1. 19th century Medical Illustration in Gynecology – Pouchet, F.A.

Théorie Positive l’Ovulation Spontanée de la Fécondation des Mammifères et de l’Espèce Humaine, basée sur l’observation de toute la série animale.

[Two Volumes: Text plus Atlas / Texte et Atlas]. Paris, J.-B. Baillière, 1847. 23,5 cm x 31 cm. Texte: XXXVI, 479 pp. / Atlas: 30 pp. texte et 20 planches chromolithographiques [With atlas volume bound in the original printed boards, twenty chromolithographic plates, one fold-out, and tissue guards]. Atlas: Reliure original / Original Hardcover / Text-Volume: Library-Binding. Binding stained and corners rubbed. Some foxing thoughout the text-volume. Slight water damage to some of the text pages.

2. [Addison, Thomas ] Wilks, Dr [Samuel] / Daldy, Dr.

A Collection of The Published Writings of the Late Thomas Addison. Edited, with Introductory Prefaces to Several of the Papers by Dr. Wilks and Dr. Daldy.

Special reprint edition of London, The New Sydenham Society, 1868. New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1983. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. Frontispiece, XXXI, 242 pages. Numerous illustrations throughout text. Beautiful Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Gilt ornament and ruling and blind ruling to both boards. Pastedowns and endpapers marbled in comb-pattern. All edges gilt. Maroon silk ribbon as bookmark. Excellent condition. With protective mylar. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown. Additional bookplate stating that “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library.”

3. Andry, Charles-Louis-Francois / Thouret, Michel-Augustin.

Beobachtungen und Untersuchungen über den Gebrauch des Magnets in der Arzneykunst. Mit zwo Kupfertafeln. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt.

Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Leipzig, bey Weidmanns Erben und Reich, 1785. Oktav. (4), 292 Seiten plus zwei Falttafeln im Anhang. Hardcover / Moderner, wunderbarer Kalbslederband (Halbleder) mit marmoriertem Deckelbezug und Titelschild. Lederverstaerkte Kanten. Diese sehr seltene Originalausgabe wurde aufwendig neu gebunden. Das originale Exlibris des Vorbesitzers “Bernard Axelrod” und das Bookshop Exlibris des Antiquariats in dem der Band erworben wurde (″Occult Books” – Samuel Weiser – New York), wurden wieder in den vorderen Einbanddeckel integriert.

4. Anonymous / [Synge, Mary / Carr, Dr.D.W. and others] .

Mercy and Truth – A record of C.M.S. Medical Missions – Volume IV. [for the year 1900 – with essays on: Women Patients Rich and Poor – by Mary Synge about a fishing Village called Sang Sua / A Week in the Kyber (Khyber Pass visit by three workers of the C.M.S. during their time at Peshawar / The Opening of the New Mengo Hospital – by Mrs. Albert Cook (with images) / Medical Staff at Hang-chow (Dr. Kember, Dr. Main, Dr. Tsang), Some Men and Women in Hakodate (North Japan) / A Day of Medical Work in a Persian Town (by Henry White) / In Touch with the sick in Oyo (Yoruba) – with support from the Royal irish Constabulary / Moslem Fatalism (by L. Cropper in April 1899) / Photograph of a Temporary Hospital in Onitsha, West Africa / An Acquaintance with sickness in Central Africa [with a diagram that shows how many and what kind of operations were done (Teeth Extractions, Gynaecological Cases etc.) and how the natives paid for the treatment with Shells !!] / Dr. L.G. Hill of Pakhol – Overcoming Obstacles in China / Photograph of “Serai at Lundi Kotal – C.M.S. Dispensary in the Corner / etc. etc.

London, Church Missionary Society, 1900. Slim Quarto. 300 pages with numerous photographs and Index. Hardcover, light blue publisher’s cloth with red lettering to spine and cover. Binding a little stained and rubbed. Otherwise in excellent condition ! Rare !! Name of Patience Conner on title.

