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EARlY ANATOMY, MEDiCiNE AND SCiENCE

113* MONTAGNANA, BARTOLOMAEO Consilia. Tractatus tres de balneis patavinis. De copositione et dosi medicinarum. Antidotarium eiusdem. Edited by Jacobus de Vitalibus. [Venice:] Bonetus Locatellus, for Octavianus Scotus, August 2, 1497.

[8], 387, [1]. Folio, contemporary blind-stamped vellum over wooden boards, two metal clasps present, housed in custom chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, gothic letter, text in two columns, 66 lines, woodcut capitals, printer’s device to colophon, historiated initials, portions of the text underlined in red. Second edition of one of the first substantial medical books by a living author. Manuscript notations to front pastedown, endpapers, and title page and light marginalia throughout in a contemporary hand; some professional repair to final leaf; a few very light brown stains; otherwise in exceptionally fine condition with only light wear to the boards. A fine mostly unsophisticated copy of this rare incunable. Literature: Goff M-815 Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $3,000-5,000

114* ALBINUS, BERNHARD SIEGFRIED Explicatio tabularum anotamicarum Bartholomaei Eustachii. Leiden: (Typographia Dammeana for) Johannes Arnold Langerak et al., 1744.

[8], 28, 277 [i.e. 275], [3]. Folio, quarter calf over marbled boards lined in gilt, gilt-tooling to spine, marbled endpapers. First Albinus edition of Bartolommeo Eustachi’s Tabulae anatomicae, illustrated with 47 engraved plates by Wandelaar after Eustachi and Pier Matteo Pini, with duplicates in outline (first eight with duplicates on four leaves, plates 19-21 and 23-26 accompanied by two outline plates). Hinges cracked; binding worn with loss to edges and corners; wormholing to spine ends with loss to bottom of the spine. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

115* ALEXANDER TRALLIANUS Medici libri duodecim. Rhazae de pestilentia libellus sex syrorum lingua in graecam translatus. Iacobi Goupyli in eosdem castigations. Paris: Robert Estienne, January 4, 1548.

[8], 259, 39, [1]. Folio, early calf stamped in gilt and blind with vellum pastedown spine label, housed in custom cloth chemise and matching calf-backed slipcase, with two printer’s devices on colophon and title page, engraved head-piece and initial. First edition of the twelve books of the Byzantine physician, Alexander, with text printed in Greek and preface in Latin. Ex-libris stamp trimmed to title page; some very light foxing along fore edge; outer hinges cracked slightly; some staining to boards and professional repair to spine ends; otherwise near fine. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $1,000-2,000

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116* BERTRUCIUS, (NICOLAUS) Compendium sive (ut vulgo inscriptur) collectorium artis medicae, tam practicae quam speculativae. Edited by Joannes Caesarius. Colon: N. Novesianum, 1537.

[8], blank, CCLXVI (misnumbered, actually 264 leaves). 4to, contemporary blind-stamped calf, housed in custom chemise and morocco-backed slipcase, double columns, woodcut historiated initials. Publisher’s woodcut device on title. Third edition of Bertrucius’ compendium of pathology and therapeutics, which also contains a chapter on anatomy and surgical operations. This is the first edition to be edited by Joannes Caesarius. Binding with professional repairs to spine and corners; hinges tender; some wormholing; some stains and brownspotting; rubbing to edges of boards; scattered marginalia. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400

117* BORELLI, JOHANN ALPHONSI De motu animalium. Leiden: Gaesbeeck, Boutesteyn, Vivie and Vanderaa, 1685.

2 parts in one. 4to, full contemporary calf, gilt-tooling to spine. Second edition, with additional engraved title page, half-title, engraved initials, and 18 folding plates, two of which are supplied in manuscript facsimile. Lacking four pages (4Aaaa) of index; minor wear to boards with some loss to spine ends, corners bumped and hinges cracked; reference sticker tipped in front pastedown. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400 118* DIEMERBROECK, YSBARAND Anatomie corporis humani. Leiden: Joan. Antonij Huguetan, 1679.

[16], 606, [6]. 4to, contemporary full vellum with manuscript title to spine. Second edition of one of the last anatomical works to discuss the soul in the description of human parts. With 13 engraved folding plates, engraved title page, vignette. Ex-library stamp of Chicago Medical School Library to verso of plates; scattered brownspotting; hinges tender; vellum curled; manuscript ex-libris to engraved title page obscured. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400

119* GALENUS, (CLAUDIUS) Opera ex nona Juntarum editione. Venice: Iunta, 1625.

Five (of 13) parts only, bound in three vols., comprising parts 2-3 and 5-7. Folio, in vellum with antiphonal manuscript decoration, renewed endpapers. Engraved title pages to parts 2, 3 and 6, lacking in others. With numerous in-text woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials and ornaments. Some minor wormholing; some soiling to boards; minor dampstaining to a few pages and some spotting and staining. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200 120* MALPIGHI, MARCELLO Opera omnia, figuris elegantissimis in aes incisis illustrata. London: Thomas Sawbridge & George Wells, 1686.

2 vols. in one. Folio, contemporary vellum. First edition of Malpighi’s collected works, including his famed work on the anatomy of plants, the embryonic development of the chick and the anatomy of the silkworm, his being the first monograph on the silkworm. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and 123 engraved plates including seven small supplementary plates. Minor dampstaining to bottom of some pages; manuscript ex-libris to title page; bookplate tipped in verso f.f.e.p. and remnants of bookplate to front pastedown; some scattered foxing and staining; some soiling to vellum; 2-inch closed tear to frontispiece.

