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Annotationes Phi. Melanchthonis, omnium eruditiss. In euangelium Matthaei pro communi christianismi commodo

Annotationes Phi. Melanchthonis, omnium eruditiss. In euangelium Matthaei pro communi christianismi commodo by Melanchthon, Philip. (1497-1560)

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Annotationes Phi. Melanchthonis, omnium eruditiss. In euangelium Matthaei pro communi christianismi commodo
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Melanchthon, Philip. (1497-1560)
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Tübingen: Ulrich Morhart the Elder, June, 1523. Hardcover. Fine. Three works bound in contemporary alum-tawed pigskin over wooden boards, ruled and stamped in blind, both clasps intact, with light stains and smudges. The text is in excellent, crisp condition, the last three leaves with a slim worm trail affecting a couple of words on each leaf. Contemporary manuscript index on front free endpaper. A beautifully preserved sammelband, featuring an early edition of Melanchthon's lectures on the Gospel of Matthew, and first editions of works by the Flemish theologian Andreas Hyperius (Gheeraerdts) and Justus Menius. I. Melanchthon’s Annotations on Matthew: ONE OF NUMEROUS EDITIONS IN THE YEAR OF THE FIRST (Wittenberg). “On 19 September 1519 Phillip Melanchthon (who had arrived at Wittenberg the prior year) was promoted to Bachelor of Bible on the basis of successfully defending theses ten days ear¬lier. He was thus licensed to lecture on the content of the Latin text of Scripture, although he also continued to lecture on the Greek text. He began with lectures on Matthew (1519–1520), followed by lectures on Romans (1520–1521), 1 & 2 Corinthians (1521–1522) and John’s Gospel (1522–1523). When Martin Luther forced publication of the Pauline lectures in 1522 and the lectures on John in 1523, an enterprising printer in Basel also published the lectures on Matthew. These annotations were part of Wittenberg’s effort to produce commentaries on nearly the entire New Testament.”(Wengert) “When Melanchthon entered Luther's Wittenberg in 1518, his intellectual development was that of so many other young humanists: he was well trained in Latin, was strongly attracted to Greek studies but had received a quite traditional education in scholastic philosophy. In his bags he carried not only copies of Aristotle's (duly glossed) main works, but all of Erasmus’ revolutionary books which advocated the study of bonae litterae for their civilizing power, and especially for their impact on the correct study of the Bible and the Fathers. Melanchthon had been called to Wittenberg to occupy the chair of Greek language and literature at the University. Very quickly, he came under the influence of Martin Luther, although their characters seemed to have nothing in common; for one thing, Luther was an impressive, violent man, whereas Melanchthon was a shy young boy with a wavering voice. In spite of this, their friendship and collaboration lasted a lifetime. “[Melanchthon’s] parallel study of classical and biblical sources will remain one of the most striking features throughout Melanchthon's career as a classical scholar, a ‘Martinian’' theologian, and a reformer of Germany's schools and Universities. More precisely, he used his exceptional abilities as a reader and commentator of Greek and Roman sources to reshape theology along humanist lines. This means, that his analysis of classical literature, especially oratory, provided him with an analytical method on which he based, first, his exegetical efforts and, secondly, his "dogmatic" theology. Making Luther's sola scriptura principle his own, he insisted that theology should have its foundation in a careful, methodical reading of the Bible, never the other way around. He claimed that the traditional body of knowledge of the Church, built up by the Fathers and by medieval theologians, could only be accepted as far as it did not contradict the basic truths he had discovered by his methodical reading.”