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Dictionnaire des sciences medicales, par une societe de medecins et de chirurgiens.

Dictionnaire des sciences medicales, par une societe de medecins et de chirurgiens. by ADELON, ALARD, Barbier ALIBERT, et al.

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Dictionnaire des sciences medicales, par une societe de medecins et de chirurgiens.
Author
ADELON, ALARD, Barbier ALIBERT, et al.
Seller
Jeff Weber Rare Books (Switzerland)
Description
Paris:: Crapart & C.L.F. Panckoucke, 1812-22., 1812. Complete set of 60 volumes. 127 engraved plates, list of subscribers in the index volume, 10 folding charts; occasional foxing, ink and water-stains. Modern quarter green spines over original marbled boards, gilt-stamped black leather spine labels; re-backed. Ex-lib bookplates and ink stamps of the Norwich & Norfolk United Medical Book Society, early ownership inscription of Hudson Gurney. Fine. FIRST EDITION. [19th Century French Medical Encyclopedia] Possibly one of the most important encyclopedia/dictionaries of medicine ever assembled, and certainly the earliest. As Diderot's encyclopedia became the model for assembling scientific knowledge, this massive set brings together all that was known about medicine in the post-Napoleonic era. Included here are numerous engraved plates of surgical instruments of the period. Also illustrated are facial expressions and signs of mental abnormality, many in the style of Esquirol's work. A smaller set, Dictionnaire abrege? des sciences medicales. . . was concurrently published, however that set is only 15 volumes. In 1821-25, Panckoucke published Dictionnaire des sciences medicales Biographie medicale. . . which includes biographies of medical luminaries. Nicolas Philibert Adelon (1782-1862) and Francois Victor Merat (1780-1851) were two of the prominent contributors to this medical encyclopedia. This compendious work was not included amongst the items exhibited by the Library of Congress in their Circle of Knowledge exhibition of the history of the encyclopedia. Panckoucke (1736-1798) was involved with issuing various encyclopedias, beginning with Diderot's Encyclopedie, which, ". . . was an immediate success: a new edition was called for even before the first had been completed. C.J. Panckoucke proposed such a new edition in 1761, and bought the rights to the first seven volumes. He approached Diderot to edit a new, revised edition and, when Diderot refused, began to reissue the original volumes. The government intervened in 1770 and seized the three which had appeared. After the death of the last of the original proprietors, in 1775, Panckoucke published a five-volume supplement to the Encyclopedie and later, in 1780, a two-volume index. The complete first edition comprises Diderot's twenty-eight volumes plus Panckoucke's seven; its publication spanned the years 1751-80." [Circle of Knowledge, (1979) p. 8]. Provenance: Hudson Gurney (1775-1864) was an antiquary and verse-writer of Norwich. He became an M.P. for Newtown in 1816 and sat in six successive parliaments. In 1835 he was high-sheriff of Norfolk, and was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (1819), was vice-president from 1822-46, a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of the British Archaeological Association. As such, Gurney may have been the donor of this set to the Norwich & Norfolk Library. [DNB Vol. VIII, pp. 803-4]. Circle of Knowledge, 1968, 1979; Wellcome II, p. 465.
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Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons by BOADEN James