Together with Opera postuma, figuris aeneis illustrata. Quibus praefixa est eiusdem vita a seipso scripta. London: A. & J. Churchill, ad Insigne Nigri Cygni, 1697. Folio, rebound in modern library buckram, renewed endpapers. First edition, with 19 engraved plates and engraved frontispiece. Text pages evenly toned; lacking frontispiece portrait; scattered spotting and staining; bookplate and blindstamp of the Columbia University Library. Rare first editions of Malpighi’s complete works. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $1,500-2,500

121* RUEFF, JACOB De conceptu et generatione hominis. Zurich: Christophorus Froscho, 1554.

[4], 105, [1], including final leaf blank. 8vo, rebacked retaining portions of contemporary calf boards, custom cloth chemise and moroccobacked slipcase, errata to verso final leaf. First Latin edition (an edition in German was published the same year) of Rueff’s work on midwifery. With full-page woodcut on title showing a birthing room, and 65 other woodcut illustrations, seven of which are full-page and three after Vesalius.

One of the first post-Vesalian illustrated midwifery texts, which was recognized as the standard for over a century after its publication. Rueff combined practical information gathered from Zurich women with material from extant works on midwifery, including Vesalius’ De humani corporis fabrica (1543).

Hinges cracked and strengthened with portion of the text starting to detach from backstrip; manuscript ex-libris to title page. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $3,000-5,000

122* VESALIUS, ANDREAS Opera omnia anatomica & chirurgica. Edited by Hermann Boerhaave and Bernhard Siegfried Albinus. Leiden: Johannes du Vivie, Johannes & Herman Verbeek, 1725.

2 vols. Folio, quarter red calf over marbled boards. First (and only) collected edition of Vesalius’ works, with engraved additional title, portrait and 80 (of 82) plates by Jan Wanderlaar after the originals. Wear to boards with boards detached on Tome I and starting on Tome II; ex-library copy with stamps; some soiling and spotting and dampstaining throughout, heaviest at pp. 390-398 Tome I; pp. 141-170 (16 plates) detached Tome I; some light offsetting from plates; corners of pages curled with some chipping; backstrip starting both tomes; overall a good copy with no tears to plates. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $3,000-5,000

123* VESALIUS, ANDREAS De humanis corporis fabrica. Libri septem. (Brussels: Culture et Civilisation, 1964)

Folio, cloth. Facsimile of the 1543 Basel edition. Illustrated with numerous anatomical plates. Hinges cracked; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise interior is in fine condition. Together with The Fasciculus Medicinae of Johannes de Ketham Alemanus. Milan: R. Lier, 1924. Folio, publisher’s cloth, plain jacket. Facsimile of the first (Venetian) edition of 1491. Some chipping to jacket. $100-200

124* ARMSTRONG, JOHN Practical Illustrations of Typhus Fever, of the Common Continued Fever, and of Inflammatory Diseases. Philadelphia: James Webster, 1822.

8vo, contemporary calf, gilt-lettered red leather spine label, housed in custom chemise and morocco-backed matching slipcase. Second American edition of this important treatise on the fevers that devastated nineteenth-century England and America. Wear to binding with hinges cracked; some scattered light spotting; p. 25 detached. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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125* BAGLIVI, GIORGIO Opera omnia medico-pratica, et antomica. Editio Nona. Antwerp: [Rudigerum,] 1715. 129* BICHAT, M. F. XAVIER Traite d’anatomie descriptive. Paris: Gabon, Brosson, 1801.

[4], 4, 13-855. 4to, contemporary full calf, title in black and red. Ninth edition, with three leaves of plates, frontispiece portrait, engraved initials, end-pieces and a few in-text woodcut illustrations and diagrams. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown and ex-library stamp to f.f.e.p.; intermittent foxing; some light dampstains; even toning to pages. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200

126* BELL, BENJAMIN A Treatise on the Hydrocele, on Sarocele, or Cancer and other Diseases of the Testes. Edinburgh: Bell & Bradfute; London: G. G. & J. Robinson and J. Murray, 1794.

8vo, rebound in later blue cloth over plain boards, gilt-lettered spine, renewed endpapers. First edition, with engraved plates. Manuscript ex-libris and gift stamp to title page; lacking blanks; dark stains to top edge first few pages and some light brownspotting; library stamps to plates. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200

127* BELL, JOHN AND CHARLES Anatomy of the Human Body. Edinburgh: G. Mudie and Son; London: Cadell and Davies, 1797, 1803 and 1804.

4 vols. 8vo, rebound in library buckram, vols. 1-2 uncut. First edition vols. 2-4, second edition vol. 1. Complete with 33 plates and numerous in-text engravings. Exlibrary stamps to plates and title pages for Chicago Medical School Library; some light toning to a few pages; otherwise a fine set. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400

128* BELL, SIR CHARLES AND BENJAMIN A group of seven titles, including six by Charles Bell and one by Benjamin Bell.