(Meerhof) This edition of Melanchthon’s “Annotationes” is one of the first books printed by Ulrich Morhart at Tübingen. Morhart had printed at Strasbourg from 1519 to 1523. The ornamental Evangelist title border of 1522 is described in Steiff (Erster Buchdruck in Tübingen, p. 30). II. Hyperius (Gheeraerdts), Andreas (1511-1564) De Honorandis Magistratibus Commentarius, in quo Psalmus XX. Exaudit te Dominus &c. enarratur ... Eivsdem In Psalmum XII. salvvm me fac Domine etc. In quo oratur, ut Dominus extirpatis omnibus erroribus, synceram doctrinam ubiq(ue) promoueat, Paraphrasis. Marburg: Christian Egenolph, Januar 1542 FIRST EDITION of this commentary on the psalm XX, “On Honoring of Magistrates”, and a paraphrase of Psalm XII by the Flemish theologian Andreas Gheeraerdts, who had lived in England from 1536 to 1540. He was appointed professor of theology at the University of Marburg in 1541, where he taught until 1564. “Hyperius's theology lies between Lutheran and Reformed beliefs. Influenced by Martin Bucer, he was not a strict Lutheran. Jean Calvin endorsed his erudition. In his overall approach, Hyperius sought a firm basis in the Bible, rigidly, and held that before practical theology can be put in force, it must be made a part of systematic theological study, and must not be taught fragmentarily. Demanding an immense amount of preliminary reading on the part of the student, covering all practical theology except missions, he held that such reading would involve preparation for the practical work of the ministry. All must be squared with the Bible, or, where the Bible did not contain specific data, with the commandments of love for God and one's neighbor.” III. Menius, Justus (Jost Menig) (1499-1558) Der C. vnd XXVIII. Psalm / vom heiligen Ehestande. Wittenberg: Veit Creutzer, 1550 First edition of the sermon on the 128th psalm, “On Holy Marriage”, by Justus Menius (1499-1558) Menius, who is best remembered as a bitter opponent of the Anabaptists, considered marriage and parenthood as the greatest of God’s vocations, and, not surprisingly, advocated clerical marriage. In 1514, Menius entered the University of Erfurt, Germany, and joined the circle of Humanists around his uncle Mutianus Rufus and Crotus Rubianus. In 1519, his fellow humanist, Phillip Melanchthon encouraged Menius to come join him at Wittenberg. The two would remain friends for life (and much later, Menius’ son would marry Melanchthon’s granddaughter.) “He became vicar in Mühlberg near Gotha in 1523, pastor in Erfurt in 1525, and superintendent of Eisenach 1529-1557. In 1541-1544 he served as temporary pastor in Mühlhausen, Thuringia, went to Gotha in 1546 and there succeeded his friend Myconius as superintendent of Gotha, without, however, giving up his position in Eisenach. Menius was a zealous promoter of the Reformation, taking an active part in the program of church inspection. In the last years of his life he participated actively in the theological disputes of the time. He became involved in a violent conflict with Amsdorf, whose thesis of the harm in good works he contested, defending the necessity of good works as evidence of the new life. This caused him to retire from his offices to the pastorate of the Thomaskirche in Leipzig, where he remained until his death on 11 August 1558.”(Schowalter, Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia).
Dissertation sur les Generalites de la Clinique Medicale, et Sur le Plan et la Methode a Suivre dans l’Enseigement de de Cette Science; Presentee au Concours Ouvert le 20 Juin 1831 Pour Une Chaire de Clinique Medicale, Vacante a la Faculte de Medecine de Paris TOGETHER WITH original lithograph of Dr. Bouillaud signed by him