5. [Arigo / Zé Arigó (pseudonym of José Pedro de Freitas)] Fuller, John G. (John Grant).

Arigo – Surgeon of the Rusty Knife. Afterword by Henry K. Puharich.

Newton Abbot, Readers’ Union, 1976. 22 cm. 274 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

6. Aristotle. [Anon].

The Works of Aristotle, The Famous Philosopher, containing I. His Complete Masterpiece, II. His Experienced Midwife, III. His Book of Problems, IV. His Remarks on Physiognomy, V. The Family Physician. New and improved edition.

London, The Booksellers, no date (c.1890). 9 x 13cm. 528 pages, with text illustrations and colour plates. Original illustrated hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, some creasing to spine. Historical Sex-Manual, disguised as works of Aristotle. Discusses Virginity (and what it is), How Virginity may be lost, How a woman should order herself in order to conception, [″A woman that would conceive should observe that she does not use the act of coition too often; for gatiety gluts the womb and renders it unfit for office (!) – There are two things that demonstrate this: i.e., that common whores (who often use copulation) have never, or rarely, any children: for the grass seldom grows in a path that is commonly trodden in. The other is, that women, whose husbands have been long absent, do, after copulation with them again, conceive very quickly” / “Women ought to take great care that their imagination be pure and dear, that their child may be well formed”]. The book also discusses causes and cure of Barrenenss, Of the Hot Distempers of the Womb, The Diseases of the Womb, Palmistry, shewing the various judgments drawn from the hand, includes a choice of remedies for the several distempers to the human body, (Crabs, Herpes, Hysteria etc.).

7. Berger, Peter L.

Towards a Sociological Understanding of Psychoanalysis.

Social Research, 1965. 8°. 35 pages. Softcover. First Edition Offprint from “Social Research” – Spring 1965.

8. Bichat, Xavier / Coffin, John G.

A Treatise on the Membranes in General, And on Different Membranes in Particular.

Special reprint edition of Boston, Cummings and Hilliard, 1813. Birmingham AL, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1987. 13.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XIX, 259 pages. Beautiful Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament on spine with raised bands. Gilt designs to both boards. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. All edges gilt. Beaver-brown silk ribbon bookmarker. Near fine condition. With protective mylar jacket. Bookplate of preowner, stating “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library edition”.

9. Bing, Robert / Brückner, Roland.

Gehirn und Auge – Grundriss der Ophtalmo-Neurologie. Dritte, vollständig neu bearbeitete Auflage. Mit 147, zum Teil mehrfarbigen Abbildungen.

Basel, Benno Schwabe, 1954. 8°. 248 pages. Original Hardcover (Leinen). Guter Zustand mit einigen äusserlichen Gebrauchsspuren. Einband und Schnitt gering fleckig. Widmung des Verfassers Robert Bing auf dem Vorsatzblatt. Sehr seltene Publikation.

10. Black, William George.

Folk Medicine: A Chapter in the History of Culture. Publication of the Folk-Lore Society, for collecting and printing relics of popular antiquities & c.

Special reprint edition of London, Elliot Stock, 1883. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2001. 14.5 cm x 22 cm. II, 228 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornament on spine with raised boards. Gilt design and ruling to boards. All edges gilt. Dutch marbling to pastedowns and endpapers. Red silk ribbon bookmarker. Near fine conditon externally and internally. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

11. Bright, Richard / Barlow, G. Hilaro (editor).

Clinical Memoir on Abdominal Tumours and Intumescence. This is a copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library.

Special edition reprint of London, The New Sydenham Society, 1860. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2003. 14 cm x 22 cm. XVIII, 326 pages. 79 woodcut illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All gilt edges with navy silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Near fine condition. Excellent condition within. Ex-Libris on front endpaper and rear pastedown. Bookplate on front pastedown states “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library.” [The Classics of Medicine Library]

12. Cameron, Sir Charles A. [Irish Physician and Freemason].

Masonic Dinner Etiquette by Sir Charles A. Cameron, C.B. 33°.