Engravings of the Arteries. Philadelphia, 1833. With 10 plates. The Hand, Its Mechanism and Vital Endowments. Philadelphia, 1836. New edition. The Nervous System of the Human Body. Washington, 1833. A System of Operative Surgery. Hartford, 1816. Volume 1 (of 2) only. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Human Body. New York, 1817. Third American edition. The Anatomy of the Human Body. New York, 1809. Volume 1 (of 4) only. A System of Surgery. Philadelphia, 1802. Second edition. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200 5 vols. 8vo, contemporary calf, gilt tooling and gilt-lettered labels to spines, marbled edges and endpapers. First edition. Boards worn and hinges starting on most vols.; backstrip detached on vol. 5 and partially detached on all vols.; exlibrary set with call-numbers to spines.

Together with four other works in 10 volumes:

Another edition of the same as above. Paris: J. A. Brosson, Gabon, 1819. 5 vols. 8vo, quarter calf over marbled boards. Boards worn with loss to spines, vol. 1 rebacked, boards detached on vols. 1, 3 and 4 and some leaves starting, f.f.e.p. detached vol. 4.

A Treatise on the Membranes in General, and on Different Membranes in Particular. Translated by John G. Coffin. Boston: Cummings and Hilliard; Cambridge: Hilliard and Metcalf, 1813. 8vo, calf. With tape repair to spine; hinges cracked and upper board partially detached; ex-library stamps and donation sheet.

General Anatomy, Applied to Physiology and Medicine. Translated by George Hayward. Boston: Richardson and Lord, 1822. 3 vols. 8vo, rebound in quarter library buckram over plain boards, pages uncut. Bookplate Sinai Hospital Library tipped to front pastedown and library stamps to a few other pages; manuscript ex-libris to title pages; some light foxing and finger smudges; wear to boards; hinges reinforced. Additions to the General Anatomy of Xavier Bichat. By P. A. Beclard. Translated by George Hayward. Boston: Richardson and Lord, 1823. 8vo, library buckram. Ex-library copy with stamps to front pastedown, title page and notice; renewed endpapers. (15) Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400

130* BOERHAAVE, HERMANN Opera Omnia Medica complectentia. I. Institutiones Medicas; II. Aphorismos de Cognoscendis, & Curandis Morbis; III. Libellum de Materie Medica; IV. Orationes Inaugurales Academicas. Venice: Laurentium Basilium, 1723.

4 parts in one. Folio, contemporary stiff boards rebacked with manuscript pastedown spine label, each part with individual title page with engraved vignette. Wear to boards; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; rear hinge reinforced.

Together with Tractatus de viribus medicamentorum. Editio Novissima. Venice: Thomam Bettinelli, 1744. 12mo, contemporary stiff boards rebacked with original manuscript label pasted down, woodcut title page vignette. Some light dampstaining; previous owner’s manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p.

131 DE FOREST, HENRY PELOUZE A collection of 25 printed pamphlets by Dr. Henry P. De Forest. 1905-1918. Approximately 400 pp. total. 8vo, bound in red library buckram with gilt-lettered spine.

From the personal library of Dr. de Forest, with his custom bookplate, this is a bound collection of works published by him. Reprints of journal articles include: The Care of the Infant; Hygiene of Nutrition; Obstetric Hemorrhages and their Treatment; Menstruation Precox; Motor-Boat Fractures; Obstetric Experiences in China; Mestruatio Precox; A New Disease Acute Primary Suppurative Inflammation of the Thoracic Duct; Surgery for the Thoracic Duct; Directions for Preserving the Health of Soldiers, Issued During the American Revolution by Benjamin Rush, M.D., With A Biographical Sketch and Portrait of Surgeon Ebenezer Alden; Prostitution--Personal Observations of Police Methods for Dealing with Prostitution in Germany; Sililoquy of a Fallen Woman or the Lament over Virtue Lost. $150-250

132* DELLA PORTA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA La fisionomia dell’huomo et la celeste. Venice: Nicolo Pezzana, 1668.

[8], 591 [i.e. 579]. 4to, full contemporary vellum, four raised bands. Sixth edition of one of the most important works on the physiognomy of the human body, expanded to include the Metoposcopia of Ciro Spontone and a group (p. 578-591) of five anonymous works. Della Porta is considered one of the founding fathers of the science of physiognomy, the assessment of human character, or personality, through the study of an individual’s outer appearance. Marginal dampstaining to some pages; some light brownspotting; a few small tears. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $600-800

133* (DERMATOLOGY) LORRY, ANN CHARLES DE Tractatus de Morbis Cutaneis. Paris: P. Guillelmum Cavelier, 1777.

Folio, contemporary mottled calf, gilt-tooling and gilt-lettered red leather label to spine, marbled endpapers. First edition of the first modern text on the subject of dermatology, with half-title, engraved title page vignette, chapter heading and head-piece. Hinges cracked with bottom two inches of upper board starting; wear to boards with some loss at spine ends and corners; bookplates tipped in front pastedown and f.f.e.p.; library stamp to verso final page and title page; some light brownspotting; book description tipped in final blank leaf. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400 134*

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(DERMATOLOGY) KAPOSI, JOHANNES DE Handatlas der Hautkrankheiten fur studirende und artze. Vienna & Leipzig: Wilhelm Braumuller, 18991900.

Vols. 2 and 3 (of 3) only. 4to, quarter library buckram over marbled boards. First edition of one of the most extensive and valuable collections of dermatological illustrations, with 376 chromolithographed plates of skin diseases, some with original tissue guards. Hinges cracked and backstrip starting vol. 2; rubbing to boards; library stamp to title pages and some plates; some light toning at edges of pages; otherwise plates are in very good to fine condition with very bright coloring. Literature: Heirs of Hippocrates, 2011 Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $400-600

135* (DERMATOLOGY) A group of two works.