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Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons
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BOADEN James
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Bauman Rare Books (United States)
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1827. First Edition. BOADEN, James. Memoirs of Mrs. Siddons. London: Henry Colburn, 1827. Two volumes. Octavo, early 20th-century full purple morocco, raised bands, brown morocco-gilt doublures, watered silk endpapers, top edges gilt, uncut. $1650.First edition of Boaden’s biography of one of the late 18th-century English stage’s premiere tragic actresses, with frontispiece portrait and extra-illustrated with 56 additional engraved portraits of her and her contemporaries, many hand-colored. Handsomely bound in full morocco with fine morocco-gilt doublures by Taffin.From the famed Kemble family, Sarah Siddons was sister to John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton and Elizabeth Whitlock, and the aunt of Fanny Kemble. Her portrayal of Lady Macbeth proved so powerful that for decades she was considered to essentially own the role: ""Leigh Hunt calls her sleep-walking scene… [one] of the sublimest pieces of acting on the English stage"" (DNB). A playwright himself as well as a journalist, Boaden's account of her life and career makes for ""very pleasant reading; the style is easy and genial, and the author is careful to state his facts with accuracy"" (DNB). Lowndes, 223. Bookplate; bookseller's label.One page with expert paper repair, otherwise interiors clean and fine. Spines gently toned, minor restoration to joints, bindings sound and attractive. A lovely extra-illustrated copy.
Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa

Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa by Dellon, Gabriel

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Relation de l'Inquisition de Goa
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Dellon, Gabriel
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Thorn Books (United States)
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Very good
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Paris: Daniel Horthemels, 1688. Hardcover. Very good. 12mo. (14),251,(13)pp. First French edition, preceded by an edition in Leyden the previous year and followed in Paris by an expanded edition the same year. Engraved vignette on the title page, and a woodcut of an examination in progress on page 1; six engraved plates, of which three are folding. Early full polished calf; spine in six compartments with raised bands, gilt and blind tooled, leather lettering piece, gilt. Neat repair to the upper hinge else a very good copy. The author was a French physician imprisoned in Goa by the Inquisition. He was sentenced to a galley ship, later returning to France where he published the account of his ordeal. A scarce glimpse into the workings of the Inquisition, and of Goan history and culture. In French. This title placed on the Index of Prohibited Books in 1690. Cox, 1699 (note). Caillet 2954.
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The method of classifying races according to the cranial or cephalic index by Anders Retzius; and the discovery of the fundus by von Brücke; in Arch. Anat. Physiol. wiss. Med. (1845)

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The method of classifying races according to the cranial or cephalic index by Anders Retzius; and the discovery of the fundus by von Brücke; in Arch. Anat. Physiol. wiss. Med. (1845)
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Jeremy Norman & Co., Inc. (United States)
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Berlin, 1845. (1) Retzius, Anders Adolf (1796-1860). Ueber die Schädelformen der Nordbewohner, 84-129. (2) Brücke, Ernst Wilhelm von (1819-1892). Anatomische Untersuchungen über die sogenannten leuchtenden Augen bei den Wirbelthieren, 387-406. Whole volume, 535pp., 15 pll. 125 x 200mm. Disbound. (1) Retzius introduced the method of classifying races according to the cranial or cephalic index. The German translation of this paper (Om formen af nordboernes cranier. Förhandl. skand. Naturforsch., 3, 157-201, 1842) is featured here. Garrison-Morton.com No. 202. (2) Von Brücke studied the luminosity of the eye in animals, and by passing a tube through a candle flame, was able to see the fundus. See also the same journal, 1847, 225-27. Garrison-Morton.com No. 5859.
What's Mom Worth?" -- Gender Roles Cost Analysis Paper Doll

What's Mom Worth?" -- Gender Roles Cost Analysis Paper Doll

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What's Mom Worth?" -- Gender Roles Cost Analysis Paper Doll
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Eclectibles (United States)
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New York, New York: The Post-Standard, 1976. Very good. Toned.. A gender roles cost analysis paper doll, used to illustrate an article about women's unsung work at home, in the May 6, 2004 issue of the Post-Standard. Shows a paper doll of a middle-aged blonde woman with tabbed outfits styling her as nurse, chauffeur, cook, and drill sergeant, with a bonus apron and baby sling accessory. Below the doll the staff write has listed the actual cost of all the roles mothers play, ranging from "Accountant" and "Laundress" to "Party Planner", "Spiritual Leader", "Stylist" and "Tutor". The caption reads, "Mom doesn't get a paycheck, but if she wasn't around, you would pay plenty for others to do her many jobs. Even though her work is worth $274,812.90 a year in Central New York, many folks would say the value of a Mom is priceless. She's certainly a multi-tasking queen. Here's what she does and what it's worth..." Physical description: Section F of the issue measurers approx. 21.5" by 12.75", and is pp. 8. Lacks remainder of the sections.
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Record of Works by Winslow Homer IV. 1 1881 Through 1882 by Goodrich, Lloyd; Abigail Booth Gerdts (ed.)