Dublin, Waller & Co., 1908. Small Octavo. 8 pages. Softcover / Original printed wrappers. Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. Extremely rare ! From the library of iris cardiologist Eoin O’brien, with his receipt of purchase in the year 1981 loosely inserted.

13. Carter, Mildred.

Body Reflexology – Healing at your Fingertips.

West Nyack, N.Y., Parker Pub. Co., 1983. 24 cm. 234 pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

14. Cope, Sir Zachary.

The Early Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen. With colour frontispiece illustration of the partial abdomen muscles, and 13 black and white illustrations throughout.

Twelfth Edition. London and others, Oxford University Press, 1963. 22.3cm x 14.5cm. (8) 196 pages. Original Hardcover with original illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Exceptional condition.

15. Cruikshank, William.

The Anatomy of the Absorbing Vessels of the Human Body. The Second Edition – Considerably Enlarged, and Illustrated with Additional Plates.

Special reprint edition of London, G. Nicol, 1790. Birmingham AL, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1991. 18 cm x 23.3 cm. VIII, 214 pages. 5 plates including 2 fold-out anatomical illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Ornate gilt decoration to boards. All edges gilt. Green silken ribbon as bookmarker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition. With protective mylar. Ex-Libris / Bookplate of preowner on front pastedown. Additional bookplate on front endpaper stating that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library edition”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

16. Daquin, Joseph.

La Philosophie de la Folie. Présentation de Claude Quetel.

Paris, Frenesie Editions, 1987. 15 x 22 cm. 118 pages. Broché. Etat très satisfaisant. Couverture un peu jaunie. Intérieure très frais. [Collection Insania].

17. De Ropp, Robert S.

The New Prometheans. Creative and Destructive Forces in Modern Science.

London, Jonathan Cape, 1972. 8°. XIII, 288 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

18. Enderle, Alfred / Meyerhöfer, Dietrich / Unverfehrt, Gerd.

Small People – Great Art / Restricted growth from an artistic and medical viewpoint.

Hamm, Artcolor Verlag, 1994. 24.5 cm x 22.5 cm. 324 pages. Illustrated with 116 full-colour plates. Original, illustrated Hardcover. Excellent, close to new condition with only minor signs of external wear.

19. Engelkes, P.E.M.

Health for All ? Evaluation and monitoring in a comprehensive Primary Health Care Project in Colombia.

Amsterdam, Royal Tropical Institute, 1989. 21 cm x 29,5 cm. XXV, 205 pages, XXIII. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-print!

20. Envoi autographe signé Paul Dubois à Monsieur et Madame LeclézeDubois, Dr. Paul.

L’Education de Soi-Même.

Deuxième Edition. Paris, Masson et Cie Editeurs, 1909. 15 cm x 21.5 cm. 265 Pages. Couverture originale souple avec protection en Mylar. Bon état avec seulement des signes mineurs d’usure externe. Inscription et signature de l’auteur en première page. [Signed / Inscribed by Paul Dubois ! – Very Rare]

21. Faught, Francis Ashley.

Blood-Pressure Primer – The Sphygmanometer and its Practical Application. Containing One Full-Page Plate and Numerous Explanatory Diagrams in the Text. (Copyright 1914 by Francis Ashley Faught).

Philadelphia, Published by G.P.Pilling & Son Co., 1918. Small Octavo. 123 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Softcover. Upper hinge slightly damaged. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Very rare ! From the library of Robert Mowbray, with his Exlibris to the pastedown. Subsequently from the library of irish Cardiologist Eoin O’Brien.

22. Hamernik, Josef.

Das Herz und seine Bewegung. Beiträge zur Anatomie, Physiologie und Pathologie des Herzens, des Herzbeutels und des Brustfelles.