De morbis cutaneis. A Treatise of Diseases Incident to the Skin. London: Printed for J. Walthoe, et al., 1731. 8vo, full calf rebacked, frontispiece portrait. Fourth edition. Bookplates tipped in front pastedown; rubbing to boards; hinges slightly tender.

Doctrina de morbis cutaneis. By Joseph Jacobi Plenck. Niennae: Rudolphum Graeffer, 1783. Thin 8vo, quarter calf over marbled boards, engraved title page vignette. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; Chicago Medical Library stamp to title page; rubbing to boards. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200 136* DUNGLISON, ROBLEY A group of six volumes.

Human Physiology. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1846. 2 vols. Sixth edition. Medical Lexicon. Philadelphia: Henry C. Lea, 1866. The Medical Student. Philadelphia: Carey, Lea & Blanchard, 1837. The Practice of Medicine. Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1844. 2 vols. Second edition. (6) Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200

137* FREUD, SIGMUND A group of five works. Leipzig and Vienna: Franz Deuticke, various dates. 8vo, bound in library buckram.

Drei abhandlungen zur sexualtheorie, 1910, Uber Psychoanalyse, 1912, Der wahn und die traume in W. Jensens ‘Fradiva, 1912, Der witz und seine beziehung zum unbewussten, 1912, Die traumdeutung, 1911. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200

138* FULLER, FRANCIS Medicina Gymnastica; or, A Treatise Concerning the Power of Exercise, with Respect to the Animal Oeconomy; And the Great Necessity of it, in the Cure of Several Distempers. London: Printed by John Matthews for Robert Knaplock, 1705.

8vo, contemporary vellum over marbled boards, housed in custom chemise and slipcase. Second edition of “the first English book on the power of exercise in treating disease.” (Garrison & Morton 1986) Hinges cracked; some loss to spine with portion starting to detach at bottom; light dampstain to first few pages, but otherwise interior is in the very good condition. Together with the sixth edition of the same (1728), also in custom chemise and slipcase, bound in contemporary blind-stamped calf and gilt-lettered spine. (2) Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400

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139 GREENFIELD, JOHN A Treatise of the Safe, Internal Use of Cantharides in the Practice of Physick. London: Printed for Jeffrey Wale and John Isted, 1706.

a-b8; c4; A-Z8; Aa6. 8vo, early stamped calf, modern gilt-lettered spine label. Manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p. and title page; some scattered brownspotting and a few stains. $100-200

140* HIRSCHFELD, LUDOVIC AND J. B. LEVEILLE Neurologie, ou description et iconographie du systeme nerveux et des organes des sens de l’homme avec leur mode de preparation. Paris: Chez J. B. Bailliere, 1853.

4to, rebound in library buckram over plain boards. First edition of the standard textbook on neuroanatomy of its day, with 92 chromolithograph plates (on 83 sheets) by J. B. Leveille, some folding. Manuscript ex-libris to half-title and library stamp to title and plates; scattered foxing; some toning to fore edge of pages; boards bumped. Not in Garrison-Morton. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

140A* HOPE, JAMES A Treatise on the Diseases of the Heart and Great Vessels... Philadelphia: Lea & Blanchard, 1842.

8vo, full contemporary calf, title in gilt to black leather spine label. First American edition from the third London edition. With nine plates, one folding. Together with eight others, comprising: New Elements of Operative Surgery. By Alfred Armand Louis Marie Velpeau. New York, 1847. 3 vols. Medical Essays and Observations with Disquisitions. By James Johnstone. Evesham, 1795. First edition. Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body. By Baillie. Albany, 1795. First American edition. Istoria ragionata de mali osservati in Napoli... By Sarcone. Naples, 1765. Volume 1 only. Die Krankhaften Geshwulste. By Virchow. Berlin, 1864-1865. Volume 2 only. Treatise on Epidemic Cholera. By Ambroise Tardieu. Boston, 1849. (9) Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200 141 MEDICAL MANUSCRIPT BOOK A manuscript receipt book, early nineteenth-century, containing numerous prescriptions, and descriptions for home remedies and recipes. A presentation inscription at the front of the journal indicates it was composed by Peter Shank of Liberty, Ohio, and presented to his son December 7, 1856. 8vo, original quarter leather over marbled boards, approximately 144 pp. Spine deteriorated; soiling and some staining to pages; hinges starting. Receipts include: Vomit or puke how to make for a grown person, Another Vomit but more Dangerous, Tobacco Plaster, Dr. Bear’s Potion, Laughing Gas, Hindoo Method of Charming reptiles, Rose Lip Salve, and others. Additional clippings laid in. $200-400

142* MORGAGNI, JO. BAPTISTAE Adversaria anatomica omnia. Venice: Remondiniana, 1762.

6 parts in 1 vol. Folio, quarter calf over plain boards, gilt-lettered spine labels, each part with individual title page with engraved vignette. First folio edition, with 11 engraved plates. Wear to boards with some loss at edges; spine ends partially detached and portion of spine lacking at the bottom; intermittent foxing to pages; dampstaining; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise hinges are sturdy and plates are in very good condition. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400

143* (OPHTHALMOLOGY) BURRHI, FRANCISCI J. Epistolae duae: I. De Cerebri orto et usu medico. II. De Artificio oculorum humores restituendi. Copenhagen: Daniel Paulli, 1669.

