Medicine Aretaeus of Cappadocia and Rufus of Ephesus 
- Sl. foxed. Lacks ties. Fine copy.
= Two works by two of the most famous physicians of ancient Greece. Durling 257; Adams A1548; Wellcome 394; cf. Norman 62 (ed. Venice, 1552)
79 1946 Medicine Bass H 
- Owner's entry in 19th cent. hand in blank margin frontisp.; two contemp. owner's entries on letterpress title ("De Bats Chirurg" and "E.A. Pader mr. Ch. 1755"); inner margin of 2 lvs. stained; waterstained in outer margin throughout; new endpapers.
= Very rare handbook on the binding of medical bandages. BMN 2011f. Only 2 copies in STCN. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXV.
79 1947 Medicine Battus C 
79 1947 Medicine Battus C 
79 1947 Medicine Battus C 
- Partly mostly vaguely waterstained in margin(s). Vellum duststained.
= Lindeboom p.83 (under Carel Baten); BMN I, p.288; Hirsch-H. I, p.326f; Pettegree 3266. Rare work by the Belgian doctor Carel Baten (Ghent, 1540 - Amsterdam, 1617), who was the first to translate some of the major medical works into Dutch in order to improve accessability to medical knowledge for the layman. No copy traced in the JAP 1990-2018. Rare, in any edition. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.
79 1948 Medicine Berengario de Carpi J 
79 1948 Medicine Berengario de Carpi J 
- Occas. trifle browned/ foxed. Otherwise a fine copy.
= The rare third edition of the first separate treatise on head injuries and their neurosurgical treatment (1st ed. 1518). The work originated in a dispute between Berengario and some other physicians over he treatment of Lorenzo de Medici, who had suffered a skull fracture in battle. Krivatsky 1105; Wellcome 708; Bibl. Walleriana 913. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.
79 1949 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.
79 1950 Medicine Bernard C 
- Fine uncut copy.
= This work is based on the texts of Bernard's course on the nervous system given at the College de France, where he was professor of experimental physiology. Bibl. Walleriana 957; DSB II, p.27f.
Horsley, V. The structure and functions of the brain and spinal cord. Being the Fullerian Lectures from 1891. London, C. Griffin, 1892, VI,(2),223,(1),67 (advert)p., num. woodengr. ills., modern hcl. - AND 1 other.
79 1951 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
79 1951 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: Krivatsky 1199; BMN p.290; Lindeboom, DMB p.130. Ad 2: Krivatsky 9103; cf. BMN p.87 (ed. 1630).
79 1952 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
79 1952 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- (Vaguely) waterst. in upper inner margin almost throughout; occas. sl. dampstained and fingersoiled; 2nd work sl. wormholed in lower inner margin. Binding professionally restored.
= Ad 2: BMN p.242. Very rare separate first editions of these works, the second dealing with scurvey. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LXVI.
79 1953 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
79 1953 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Upper pastedown detached; a few lvs. w. waterstain in lower margin.
= Krivatsy 1188; Hirsch-H. I, p.441; cf. BMN I, p.159; Lindeboom p.130; Wellcome II, p.159; Baumann p.71-79.
79 1954 Medicine Bontekoe C 
79 1954 Medicine Bontekoe C 
- Heavily annotated copy in contemp. hand w. owner's entries on first and final prelim. lvs. Lacks the portrait and the 2 plates. Sold w.a.f.
= Thijssen-Schoute 276-317; Thorndyke VIII, 360; Sprengel IV, 392/3; Bierens de Haan 469; BMN p.60; Hirsch I, 626. With at the end of part 2: "Tractaat van het excellenste kruyd thee, coffi en chocolate, 't welk vertoond het regte gebruyk, en de groote kragten van 't selve in gesondheyd en siekten (...)". Partington II, 738, "Bontekoe, famous artesian, recommended the use of opium, the incessant smoking of tobacco, and the continual drinking of tea, chocolate, or sometimes coffee, for health and prolonging life. He supported Sylvius theory of acid and alkali".