Dissertation sur les Generalites de la Clinique Medicale, et Sur le Plan et la Methode a Suivre dans l’Enseigement de de Cette Science; Presentee au Concours Ouvert le 20 Juin 1831 Pour Une Chaire de Clinique Medicale, Vacante a la Faculte de Medecine de Paris TOGETHER WITH original lithograph of Dr. Bouillaud signed by him by Bouillaud, Jean-Baptiste

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Dissertation sur les Generalites de la Clinique Medicale, et Sur le Plan et la Methode a Suivre dans l’Enseigement de de Cette Science; Presentee au Concours Ouvert le 20 Juin 1831 Pour Une Chaire de Clinique Medicale, Vacante a la Faculte de Medecine de Paris TOGETHER WITH original lithograph of Dr. Bouillaud signed by him
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Bouillaud, Jean-Baptiste
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Biomed Rare Books LLC, ABAA, ILAB (United States)
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Paris: J. B. Bailliere, 1831. First edition. DISSERTATION ON MEDICAL PRACTICE BY NOTED FRENCH PHYSICIAN DR. BOUILLAUD, INSCRIBED TO HIS MENTOR, WHOSE AUTOGRAPH CRITIQUE IS INCLUDED, COPY OF PUBLISHER, JB BAILLIERE - PLUS ORIGINAL CONTEMPORARY LITHOGRAPH OF BOUILLAUD. 8 inches tall hardcover, period red cloth binding, decorative blindstamped covers, gilt title to spine, 83 pp, signed association copy: top of title page: signed ink inscription to Professor Broussais, " de la part de l'auteur a son tres illustre maitre Mr le Professeur Broussais/ Bouillaud " [From the author to his most distinguished mentor, Professor Broussais/Bouillaud]. Front paste-down: Ink inscription (presumably by J.-B. Bailliere): "Ce volume contient: 1) Jugement de Bouillaud par M. Ph. J. Roux; 2) Dedicace a Broussais; 3) Jugement de Broussais, comme juge du concours ou M. Bouillaud a été nomme Professeur; 4) Jugement de M. A. Donne sur les travaux de M. Bouillaud" [This volume contains: 1) Judgment of Bouillaud by Mr. Ph. J. Roux; 2) Dedication to Broussais; 3) Judgment of Broussais, as a judge of the competition in which Mr. Bouillaud was appointed Professor; 4) Judgment of Mr. A. Donne on the works of Mr. Bouillaud]; Book-label of J.-B. Bailliere. Light wear to cover edges, light foxing to page edges and first and last pages, otherwise very good in custom archival mylar cover. Verso front free endpaper: LAID IN autograph congratulatory note from Philibert Joseph Roux, "Le tort en a decide autrement, et la victoire était reservee a un homme jeune d'age, il est vrai, mais d'une raison forte et severe, dlein de l'amour et du zele de la science, déjà habitue, sinon a l'enseigement clinique, Du Moins aux etudes qui y preparent en y conduisant a M. Bouillaud, qui dans le precedent coucours pour la chaire de physiologie, avait déjà tant approche du but (Ph. J. Roux, Discours de les seances publiques de la faculte de Medecine de Paris le 28 novembre 1831, p… 54)." [Fate decided otherwise, and the victory was reserved for a man young in age, it is true, but of strong and discerning intellect, full of love and zeal for science, already accustomed, if not to clinical teaching, at least to the studies that prepare for it and lead to it—namely, Mr. Bouillaud, who in the previous competition for the chair of physiology, had already come so close to achieving his goal (Ph. J. Roux, Discourse at the public sessions of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris on November 28, 1831, p. 54)]. LAID IN following the title page: Folded 8 x 13 inch 3-page autograph critique of Bouillaud's work by Broussais. LAID IN affixed to back endpaper: Two-page folded 7 x 14 ½ inches newspaper clipping titled "Feuilleton du Journal des Debats, Academie des Sciences, séance du 11 janvier 1841 with a review of Bouillaud's Du Rheumatisme et des Maladies du Coeur by Dr. A. L. Donne. ALSO INCLUDED: 9x12 inch original lithographic portrait, mounted on heavy card, of Bouillaud by "Rosselin, sucr. De Mme. Delpech, 21 q, Voltaire, Lith. de Gregoire et Deneux, a Paris." Rosselin, successor to Madame Delpech, was a notable 19th-century lithographer located at 21 Quai Voltaire, Paris. Active during the 1820s and 1830s, he was known for producing portrait lithographs of eminent contemporary figures and worked with the printer Grégoire et Deneux. Both Bouillaud and Broussais were well known to the French public, and characters based on them are featured in Balzac's Comedie Humaine and many of his other novels. Bouillaud is represented by Dr. Bianchon, brilliant student, honest, faithful in friendship and good company, of which he takes care of practically all the characters. Bianchon is the literary equivalent of the priest, a sort of benefactor of humanity who hides behind his function. In Contrast, Dr. Brisset (a thinly veiled