Erste Ausgabe. Prag, Verlag von H. Dominicus, 1858. Oktav. XXII, (2), 240 Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleinen. Dezent entfernter, alter Bibliotheksstempel. Historisches Buchbindereischildchen: “A. Haintz – Buchbinderei – Prag”. Sehr guter Zustand der Originalbindung. Innen aussergewoehnlich sauber !

23. Hamilton, G.V. / Legman, Gershon.

On the Cause of Homosexuality – Two Essays, The second in reply to the first. 1. Homosexuals & their Mothers / 2. Fathers & Sons.

First Edition. New York, Breaking Point, 1950. 8°. 30 pages. Original wrappers. Two stunning views on the causes of homosexuality (Incest and Castration of the Father).

24. Heberden, William.

An Introduction to the Study of Physic. With a Reprint of Herberden’s ‘Some Account of a Disorder of the Breast’.

Special reprint edition of New York, Paul B. Hoeber, 1929. New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1994. 13.5 cm x 19.5 cm. Portrait frontispiece, XI, 259 pages. With 6 additional illustrations. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and decoration on spine with raised bands. Gilt tooling to both boards. All edges gilt. With golden silk ribbon bookmark. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Excellent condition. With protective mylar jacket. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown. Bookplate on front endpaper states that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library edition”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

25. Hine, Montague L.

May and Worth’s Manual of Diseases of the Eye.

Tenth Edition. London, Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1949. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece (Colour diagram: Horizontal Section of Eyeball), XII, 548 pages. Several black and white drawing and diagrams. 32 colour plates. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name in ink pen to free endpaper.

26. Houssaye, J.-G.

Monographie du Thé. Description botanique, torréfaction, composition chimique, propriétés hygiéniques de cette feuille [ Thé et son propriétés médicales et hygiéniques ].

Paris, Chez L’Autuer, 1843. Octavo (16 cm x 24,5 cm). 160 pages with 17 plates. Hardcover / Decorative publisher’s cloth with gilt illustration on front board repeated as vignette on titlepage. Some foxing, otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Presentation-copy, inscribed by the author: “Hommage de l’auteur a Madame Danielle avec les …hommage”.

27. Hutchinson, Jonathan.

A Clinical Memoir on Certain Diseases of the Eye and Ear Consequent on Inherited Syphilis. With an Appended Chapter of Commentaries on the Transmission of Syphilis from Parent to Offspring, and its More Remote Consequences.

Special reprint edition of London, John Churchill, 1863. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2003. 14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. XII, 259 pages. With two colour plates. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and oranaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All edges gilt. With green silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. As new condition throughout. With protective mylar wrapping. Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner on pastedown.

28. Jacobi, A.

The Intestinal Diseases of Infancy and Childhood – Physiology, Hygiene, Pathology and Therapeutics.

Special reprint edition of Detroit, George S. Davis, 1887. New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1993. 15.5 cm x 19 cm. XV, 301 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and design on spine with raised bands. Gilt floral design and ruling to boards. All edges gilt. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. With brown silk bookmark ribbon. Near fine condition. With protective mylar. Front pastedown carries Ex-Libris bookplate of preowner. Front endpaper carries additional bookplate stating that “This is copy number 541 of The Classics of Medicine Library”. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

29. Jensen, Berard.

The Science and Practice of Iridology. A System of Analyzing and Caring for the Body Through the Use of Drugless and Nature-Cure Methods. Illustrated.

Escondido, Bernard Jensen, 1974. 18 x 26 cm. 372 pages. Original Hardcover. Blue Leather with gilt lettering. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear.

30. Johnson, Jennifer.

The Battle For Algeria – Sovereignty, Health Care, and Humanitarianism.

Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016. 16 x 24 cm. XIII, 270 pages. Black and white illustrations. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective Mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Pennsylvania studies in human rights].

31. Kelly, Howard, A.

Operative Gynecology. With Twenty-Four Plates and Over Five Hundred and Fifty Original Illustrations.