[4], 68. Thin 8vo, marbled boards, printer’s device to title page. First edition of this important ophthalmological work, with title page vignette and seven woodcuts illustrating ophthalmological instruments and eye glasses in text. Exlibrary stamps to front pastedown and title page; manuscript ex-libris to title page; wear to boards; hinges tender; some wormholing. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

144* (OPHTHALMOLOGY) A group of two books.

A Manual of the Diseases of the Eye. By S. Littel. Philadelphia: John S. Littel, 1837. 8vo, plain boards. Ex-library copy with stamp to title page; backstrip starting. A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye. By William MacKenzie. Boston: Carter, Hendee, 1833. 8vo, full calf. Front board detached; bookplates tipped in front pastedown; leather worn. (2) Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $80-120

145* SALMON, WILLIAM Medicina practica; or, Practical Physick. London: Printed by W. Bonny for T. Howkins and J. Harris, 1692.

8vo, finely rebound in full calf, spine embossed in compartments with gilt-lettered black leather spine label, renewed endpapers, housed in custom cloth-backed chemise and morocco-backed slipcase. With seven (of eight) plates illustrating alchemy. Some pages trimmed slightly not affecting the text; two plates detached. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $600-800

146* SALMON, WILLIAM Iatrica: seu Praxis Medendi. The Practice of Curing. London: Printed for Th. Dawks and Langley Curtiss, 1681.

[8], [1]-64, 37-52, 73-120, 129-388 [lacking 389-762, 14 pp. Table of Contents, 763796]. Incomplete copy, lacking 389-796. Prior to 389, collation is complete, with mispagination. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; manuscript ex-libris to f.f.e.p; some pages trimmed slightly; pressed flower laid in p.313; lower right corner torn on pp. 55 and 357; minor rubbing to boards with portions of spine hinge curling. Literature: Heirs of Hippocrates 429 Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa Provenance: Johannes Worth, Jr., May 18, 1695 (manuscript ex-libris); T. Shepard (bookplate) $100-200

147* SCHWANN, THEODOR Microscopical Researches into the Accordance in the Structure and Growth of Animals and Plants. London: Printed for the Sydenham Society, 1847.

8vo, green cloth stamped in gilt and blind, some pages uncut. First English edition, with six lithographic plates. Portions of head and foot of spine partially detached with 2-inch loss to head of spine; corners and edges bumped; bookplate Michael Reese Hospital tipped in front pastedown. Together with Animal Chemistry with Reference to Physiology and Pathology of Man. By Frank Simon. London: Printed for the Sydenham Society. 2 vols. 8vo, bound in like green cloth. Hinges cracked; backstrip starting to detach on vol. 1; bookplates tipped in front pastedowns. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200 148* SPALLANZANI, LAZARO Experiences pour servir a l’histoire de la generation des animaux et des plantes. Geneva: Barthelemi Chirol, 1785.

8vo, rebound in full calf, gilt-lettered spine label, renewed endpapers, half-title. Second edition, with three engraved fold-out plates and engraved head-piece. “Spallanzani discovered the action of the saliva in digestion” and his conclusions “were similar to those of Pasteur nearly a century later.” (Garrison-Morten 981) Manuscript ex-libris to title page; some light rubbing to boards. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200

149* SWAN, JOSEPH A Demonstration of the Nerves of the Human Body. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1834.

Folio, rebacked in green cloth retaining portions of original. Complete with 25 plates. Bookplates Michael Reese Hospital and Dr. Morris L. Parker History Collection tipped in f.f.e.p. and manuscript ex-libris to front pastedown; hinges cracked; corners and spine ends of boards bumped; minor toning to edges of pages; dampstaining to a few plates. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200

150* VALERIUS CORDUS Dispensatorium sive Pharmacorum conficiendorum ratio. Leiden: Apud Ludouicum Cloquemin et Stephanum Michaelem, 1575.

2 parts in 1 vol. 16mo, contemporary embossed vellum boards, housed in custom morocco-backed chemise, printer’s device to title page. Significant marginalia throughout, including to front pastedown, in a contemporary hand; some light dampstaining; boards slightly soiled and rubbed with some loss to corners.

Together with Pharmacopoeia collegii regalis medicorum Londinensis. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al., 1824. 16mo, vellum, gilt-lettered spine label, in custom chemise and slipcase. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $800-1,200

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150A* WATERSTON AND CUNNINGHAM Edinburgh University Stereoscopic Atlas of Anatomy. New York: Imperial Publishing, n.d. (c. 1905)

2 (of 5) vols. only. 8vo, contents loose as issued in red cloth-backed folding boxes. With 102 stereograms, each mounted on card with descriptive text. Soiling to slipcases; side flaps of slipcase detached from two sides, vol. III; light soiling to plates. $200-400

151* (MEDICINE) A group of 32 books, mainly nineteenth-century. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $600-800

152* (MEDICINE) A group of six eighteenth-century books, comprising:

The Anatomy of the Human Body Abridged. By James Keill. London, 1718. Sixth edition. Opera Omnia Anatomica et Physiologica. By Hieronymus Fabricius. Leiden: Isaaci Vander Mijn, (1738). De Morbis Ventriculi. By Joannes Eaton. Edinburgh, 1767. Theorie nouvelle sur les maladies cancereuses, nerveuses et autres affections du meme genre. By J. M. Gamet. Paris, 1771. The Anatomy of the Human Body. With Forty Copperplates. By William Cheselden. Boston, 1795. Chirurgischen Praxin... Hanover, 1732. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200

153* (MEDICINE) A group of 39 books pertaining to anatomy and pathology. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $400-600

154* (MEDICINE) A group of 23 books, mainly nineteenth-century. $200-400 155* (MEDICINE) A group of 16 books, mainly nineteenth-century, pertaining to diseases and treatment, including studies of Syphilis.

