Bartholini Thomae Thomas (5 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. An attractive small book bound in marbeled boards with decorated leather spine. 140 pages. Previous owner's name (datd 1868). Light foxing, small light spot where ink drop wiped off title page, light shelf-rubbing along edges otherwise very good. Size: 32mo Bluestem Books is an independent brick-and-mortar bookstore established in 1984.

Condition: Good. Small octavo: [14], 314, [6 index]pp., 9 engraved plates some folding. Engraved title-page and text woodcuts. Good copy bound in vellum with replacement end-papes. Title-page and last leaf a little browned but otherwise very good internally.nThe Vlacq reprint, the same year as the Copenhagen original, and having the same plates. Bartholin's important work containing 200 case studies of anomalies of nature, people with birth defects.

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Small octavo. [16], 360, [8] pp., plates, illus. First edition. Rebound in recent cloth with morocco title label; engraved title plus 9 engravings, of which 2 are folding. Additional in-text woodcuts scattered throughout. Complete. Preliminary leaves and final leaves of the index are a bit edgeworn and toned else generally clean throughout. This is the first of a three-volume history by the Danish physician comprising case studies of anatomical anomalies with descriptions and illustrations. This Copenhagen edition is thought to precede another 1654 edition issued in Amsterdam. Both are uncommon. The subsequent volumes of Bartholin's work were issued in 1657 and 1661. Text in Latin. Osleriana 1927; Walleriana 737.

Full Leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. xiv, 576, 13 pages. First edition in original brown calf covers with 4 spine bands. Gold ruling, front and rear covers and spine. Spine faded. Edge and corner wear. Leather cracked on front hinge. Binding tight. Missing page 191-2 with plate 29. 73 engraved plates, 6 folding. Engraved frontispiece of flayed man. Engraved illustrated title page. Engraved portrait on verso of title page. A very nice copy.

Amsterlodami, Henrici Wetstenii, 1676. Plusieurs ouvrages en un seul in/16, reliure plein veau brun, dos à nerfs à titre doré, frontispice, page de titre avec vignette, nombreuses illustrations in-texte et 4 planches dépliantes (bijoux antiques), 7 f., 114 p., 7 f., 40 p., 7 f., 148 p., 1 f., 17 p., 4 f. Petite découpe restaurée dans la marge du vol.2, page 55.Père et fils d'une famille Danoise d'érudits et médecins qui se distinguèrent dans les sciences ; le présent ouvrage traite entre autre, d'une corne d'or , un objet antique, découvert au Danemark ; objet couvert de nombreux symboles. La Bib. Esoterica en notice 233 précise pour une autre édition qu'il "est question dans cet ouvrage. non seulement de la licorne, mais aussi d'animaux cornus et de monstres humains, par exemple de François Trouillet qui vivait aux environs de 1599 et avait au milieu du front une véritable corne de bélier".