Broussais), another physician appearing in many of Balzac's novels, is less sympathetic. Shunning the work of most physicians who preceded him as well as his contemporaries, he regards the alimentary tract as responsible for most disorders, and extreme bleeding as the principal treatment. JEAN-BAPTISTE BOUILLAUD (1796 -1881) spent his student time under the guidance of his uncle Jean Bouillaud - chirurgien-major in the army. Following the completion of his studies Bouillaud received his doctorate in Paris in 1823 and subsequently distinguished himself by publishing a treatise on diseases of the heart. In 1831 he was appointed to the chair of clinical medicine at the Charité through competition (winning dissertation offered here), and soon enjoyed the reputation of an outstanding clinician. However, an enthusiastic follower of his mentor François Joseph Victor Broussais, his therapy of bloodletting was heavily criticized. Bouillaud's works concerned different fields of medicine; he published on hermaphroditism, on cholera, encephalitis, diseases of the heart, cancer, and various forms of fever. His main achievement, however, was in the field of rheumatism. Acute rheumatoid endocarditis is still commonly termed Bouillaud's disease in medical dictionaries in the French language. He recognised the cartilaginous and synovial lesions of this disease and was the first to describe them. By 1861, Bouillaud was Doyen of the Faculty, Membre de I'Institut, and head of La Charité, and in 1868 he became a member of the Académie des sciences. Bouillaud has 6 entries in Garrison-Morton; 10 copies of Generalites de la Clinique Medicale listed in OCLC. FRANCOIS-JOSEPH-VICTOR BROUSSAIS (1772 -1838) was a French physician who received his first instructions in medicine from his physician father, and obtained an appointment as surgeon in the navy. In 1799 he proceeded to Paris, where he studied under the famous Xavier Bichat. In 1803 he graduated as M.D. and in 1805 he joined the army and served in Germany and the Netherlands. He returned to Paris in 1814 and was appointed assistant-professor to the military hospital of the Val-de-Grace, and in 1831 he was appointed professor of general pathology in the academy of medicine. Disagreeing with many of his predecessors, such as Laennec, Bayle, and Louis, Broussais believed in the importance of physiology. Broussais' theory, known as medical physiology, argued that some diseases are just a result of irritation due to excitation or stimulation. This medical physiology became the most popular form of medical theory in Paris in the 19th century. It is believed that irritation then caused inflammation, which primarily occurred at the gastrointestinal tract in most diseases. This led Broussais to believe that mild bloodletting could heal every illness. PHILIBERT JOSEPH ROUX (1780-1854), a French surgeon, was a student and friend of Marie Xavier François Bichat, the father of modern pathology and histology. He was assigned as a surgeon to the Hôpital Beaujon (1806), the Hôpital de la Charité (1810) and to Hôtel-Dieu de Paris (1835), where he succeeded to Guillaume Dupuyrten, a French anatomist, as a Chief Surgeon. Roux is best known for having performed the surgical repair of a cleft palate and for having been the first surgeon to stitch a ruptured female perineum. His contribution to surgery has also included the publication of Quarante années de pratique chirurgicale. Roux was awarded the grade of Chevalier of the National Order of the legion of Honor and that of Officer. He also served as a President of the Academy of Sciences. He died of a stroke on 3 March 1854. ALFRED FRANCOIS DONNE (1801 -1878) was a French bacteriologist and doctor, discoverer of Trichomonas vaginalis and leukemia. He was also the inventor of the photomicrography. JEAN-BAPTISTE MARIE BAILLIERE (1797-1885), was a French publisher and bookseller. Coming from a family of drapers who had lived in Beauvais for a very long time, Jean-Baptiste Baillière started out in bookshops in 1812, as a clerk at Méquignon the elder, bookseller of the Faculty of Medicine. In 1818, he opened a small shop, at 14 rue de l'École-de-Médecine. In 1831, he opened his first international branch in London and appointed one of his brothers as director there. This branch became the British Museum Bookshop. Other establishments were opened in New York , then Melbourne and Madrid by his nephews. From 1827 to 1872, Jean-Baptiste Baillière was the official publisher of the National Academy of Medicine. The Baillière family was one of the most important editorial dynasties of the 19th century. Baillière editions have long edited one of the most famous French medical journals, La Revue du praticien , created in 1951.
Toxikologie oder Lehre von den Giften und Gegengiften