A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Liver and Biliary Passages. By William Thomson. Philadelphia, 1842. Dissertatio inauguralis medica de Syphilide. By Mathias Varga. Vindabonae, 1827. The Earliest Printed Literature on Syphilis. By Karl Sudhoff. Florence, 1925. A Treatise on Febrile Diseases. By A. Philips Wilson. Hartford, 1809. Lectures on the Physiology and Diseases of the Chest... By Charles Williams. Philadelphia, 1839. Traite pratique des maladies speciales de la peau. By C. M. Gibert. Paris, 1839. Die Krankheits-Familie Syphilis. By Ludwig Dietrich. Landshut, 1842. Traite du cancer. By J. B. Alliot. Paris, 1698. A Treatise on the Diseases and Physical Education of Children. By John Eberle. Cincinnati, 1833. A Treatise on Syphilis. By E. Lancereaux. London, 1869. 2 vols. Beobachtungen und ideen uber Hypertrichose. By Arie Geyl. Hamburg, 1890. A Treatise on Derangements of the Liver, Internal Organs, and Nervous System; Pathological and Therapeutical. By James Johnson. Philadelphia, 1825. Clinical Memoirs of Abdominal Tumours and Intumescence. By Dr. [Richard] Bright. London, 1860. Urinary Deposits, their Diagnosis, Pathology, and Therapeutical Indications. By Golding Bird. Philadelphia, 1845. The Syphilated Diseases. By Jean Giraudeau de Saint-Gervais. Paris, 1845. (16) Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400

156* (MEDICINE) A group of four books pertaining to women’s healthcare.

Clinical Memoirs on the Diseases of Women. By Gustave Bernutz and Ernest Goupil. London: The New Sydenham Society, 1866. 2 vols. A Compendious System of Midwifery... By William P. Dewees. Philadelphia: H. C. Carey & L. Lea, 1826. The Diseases of Females: Including Those of Pregnancy and Childbed. By Fleetwood Churchill. Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1847. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200 157* (MEDICINE) A group of 12 books, mainly nineteenth-century, pertaining to surgery.

Operative Surgery. By Warren Stone Bickham. Volume 7 only. Philadelphia, (1933). A Cyclopedia of Practical Medicine and Surgery. By George M. Gould and Walter L. Pyle. Philadelphia, 1903. The Dissector; or Practical and Surgical Anatomy. By Erasmus Wilson. Philadelphia, 1844. Clinical Lectures on Medicine and Surgery. By Various Authors. London, 1894. The Practice of Surgery. By James Miller. Philadelphia, 1846. Practical Surgery. By Robert Liston. Philadelphia, 1842. A System of Practical Surgery. By William Fergusson. Philadelphia, 1843. The Institutes and Practice of Surgery. By William Gibson. Philadelphia, 1838. Elements of Surgery: For the Use of Students. By John Syng Dorsey. Philadelphia, 1823. Volume 2 only. Third edition. A System of Surgery. By J. M. Chelius. Philadelphia, 1847. Vols. 1 and 2 (of 3) only. A System of Surgery. By William Tod Helmuth. Philadelphia, 1887. Fifth edition. (12) Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400

157A* (MEDICINE) A group of 15 volumes.

Manual de Medicina Operatoria. By J. F. Malgaigne. Barcelona, 1841. 2 vols. Myographiae Comparatae Specimen; or, A Comparative Description of all the Muscles in a Man and in a Quadruped. By James Douglas. London, 1707. A Handbook of the Practise of Forensic Medicine... By Johann Ludwig Caspar. London, 1861-65. 2 vols. Third edition. Cyclopaedia of Anatomy and Physiology. By Todd. London, 1836-1852. 5 vols. Special Anatomy and Histiology. By William Horner. Philadelphia, 1846. Volume 2 only. Seventh edition. Lexicon Medicum; or, Medical Dictionary. By Robert Hooper. New York, 1838. Volume 1 (of 2) only. The National Medical Dictionary. By John S. Billings. Philadelphia, 1890. 2 vols. A Dictionary of Practical Surgery. By Samuel Cooper. New York, 1832. Sixth edition. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $100-200

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158* (ASTRONOMY) BROWN, ERNEST W. AND HENRY HENDRICK Tables of the Motion of the Moon. Sections I and II (with III). New Haven: Yale University Press; London: Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press, 1919.

2 vols. Folio, sewn in paper wraps and housed in custom cloth-backed clamshell case with pastedown spine label. Press edition. Ex-library copy with stickers to upper-corner of front wraps and bookplates tipped in front pastedowns; small marginal tears; section I-II lacking rear wrapper; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

159 (ASTRONOMY) ENFIELD, WILLIAM Institutes of Natural Philosophy, Theoretical and Practical. Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, 1824.