Special reprint edition of the original 1898-edition. 2 volumes (complete set). New York, The Classics of Medicine Library, 1992. 19 cm x 26 cm. c.1140 pages. Vol.I – XVII, 563 pages. With 315 fantastic illustrations and 10 plates / Vol.II – XIII, 557 pages. With 277 illustrations and 14 plates. Hardcover / Stunning full leather in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Exlibris / Bookplate of preowner on pastedowns of each volume. Limited Edition: No. 541 of ‘The Classics of Medicine Library’ edition. [The Classics of Medicine Library]

32. Koehler, R.

Das gesunde und kranke Leben in der Stadt Tübingen. Rede bei der akademischen feier des Geburtsfestes Seiner Majestät des Königs am 27.September 1860.

Tübingen, Laupp’sche Buchhandlung, 1860. 8°. 32 Seiten. Softcover / Originale Titelbroschur. Etwas angestaubt und braunfleckig. Breitrandig und unbeschnitten.

33. Lancisi, Giovanni Maria / Wright, Wilmer Cave (translator).

De Aneurysmatibus Aneurysms.

Special reprint edition of New York, The Macmillan Company, 1952. Delanco NJ, The Classics of Medicine Library, 2001. 14.5 cm x 21.5 cm. XXXV, 362 pages. Beautifully bound Hardcover with gilt lettering and ornaments on spine with raised bands. Elaborate gilt embossment and ruling on both boards. All edges gilt. With white silk ribbon page marker. Marbled pastedowns and endpapers. Near fine condition. With protective mylar jacket. Bookplate of preowner shows that “This is copy number 541 of the Classics of Medicine Library” [The Classics of Medicine Library]

34. [Lilly Library].

Notable Medical Books – From the Lilly Library – Indiana University.

Indianapolis, The Lilly Research Laboratories, 1976. Quarto. 275 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

35. Madden, Thomas More.

The Spas and Their Use – Medical Hand-Book of the Principal Watering Places on the Continent – Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy.

Third edition. London, T.C. Newby, 1874. 14.8 cm x 19.8 cm XI, 369 pages. Hardcover [publisher’s original green cloth] with gilt lettering and elaborate ornamentation to spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Firm binding with bookblock tight and square. With protective Mylar. Discreet bookseller’s label on lower front pastedown.

36. Mayes, Mary.

Handbook for Midwives and Maternity Nurses.

Third Edition. London, Ballière, Tindall and Cox, 1946. 19 cm x 12,5 cm. 495 pages. With several black-and-white illustrations throughout the book. Original Hardcover. Good condition only with some stronger signs of external wear. Prize award sticker on front pastedown.

37. McDonnell, Robert / [Sir William McCormac].

On the Torsion of Blodd-Vessels [Excellent Association-Copy: Inscribed by the Author Robert McDonnell, Surgeon at Dr.Steeven’s Hospital in Dublin, to notable British Surgeon Sir William MacCormac].

First Edition. New York, G.P.Putnam’s Sons, 1874. Octavo. 6 pages. Original Softcover [original printed wrappers]. Upper corner of binding and first 25 pages cocked. Otherwise in very good condition with only minor signs of wear. Inscription of McDonnell to Sir William McCormac slightly cropped.

38. McLaughlin, Terence.

Dirt – A Social History Through the Uses and Abuses of Dirt.

New York, Stein and Day, 1971. Octavo. IX, 182 pages. Original Hardcover with dustjacket. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

39. Medical Illustration in Dermatology – Goldschmid, Edgar / [Georges Sarton].

Entwicklung und Bibliographie der Pathologisch-Anatomischen Abbildung. [Mit Autograph: TLS – Mit einem zweiseitigen Brief an Dr.Krieg in Wien, der von Goldschmid den Entwurf eines Nekrologs zu Georges Sarton erhofft hatte und diesen in Form dieses Briefs bekommt (von Goldschmid voll signiert) / Typed Letter (two pages, signed) by Edgar Goldschmid; the letter being a draft of an obituary on Georges Sarton (in german)].

