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SOME CONSIDERATIONS TOUCHING THE USEFULNESSE OF EXPERIMENTAL NATURALL PHILOSOPHY. [bound with] CERTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL ESSAYS by BOYLE, ROBERT

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Title: SOME CONSIDERATIONS TOUCHING THE USEFULNESSE OF EXPERIMENTAL NATURALL PHILOSOPHY. [bound with] CERTAIN PHYSIOLOGICAL ESSAYS
Author: BOYLE, ROBERT
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (United States)
Description: Oxford: Printed by Hen. Hall, 1663; London: Printed for Henry Herringman, 1661. FIRST EDITIONS of both works. 195 x 160 mm. (7 3/4 x 6 1/4"). [20], 127, [9], 48, 57-417, [19]; [4], 36, [2], 37-105, [13], 107-249, [1] (blank) pp. (with several mis-paginations but complete). Two works in one volume.. Contemporary speckled calf, raised bands, spine with lettering that was once gilt (but now rubbed away). Verso of title and recto of H2 with small ink stamp of the Selbourne Library. First work: Fulton 50; Wing B-4029; Second work: Fulton 25; Heirs of Hippocrates 264; Garrison-Morton 665.1; Wing B-3929. Front joint cracked about an inch at head and foot, extremities a little bumped and rubbed, calf torn at the tail edge of front cover showing a bit of the board underneath; pastedowns lifted, revealing binding structure, two-inch light brown stain (from a chemical?) affecting the tail margin and lower edge of the text in the first part of the first work, first few leaves of second work a bit browned, occasional mild marginal stains or rust spots, but still a very good copy with no fatal defects, the text mostly clean and fresh, and the binding solid. The two works in this volume are greatly important scientific publications individually, and together they demonstrate the author's virtuosity as a natural philosopher and experimentalist, as they cover an impressive array of subject matter including medicine, physiology, zoology, philosophy, and chemistry. Although Boyle is chiefly remembered for his contributions to chemistry (see later in this discussion), "Some Considerations" was among his most important in the field of medicine. According to the DNB, the text here "was to prove his most extensive medical work and . . . was widely cited in the debates on medical practice of the time." In it he describes a great many experiments, cures, observations, and case histories, with topics as diverse as limb regeneration in certain animals, using fright to cure ailments, and the preparations of tinctures, cordials, and other remedies. The second work here is of monumental importance to the history of chemistry because it is considered the precursor to Boyle's classic essay, "The Sceptical Chymist," which he published less than six months after the appearance of "Essays." These complementary works both promoted chemistry as a separate discipline from alchemy, but it is in Boyle's "Essays" that he first sets out his "corpuscular hypothesis," describing the basic formation of all matter. This theory would drive his subsequent experimentation and also influenced some of the era's finest thinkers, including Isaac Newton and, perhaps to an even greater degree, John Locke. In discussing corpuscularianism, Boyle also touches on an important physiological discovery when he describes digestion as observed in a dog, "thus giving recognition to the existence of the agents now designated the 'enzymes.'" (Fulton)..

Pillen zur Erschütterung des Zwerchfells gegen üble Laune und Langeweile aus der Reiseapotheke des Herrn Rochus Pumpernickel. Drittes Hundert - BOUND WITH - Pillen ... Viertes Hundert by Rochus Pumpernickel" (pseudonym) [Stegmayer, Mattheaus] - HUMOR

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Title: Pillen zur Erschütterung des Zwerchfells gegen üble Laune und Langeweile aus der Reiseapotheke des Herrn Rochus Pumpernickel. Drittes Hundert - BOUND WITH - Pillen ... Viertes Hundert
Author: Rochus Pumpernickel" (pseudonym) [Stegmayer, Mattheaus] - HUMOR
Seller: Palinurus Antiquarian Books (United States)
Condition: Very good; some spotty foxing and toning throughout.
Description: Pest: K A Hartleben, 1811. First Edition.. Original publisher's paper backed blue paste paper boards.. Very good; some spotty foxing and toning throughout.. 8vo, III - 79, [1 - blank] pp. + hand-colored engraved frontispiece; IV - 77, [3] pp. + hand-colored engraved frontispiece. An anthology of 100 humorous stories and anecdotes in each volume. The author was a stage actor in Hungary and Austria and beginning in 1800 resident in the Burg Theater in Vienna. The book was issued at a particularly dark time - hence the title - for Austria after Napoleon's imposition of the humiliating Treaty of Schönbrunn and the beginning of preparations for his invasion of Russia. The book is rare, with only one holding of the second collection in Europe and a single copy of an 1815 edition. There is no copy located of the third and fourth collection (offered here) - clearly issued together (remainder?). See Kosch, IV, 2819.