Folio, full contemporary calf, gilt-lettering to spine. Fourth American edition. With 16 engraved plates, some fold-out. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; rubbing to boards with some loss at spine ends and corners. $100-200

160 (ASTRONOMY) WHISTON, WILLIAM An Account of a Surprizing Meteor, Seen in the Air, March the 6th, 17 15/16, at Night. London: Printed for J. Senex and W. Taylor, 1716.

79 pp. 12mo, finely rebound in 3/4 stamped leather over cloth, gilt-lettered spine, renewed endpapers, engraved title page vignette. Second edition. Bookplate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. $400-600

161* ADAMS, JOHN COUCH The Scientific Papers of John Couch Adams. Edited by William Grylls Adams. Cambridge: The University Press, 1896.

2 vols. 4to, blue cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, portrait frontispiece. First edition. Soiling to boards (mostly affecting vol. 1); intermittent foxing; browning to f.f.e.p. and bookplate tipped in front pastedown vol. 1; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 162* AIRY, GEORGE On Sound and Atmospheric Vibrations with the Mathematical Elements of Music. London and Cambridge: Macmillan, 1868.

Small 8vo, original green cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine. With two fold-out plates. Rubbing and fading to boards; spine ends frayed; pages uncut; hinges starting; darkening to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

163* ARAGO, FRANCOIS Biographies of Distinguished Scientific Men. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857.

8vo, blue-green blind-stamped cloth-backed boards, gilt-lettered spine, advertisement endpapers, 12 pp. advertisement tipped into rear. Spine faded and ends bumped; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $150-250

164* (CAVENDISH, HENRY) The Life of the Hon. Henry Cavendish. London: The Cavendish Society, 1851.

8vo, original green cloth blind-stamped giltdecorated boards. In-text illustrations. Minor rubbing to boards; ownership inscription to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. Together with A History of the Cavendish Laboratory, 1871-1910. London: Longmans, Green, 1910. 8vo, grey cloth boards, title blind-stamped to spine, photographic frontispiece. Numerous in-text photographs. Some fading to boards; light edgewear; darkening to f.f.e.p. and endpapers; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200 165* (DALTON, JOHN) ROSCOE, HENRY E. A New View of the Origin of Dalton’s Atomic Theory. London: Macmillan, 1896. Together with John Dalton and the Rise of Modern Chemistry. By Sir Henry E. Roscoe. London: Cassell, 1901. Memoirs of the Life and Scientific Researches of John Dalton. By William Charles Henry. London: Printed for the Cavendish Society, 1854. English Men of Science: John Dalton. By J. P. Millington. London: J. M. Dent, 1906.

With four other books, comprising: The Life of Sir William Crookes. By E. E. Fournier D’Albe. London: T. Fisher Unwin, (1923). Fourcroy: Chemist and Revolutionary, 1755-1809. By W. A. Smeaton. Cambridge: W. Heffer & Sons, (1962). Atomicity and Quanta. By J. H. Jeans. Cambridge: The University Press, 1926. The Life of Pasteur. By Rene ValleryRadot. London: Constable, 1919. (8) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

166 DE BRAHM, JOHN GERARD WILLIAM Time An Apparition of Eternity [bound with] Voice of the Everlasting Gospel. Philadelphia: Printed by Zachariah Poulson, 1791. 2 works in 1. 8vo, contemporary wraps. First editions. Presentation copy, inscribed “For Friend Nellmuth from the author,” with a page of autograph manuscript signed, headed “Kind Reader,” preceding the title of the first work, and six pages of autograph confessions “The Great Trumpet Sounded in my Ears...” signed, at the end.

De Brahm was the author of the first map of South Carolina and Georgia and The Atlantic Pilot. The copy of the first work in the British Library is accompanied by a letter from the author to Thomas Paine similar to the one in the present copy and headed “Kind Reader.” Wear to wraps with corners creased; lightly spotted and stained; stab hole through first few leaves not affecting the text. $800-1,200

167* EINSTEIN, ALBERT Card signed (“A. Einstein”), 1925. Framed and matted with a black and white portrait photograph. Size of frame 13 3/4 x 9 1/4 inches. Property from the Collection of Baroness Kimberly von der Trenck, Newtown, Pennsylvania $400-600

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168* KELVIN, LORD (WILLIAM THOMSON) Reprint of Papers on Electrostatics and Magnetism. London: Macmillan, 1884.

8vo, green cloth-backed boards, title in gilt to spine. Illustrated with two folding-plates and in-text illustrations. Spine ends chipped; minor soiling to boards; intermittent foxing; hinges starting; otherwise fine. Together with 18 other books pertaining to the life and work of Kelvin. (19) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

169* HIPPOCRATES Aphorismi Hippocratis Latino sermone Expressi. Paris: Martin Le Jeune, 1555.

12mo, contemporary calf, spine tooled in gilt, gilt-lettered spine label, custom quarter morocco slipcase and chemise. Text in Greek and Latin. Bookplate tipped to front pastedown; spine ends chipped; joints cracked; raised bands chipped on slipcase; wear to boards; some light brownspotting.

With two other works in like custom slipcase and chemise, comprising: De Statica Medicina. By Hippolylo Obicio. Ferrariae: Cornelii Boutesteyn, 1713. 12mo, contemporary calf, spine gilt-tooled and lettered with red leather spine label, frontispiece. Heads of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine. By Andrew Duncan. Edinburgh: Printed for C. Elliot, 1785. 8vo, contemporary calf, title in gilt to black leather spine label. Property from the Collection of Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois $200-400

170* OZANAM, (JACQUES) Recreations in Mathematics and Natural Philosophy ... Recomposed, and Greatly Enlarged ... by the Celebrated M. Montucla. London: Printed for G. Kearsley, 1803.