Leipzig, Karl W. Hiersemann, 1925. Quarto (25 cm x 31 cm). 301 Seiten text plus 44 fantastisch-farbige Tafeln in Lichtdruck mit den original-bedruckten Schutzfolien / 301 pages plus 44 fantastic colour-plates with their original tissue-guards. Originales Ganzleinen des Hiersemann-Verlags / Original publisher’s cloth. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur geringen Gebrauchsspuren. Offensichtlich Handexemplar von Dr.Krieg (Wien) mit Anmerkungen in Bleistift auf dem Vorsatz (″Bei G[oldschmid] zufragen”) und gelegentlich im Text mit Korrekturen und Anmerkungen neben den von Goldschmid verfassten Bibliographien, moeglicherweise fuer eine nie erschienene zweite Auflage. / Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Extremely important landmark-publication in medicine, focusing on the importance of colour-illustration in dermatological diagnostics. This being the personal copy of Dr.Krieg (Vienna), with some annotations in pencil, reflecting questions and additional suggestions to some of the bibliographical entries, possibly for a second edition of the work.

40. O’Dwyer, Frederick.

Irish Hospital Architecture – A Pictorial History.

Dublin, Ireland, Dept. of Health and Children, 1997. 30 cm. 119 pages with illustrations throughout. Illustrated Softcover. Excellent, like new condition with only minor signs of wear. A very rare book ! From the library of irish cardiologist Eoin O’Brien.

41. [Parke, Davis & Company].

Vaccine & Serum Therapy.

London, Parke, Davis & Company, 1935. Octavo. 234 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

42. [Pattison, Dorothy W.] Lonsdale, Margaret.

Sister Dora – A Biography [of english nurse Dorothy W. Pattison].

Thirteenth Edition. London, C.Kegan Paul & Co., 1880. Octavo. Portrait – Frontispiece, VII, 257 pages. (besides the portrait – engraving of Dorothy Pattison, the volume also contains a “View from the Windows of Walsall Hospital”. Original Hardcover / Full leather with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner on endpaper.

43. Perez-Tamayo, Ruy.

Mechanisms of Disease. An Introduction to Pathology.

Philadelphia / London, W. B. Saunders Company, 1966. 8°. XIII, 512 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

44. Prinzhorn, Hans.

Bildnerei der Geisteskranken aus der Prinzhorn – Sammlung / Art of the Insane from the Prinzhorn-Sammlung.

Heidelberg, Galerie Rothe, 1967. Quarto. 64 Seiten mit 98 Abbildungen. Original Hardcover mit dem seltenen, bedruckten Schutzumschlag. Rare publication on the correlation between art and schizophrenia with several images and explanatory notes (all in german language) / Sehr guter Zustand. Der fragile Schutzumschlag etwas gebräunt und mit kleineren Einrissen. Beiliegend eine interessante Rezension aus der FAZ vom 13.November 1967.

45. Rubempré, Morel de.

Véritable Médecine sans Médecin.

Paris, Librairie Francaise et Étrangère-Ponthieu/Audin, 1826. 8°. Frontispiece, XX, 1078 pages. Original brochure bound in recent, modern cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Publishers interimsbinding and paper uncut. Some foxing. RARE !

46. Rush, James.

The Philosophy of the Human Voice: Embracing its Physiological History; Together with a System of Principles, by which Criticism in the Art of Elocution may be Rendered Intelligible and Instruction, definite and comprehensive – To which is added a brief Analysis of Song and Recitative.

Second edition, enlarged. Philadelphia, Grigg & Elliott, 1833. 8°. 432 pages. Original Hardcover with new spinelabel. Now in protective collector’s mylar. Binding rubbed, some foxing to the interior but the Volume tight and firm. Rare !

47. Sawyer, Sir James.

Points of practice in Maladies of the Heart – [INSCRIBED / SIGNED – with a signed (monogrammed) portrait-postcard of Sir James Sawyer] – Lumleian lectures at the Royal College of Physicians of London.