The Devil Finds Work; an essay by Baldwin, James

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Title: The Devil Finds Work; an essay
Author: Baldwin, James
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Fine
Description: New York: Dial Press, 1976. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. Fine/near fine. First edition of The Devil Finds Work by James Baldwin.. Octavo, 122pp. Red hardcover, title in gilt on spine. Stated "First Printing" on copyright page. Solid text block, top edge dyed red, appears unread, a fine example. In publisher's dust jacket, $6.95 retail price on front flap, a touch of shelf wear, faint toning to verso, a near fine example.

Unconditional Surrender by Waugh, Evelyn

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Title: Unconditional Surrender
Author: Waugh, Evelyn
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC (United States)
Condition: Near fine
Description: London: Chapman and Hall, 1961. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Near fine/very good. First edition of Unconditional Surrender, the final book in the Sword of Honor trilogy by Evelyn Waugh.. Octavo, 311pp. Blue cloth, title in gilt on spine. Top edge dyed navy. Stated "First published 1961" on copyright page. Solid text block, touch of rubbing to spine, a near fine example. In the publisher's dust jacket, 18s retail price on front flap, dampstain to verso of front corner, rear cover soiled, touch of foxing to edges. Evelyn Waugh (1903-1966) was a renowned English novelist known for his distinctive satirical style. Educated at Oxford, Waugh gained early recognition with his debut novel, "Decline and Fall" (1928), and went on to produce a series of critically acclaimed works, including "A Handful of Dust" (1934) and "Brideshead Revisited" (1945).

A HANDBOOK OF GASTRONOMY (Physiologie du Gout) by Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme

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Title: A HANDBOOK OF GASTRONOMY (Physiologie du Gout)
Author: Brillat-Savarin, Jean Anthelme
Seller: Johnnycake Books ABAA, ILAB (United States)
Condition: Very Good
Description: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1915. First Limited Edition Thus. Publishers Cloth. Very Good. Special edition, printed at The Riverside Press, limited to 375 copies, this #229. Cloth spine a wee faded, else near fine.

Gary Webb: Mr. Jeans by -

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Title: Gary Webb: Mr. Jeans
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Seller: Appledore Books, ABAA (United States)
Condition: Collectible; Fine
Description: Lincoln, MA: deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, 2012. 1st. Original Wraps. Collectible; Fine. A pristine copy of this 2012 catalogue, issued by the deCordova in Lincoln, MA. Bright and Fine in its thick purple wrappers. Octavo, 51 pgs., high-quality color photographs thruout.

Aperture 12:3 by WHITE, Minor (editor) - John Brook and Edmund Teske

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Title: Aperture 12:3
Author: WHITE, Minor (editor) - John Brook and Edmund Teske
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Description: New York: Aperture, 1965. First edition. Softcover. Portfolios of the images of John Brook and Edmund Teske. Also includes an obituary of Dorothea Lange written by Minor White. A clean near fine copy in stapled wrappers.

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The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists Into Whitemen by ANDERSON, Warwick

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Title: The Collectors of Lost Souls: Turning Kuru Scientists Into Whitemen
Author: ANDERSON, Warwick
Seller: Argosy Book Store (United States)
ISBN: 9780801890406
Condition: near fine
Description: Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008. hardcover. near fine/near fine. Illustrated with a handful of b/w photos. 318 pages. 8vo, black cloth, d.w. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, (2008). A near fine copy in a near fine dust wrapper.

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