4 vols. 8vo, full marbled calf restored retaining original spines and edges of boards, spines gilt-tooled in compartments with gilt-lettered red leather spine labels. Complete with 97 plates on 96 sheets. Bookplate Samuel Hart tipped in front pastedowns. Rubbing to edges of spine and general shelfwear to boards, with some loss at the corners; some intermittent brown spots and light foxing; renewed endpapers; bookplate tipped in front pastedowns; title pages clipped at top and restored; front board detached vol. 4. Property from the Private Library of Dr. Simon G. Stein II, Muscatine, Iowa $600-800 171* (ROYAL SOCIETY) A group of 10 books pertaining to the history of the Royal Society.

The Record of the Royal Society of London. London: Oxford University Press, 1912. Third edition. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society. London: The Royal Society, 1955-1956. 2 vols. Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society, 1965. Volume 2 only. London: The Royal Society, 1965. Obituary Notices of Fellows of The Royal Society, 1954. Volume 9. London: The Royal Society, 1954. The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-1983. The First Two Hundred Years. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1983. A Brief History of The Royal Society. By E. N. Da C. Andrade. London: The Royal Society, 1960. The Royal Society - Its Origins and Founders. Edited by Sir Harold Hartley. London: The Royal Society, (1960). Signatures in the First Journal-Book and the CharterBook of the Royal Society. London: Oxford University Press, 1912. Signatures in the Charter-Book of the Royal Society of Fellows Admitted from 1936-1949. Second Supplementary Index. London: Oxford University Press, 1950. (10) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

172* BRITISH ASSOCIATION Report of the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; Held at Cheltenham in August 1856. London: John Murray, 1857.

2 vols. 8vo, contemporary grey paper boards, spine label. With 33 plates, some fold-out. Minor soiling to interior; pages uncut; otherwise fine. Together with Report of the Seventh Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science; Held at Liverpool in September 1837. Vol. VI. London: John Murray, 1838. 8vo, blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine. With fold-out plates. Front and rear boards detached but present; wear to boards; light foxing throughout; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $200-400

173* RUTHERFORD, ERNEST LORD Radioactive Substances and Their Radiations. Cambridge: The University Press, 1913.

8vo, original green cloth, gilt-lettered spine. Numerous in-text illustrations. Light wear to boards at edges; chipping to spine ends; bookplate tipped in front pastedown; otherwise fine. Together with three other works pertaining to the life of Lord Rutherford and radioactivity, comprising: Rutherford By Those Who Knew Him. Being the Collection of the First Five Rutherford Lectures of the Physical Society. s.l.: The Physical Society, 1954. Rutherford. Being the Life and Letters of the Rt. Hon. Lord Rutherford, O. M. By A. S. Eve. Cambridge: The University Press, 1939. Madame Curie. A Biography. By Eve Curie. Garden City: Doubleday, Doran, 1937. (4) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $150-250

174* SEDGWICK, ADAM The Life and Letters of The Reverend Adam Sedgwick. By John Willis Clark and Thomas McKenny Hughes. Cambridge: The University Press, 1890. 2 vols.

Together with The Founders of Geology. By Sir Archibald Geikie. London: Macmillan, 1897. Life and Letters of James David Forbes. By John Campbell Shairp, Peter Guthrie Tait, and A. Adams-Reilly. London: Macmillan, 1873. Diamonds. By Sir William Crookes. London and New York: Harper & Brothers, 1909. The Age of Pithecanthropus. By Dr. Ir. L. J. C. Van Es. The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1931. (6) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $100-200

175* SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM Conferences Held in Connection with the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus, 1876. Physics and Mechanics. London: Chapman and Hall, 1876.

8vo, original green cloth-backed decorative boards, gilt-lettered spine. Numerous in-text illustrations. James Clerk Maxwell copy, with his bookplate tipped in front pastedown, tipped to South Kensington Museum presentation copy. Rubbing to boards; spine ends bumped; ex-library copy with stamp to f.f.e.p.; otherwise fine. Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Provenance: James Clerk Maxwell, bookplate. $300-500

176* TYNDALL, JOHN Lessons in Electricity at the Royal Institution, 1875-6. New York: D. Appleton, 1882.

Together with Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, and Reviews. London: Longmans, Green, 1892. 2 vols. And nine other works pertaining to the physics and electricity, comprising: The Mathematical Theory of Electricity and Magnetism. By Sir James Jeans. Fifth edition. Cambridge: The University Press, n.d. A Treatise on the Analytical Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies; With an Introduction to the Problem of Three Bodies. By E. T. Whittaker. Cambridge: The University Press, 1904. The Theory of Electricity and Magnetism, Being Lectures on Mathematical Physics. By Arthur Gordon Webster. London: Macmillan, 1897. Electricity. By W. L. Bragg. New York: Macmillan, 1936. A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity. By Sir Edmund Whittaker. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, (1951). 2 vols. Life and Work of John Tyndall. By A. S. Eve and C. H. Creasey. London: Macmillan, 1945. Oersted and the Discovery of Electromagnetism. By Bern Dibner. Norwalk, CT: Burndy Library,1961. A Record of the Scientific Work of John Tyndall. London: The Chiswick Press, 1935. (12) Property from the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois $150-250

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