First Edition. Birmingham, Cornish Brothers, 1908. Small Octavo. VIII, 96 pages. Hardcover / Original, red publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Vintage portrait-postcard of Sir James Sawyer tipped in verso endpaper. The postcard is monogrammed in ink “J.S.”. The book is inscribed by Sir James Sawyer: “W.V.Bramington, Eng. [..] from the author”. Very Rare ! [Lumleian Lectures].

48. Shaw, Anthony Batty.

Norfolk & Norwich Medicine – A Retrospect.

Norwich, The Norwich Medico-Chirurgical Society, 1992. Octavo. Frontispice, XXI, 175 pages with many illustrations. Original Hardcover in original slipcase. Name of preowner on endpaper. Only a few pages dogeared. Otherwise in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

49. Smith, Cecil Blanche Woodham.

Florence Nightingale, 1820-1910. With Illustrations.

London, Constable, 1950. 22 cm. (hbk). vii, 615, [4] pages. Illustrated. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. Some foxing only. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

50. Stokes, William.

A Treatise on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Diseases of the Chest. Part I. Diseases of the Lung and Windpipe (All that was ever published).

First Edition. Dublin, Hodges and Smith, College-Green, 1837. 8°. XX, 557 pages. Hardcover / Excellent, modern half leather binding from an english master bookbindery. Absolutely beautiful condition, perfect gift for a cardiologist. Faded, tiny stamp from Birmingham Medical Institute on title.

51. Stokes, William.

Die Brustkrankheiten. deren richtige Würdigung und Behandlung. Neueste Übertragung ins Deutsche, mit Zugabe der später vom Verfasser veröffentlichten Aufsätze: I. Ueber Krebs der Lungen und des Mediastinums / II. Ueber akute Induration der Lungen / III. Ueber Cirrhose der Lungen. Unter der Redaction des Dr. Fr. J. Behrend (practischer Arzt in Berlin).

Leipzig, Christian Ernst Kollmann, 1844. 8°. 475 Seiten. Originales Halbleder mit marmoriertem Einbanddeckel. Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren. / Excellent condition with only minor signs of wear. [Bibliothek von Vorlesungen der vorzüglichsten und berühmtesten Lehrer des Auslandes über Medizin, Chirurgie und Geburtshülfe, bearbeitet oder redigirt von Dr. Friedrich J. Behrend. Band XXXII.].

52. Stokes, William.

Die Krankheiten des Herzens und der Aorta [Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta]. Mit einem Vorwort des Uebersetzers Dr. J. Lindwurm.

Erste deutsche Ausgabe. Würzburg, Verlag der Stahel’schen Buchhandlung, 1855. Oktav. XII, 538 Seiten. Original Hardcover. Originales Halbleinen mit vergoldetem Rueckentitel. Namenszug des Vorbesitzers auf dem Vorsatzblatt – Ausserdem der Vermerk: “Honorar Exemplar” / Sehr guter Zustand mit nur ganz geringen Gebrauchsspuren und nur wenig stockfleckig. Seltene Erstausgabe dieses wichtigen Standardwerks der Kardiologie. Das Buch erschien noch im Jahr der irischen Erstausgabe (Dublin, 1855) in den USA und Deutschland. Selten in Originalbindung und in dieser Erhaltung !

53. Stokes, William.

Traité des Maladies du Coeur et de L’Aorte [First French edition of “Diseases of the Heart and the Aorta”]. Ouvrage traduit, avec L’Autorisation de l’auteur par le Dr. Sénac.

Première édition française [First french edition]. Paris, Adrien Delahaye, 1864. 8°. XIX, 716 pages. Hardcover / Original Demi-chagrin noir (reliure de l’époque). Bel exemplaire, très frais.