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Record of Works by Winslow Homer IV. 1 1881 Through 1882
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Goodrich, Lloyd; Abigail Booth Gerdts (ed.)
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Brattle Book Shop (United States)
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9780615709024
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VeryGood
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New York: The Goodrich-Homer Art Education Project [2012]. Hardcover. 12" x 9.5". 164 pp. Illustrations throughout. Publisher's green cloth boards; title pasted down to front cover with gilt stamped titles to spine. No DJ, as issued. Bumping to corner; shelf wear and scuffing to boards. Near Fine. ISBN 9780615709024. . VeryGood. Hardcover .
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WANTED A MATCHMAKER by (Armstrong, Margaret) Ford, Paul, Leicester

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WANTED A MATCHMAKER
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(Armstrong, Margaret) Ford, Paul, Leicester
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Green Gate Farm Antiquarian Books (United States)
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New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1901. An octavo, 111pp., bound in original decorative green cloth, designed by Margaret Armstrong. Top edge gilt. Large portions of both covers and flaps of dust wrapper present, lacking spine panel. The book is in very good condition, except for a tiny pierce in the paper of the title page, affecting two letters in the "ga" in Margaret Armstong. Illustrations by Howard Chandler Christy..superb Art Nouveau borders in green and black.
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English Florilegium

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English Florilegium
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James & Mary Laurie Booksellers (A.B.A.A.) (United States)
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9780896597907
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New York: Abbeville Press, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Fine. As New. First Thus. Cloth. Folio - over 12" - 15" tall. ISBN:0-89659-790-3. First Abbeville Press edition. Pp 240 with 50 plates. Fine in fine dust jacket. Introduction by William T. Stearn. Notes on the plates by Christ opher Brickell. Watercolor paintings by Mary Grierson.
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Mélanges Christine Mohrmann; nouveau recueil offert par ses anciens Élèves

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Mélanges Christine Mohrmann; nouveau recueil offert par ses anciens Élèves
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Hackenberg Booksellers ABAA (United States)
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9789027481214
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Utrecht/Anvers: Spectrum Editeurs, 1973. x, 255p., b/w illus.,original grey cloth, ex libris. Contains 12 papers by her former students, in French, English, German or Italian.
Selected Poems Edited with an Introduction by Denis Saurat

Selected Poems Edited with an Introduction by Denis Saurat by Blake, William

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Selected Poems Edited with an Introduction by Denis Saurat
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Blake, William
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John Windle Antiquarian Bookseller (United States)
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1947. London: Westhouse, 1947. Thin 4to, 120 pp., with illustrations enlarged from the Virgil woodcuts. Original gray cloth, red pictorial dust-jacket, lacks mylar, ink inscription on front endpaper, ...from Bill. ß First edition. Bentley, Blake Books, 367: The 'introduction (pp.7-23); the text is taken from the Keynes editions. .
Scarlet Street: The Magazine of Mystery and Horror: No. 7, Summer 1992

Scarlet Street: The Magazine of Mystery and Horror: No. 7, Summer 1992

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Scarlet Street: The Magazine of Mystery and Horror: No. 7, Summer 1992
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Between the Covers- Rare Books, Inc. ABAA (United States)
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Teaneck, New Jersey: R.H. Enterprises, 1992. Softcover. Near Fine. First edition. Quarto stapled wrappers. Fine. Contents are: Interview with Vincent Price; Batman Returns; The Sussex Vampire.

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