Toxikologie oder Lehre von den Giften und Gegengiften by Plenk [Plenck] J J - TOXICOLOGY

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Toxikologie oder Lehre von den Giften und Gegengiften
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Plenk [Plenck] J J - TOXICOLOGY
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Vienna: R Graeffer, 1785. First German Edition.. Later paste paper boards. . Good; signature clipped from the front free endpaper; some toning and occasional spotting.. 8vo, [10], [11] - 302, [7 - index], [1] - blank] pp. One of Plenck's elusive titles. It is a comprehensive view of poisons derived from animal, mineral and vegetable sources along with consideration of the antidotes. There are also notes on the use of items as medicines when concentrations are dilute. An interesting book. Wellcome IV, 402 - incorrect pagination.
HOUSES AND GARDENS

HOUSES AND GARDENS by Scott, Bailie

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HOUSES AND GARDENS
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London: George Newnes, 1906. First printing. Large quarto of 247 pages plus color frontispiece. Sixteen color plates with tissue guards and scores of black and white line drawings of floor plans and elevations and ornamental headpieces. Bound in the original olive green cloth, top edge gilt with endleaves of a charming stylized floral pattern printed in purple and olive green, two favorite color choices of Scott. Gift inscription on the verso of the title page from prominent colonial revival architect, Frank A. Bourne dated 1910. (Bourne was the author of the book "Architectural Drawing and Lettering".) The gilt on the cover is a bit rubbed but still bright. Light edgewear, else both binding and text in exceptional condition. A near fine copy. (Very Heavy Book. Extra Postage Required)
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Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley by [ADAMS, Ansel]. ADAMS, Virginia and Ansel

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Illustrated Guide to Yosemite Valley
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[ADAMS, Ansel]. ADAMS, Virginia and Ansel
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San Francisco, Crocker [1949]., 1949. 4th edition (so stated; "March, 1949"). 8vo. Illustrated with b/w photographs by Ansel Adams; maps in color, including folding frontispiece map. Original blue spiral bound wrappers. Very good-fine. 130 pages. No signatures or bookplates. See Rocq 5150, 5151, but not listing this edition.. 4th Edition. Soft cover. Very Good.
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Smirt (Signed) by Cabell, Branch

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Smirt (Signed)
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Cabell, Branch
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New York: Robert M. McBride & Co, 1934. First Edition. Fine. number 24 of 153 copies. Octavo, 309 pages, first edition stated, signed by the author. Publisher's original silver cloth, sans glassine dust wrapper and slipcase. Internally clean and bright, with no markings of any kind. A fine copy.
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THE STAGES OF MENOTTI by Ardoin, J.

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THE STAGES OF MENOTTI
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Ardoin, J.
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J.B. Muns, Fine Arts Books (United States)
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Garden City, 1985. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Well illus. in photos. Front free flyleaf exised. The operas of Gian Carlo Menotti.
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HEAVY WATER AND OTHER STORIES by Amis, Martin

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HEAVY WATER AND OTHER STORIES
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Amis, Martin
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London: Jonathan Cape, 1998. Uncorrected proof for the first edition. Perfect-bound printed wraps. Signed by Amis on the title page. From the Rolland Comstock collection with his "Signed First Edition:" sticker affixed to the bottom edge of the archival plastic bag the book is stored in. Fine condition. Amis' fourth story collection.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Soft Cover. Fine/Not Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Galley/Proof.
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The Southeast, a guide to Florida and nearby shores by ZIM, Herbert S.

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The Southeast, a guide to Florida and nearby shores
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ZIM, Herbert S.
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New York: Golden Press, 1959. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in wrappers. Small Paperback, covers lightly flared, clean text.

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