54. Stokes, William.

Ueber die Heilung der innern Krankheiten von dem Standpunkte der neuesten Erfahrung am Krankenbette. Vorlesungen, gehalten an der medizinischen Schule (Park-Street) zu Dublin von William Stokes M.D. Zweite, genau durchgesehene, verbesserte Auflage und vermehrt durch 1) mehrere interessante Abhandlungen von W. Stokes und 2) einige, praktisch sehr wichtige Vorlesungen von Dr. L. Graves in Dublin. Deutsch bearbeitet von Dr.Friedrich J. Behrend.

Leipzig, Christian Ernst Kollmann, 1839. 8°. VIII, 370 Seiten. Moderner Halbleinenband mit vergoldetem Rückentitel. Sehr gut erhaltenes, ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar. Mit Kleinem Stempelchen verso dem Reihentitel. Gering stockfleckig. [Bibliothek von Vorlesungen der vorzueglichsten und beruehmtesten Lehrer des Auslandes ueber Medizin, Chirurgie und Geburtshuelfe, bearbeitet und redigirt von Dr. Friedrich J.Behrend. Band II der Reihe].

55. Tutton, A.E.H.

Crystallography and Practical Crystal Measurement [Personal copy of english neuroscientist and founding father of “The Science of Brain Chemistry”, Derek Richter].

First Edition. London, MacMillan and Co, 1911. Octavo. XIV, 946 pages with many illustrations. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of Derek Richter (Magdalen College, Oxford), with his Exlibris / Bookplate to the pastedown and his personal ownership-notation to endpaper. War Office Stamp on titlepage.

56. Vierhaus, Rudolf [Hrsg.].

Wissenschaften im Zeitalter der Aufklärung. Aus Anlass des 250jährigen Bestehens des Verlags Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht.

Göttingen, Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1985. 8°. 282 Seiten. Illustriert. Hardcover. Sehr guter Zustand.

57. Werner, E.T.C.

Myths & Legends of China [Myths of Epidemics / Myths of Medicine / Myths of Exorcism etc.] With Thirty-Two Illustrations in Colours by Chinese Artists.

Fourth Impression of the First Edition. London / Bombay / Sydney, George G. Harrap & Co., 1934. Octavo. Colour-Frontispiece, 454 pages including an excellent Index. Original Hardcover with dustjacket in protective collector’s mylar. The rare, original dustjacket torn and with a larger part of the jacket missing. The Volume itself in excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

58. Willius, Frederick A. / Dry, Thomas J.

A History of The Heart and The Circulation. [Includes wonderful portraits of important doctors / cardiologists].

First and only Edition. Philadelphia & London, W.B.Saunders Company, 1948. Octavo. 456 pages. Original Hardcover in Mylar. Former library copy of the US Air Force. Very good condition with only minor signs of wear.

59. Willius, Frederick and Thomas J. Dry.

A History of the Heart and Circulation.

Philadelphia, W.B. Saunders & Co., 1948. 15 cm x 24 cm. XVII, 456 pages. Illustrations in black and white throughout. Original Hardcover in protective Mylar. Excellent – super condition of the rare edition with only very minor signs of external wear. Name of preowner W.S.Chisholm on pastedown.

60. Zimmermann, Johann Georg [Johann Georg Ritter von Zimmermann].

Ueber die Einsamkeit [On Solitude].

4 Baende (komplett). Frankfurt und Leipzig, [ohne Verlagsangabe], 1785. Klein-Oktav. XL, 328, [8 nn.], XL, 442, [12 nn.], XVI, 430, [6 nn.], XXXII, 416, [8 nn.] Seiten. Hardcover / Originales Halbleder des 18.Jahrhunderts. Alle Baende in sehr guter Erhaltung bis auf einen kleinen Schaden am oberen Kapital des 3.Bandes. Durchgehend minimal stockfleckig. Restaurierte Wurmspur auf einigen Seiten des 3.Bandes. Wahrscheinlich ein zeitgenoessischer Raubdruck dieser bedeutenden Publikation ueber die Melancholie.