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Published by Astrology Classics, 2003
Seller: Collectors' Bookstore, Antwerpen, Belgium
Book First Edition
Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition thus, very fine condition. The Astrological Judgement and Practice of Physick Deduced from the position of the Heavens at the decumbiture of the sick person - Reissue of the 1677 edition Special Collection by Richard Saunders. Published by Astrology Classics in 2003. Paperback. Richard Saunders 1613 - 1692 was an astrologer/physician in 17th century England. This book, first published in 1677, was the result of thirty years practice. It is also one of the earliest astro-medical treatises in the English language. Using the terminology of his day, Saunders speaks of humors and winds, of conditions hot, cold or dry, of the cholerick and fiery, etc. This is a comprehensive and demanding text on medical astrology. Included are rules for decumbiture charts, illnesses produced. Collectible item in excellent condition.
Published by Thomas and George Underwood, London, 1825
Seller: Temple Bar Bookshop, Dublin, DUB, Ireland
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. The third edition, with large additions. A very good copy in recent half calf preserving the oringal spine label.
Published by J Roberts, near the Oxford Arms in Warwick-Lane, 1724
Seller: Westmoor Books, Leyburn, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. An early C18th Treatise in defence of Apothecaries, rebound in a card cover with title to upper board. There is repaired damage to the upper fore corner throughout the textblock, possibly caused by fire, which affects the title, and a PO name has been removed from the top of the title page. The final 'ti' of Justificati has been lost and this is reflected on the title plate on the top board.the text is unaffected but darkened in places.a scarce copy.
Published by London: Printed for E. Bell, 1722. 1st ed., 1722
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 8vo. [8] pp. Dedication and Preface, 466 pp. + [20] pp. Index and Table of English Names. Original boards with rather crude black cloth binding. Spinal extremities chipped and boards are soiled. Contemporary notes front and rear endpapers, name title page. Good.
Published by Gryphon Editions, Birmingham, AL, 1992
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Fine. Leather bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. ; First Gryphon Edition. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.
Published by Gryphon Editions, Maryland, 2011
Seller: Rare Book Cellar, Pomona, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in shrinkwrap. Leather bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. A Limited Edition. Surface scratches on spine hubs. Notes from the editors neatly laid in. ; The Classics of Medicine Library. ; First Gryphon Edition.
Published by Jeffrey Wale, London, 1706
Seller: Gaabooks, West New York, NJ, U.S.A.
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. A worn copy with the text block now split into two . The two covers are still string tied, but loose. A former institutional library copy with markings.
Published by London: Printed for W. Johnston, 1769
Seller: Forest Books, ABA-ILAB, Grantham, LINCS, United Kingdom
First Edition
First edition, xvi, 327, [9]pp. 2 Vols., in one, 12mo (175 x 105 mm), cont. ownership signature of S. Buxton to head of title pages, endpapers browned from turn-ins, cont. calf, rubbed.
Published by T. Woodward, London, 1735
First Edition
Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. First edition. The mechanical practice of physick: in which the specifick method is examin'd and exploded; and the Bellinian hypothesis of animal secretion and muscular motion, consider'd and refuted. With .remarks . on Dr. Lobb's Treatise of the small pox, Dr. Robinson on the animal oeconomy, and Professor Boerhaave's account of the animal spirits and muscular motion. Published/Printed for T. Woodward. London. Printed in the year 1735. Bound in full calf, raised bands, compartments with gilt centre stamp, gilt lines. Professionally rebacked retaining the original boards, boards rubbed on corners edges with some minor wear loss. Binding in very good clean firm condition with strong hinge joints. Internally, no loose pages, no writing/marking. Pages in very good clean condition. A very good clean well bound copy.A62 Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Published by Printed for Andr. Bell, Ral. Smith, Dan. Midwinter, Tho. Leigh, Will. Hawes, Will. Davis, Geo. Strahan, Bern. Lintott, Ja. Round, and Jeff. Wale, London, 1704
Seller: Minotavros Books, ABAC ILAB, Whitby, ON, Canada
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st English Edition. 8vo. The practice of physick, reduc'd to the ancient way of observations containing a just parallel between the wisdom and experience of the ancients, and the hypothesis's of modern physicians. Intermix'd With many Practical Remarks upon most Distempers. Together with several new and curious dissertations; Particularly of the tarantula, And the Nature of its Poison: of the use and Abuse of blistering-plaisters: of epidemical apoplexies, &c. Written in Latine, by Geo. Baglivi, M. D. Professor of Physick and Anatomy at Rome. First Edition in English. 8vo., full contemporary calf and rebacked spine with orig. spine laid-down, [16] 464pp. Featuring one plate of a tarantula. Bookplate on pastedown, name on title page with light foxing throughout. Edges rubbed, some soiling and markings to boards but o/w very good. Giorgio Baglivi (1668-1707) was an Armenian-Italian Physician. A professor of anatomy and physician-in-chief of practical medicine at the Sapienza University, he quickly rose to one of Rome's elite physicians and medical scientists (Duneo, George: 'Giorgio Baglivi, a leading physician of his time.' Hektoen International: A Journal of Medical Humanities). This work on contains a dissertation of the Anatomy, Bitings, and other Effects of the Venomous Spider Call'd the Tarantula. (Blake: A Short Title Catalogue of Eighteenth Century Printed Books in the National Library of Medicine, p. 27; ESTC Citation No. N9782).
Published by Printed by H. P. for C. Rivington, London, 1719
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
First English edition. Octavo (7 1/2 x 4 5/8 inches; 190 x 117 mm). [44], [3, publisher's ads], [1, errata], 331, [1, blank], [28] pp. With half-title, publisher's ads, errata, and unpaginated index. With engraved initials and head-and-tail pieces. Some small engraved diagrams in the text. Contemporary full paneled speckled calf. Board edges gilt. Edges speckled red. Outer front joint just starting at top of spine. Boards rubbed. Spine with small sticker at head. Head of spine slightly chipped. Some minor staining to bottom edge of preliminaries. Previous owner Skene Library's bookplate on front pastedown. Overall a very good copy. "The earliest systematic medical bibliography in English." (Sotheby's) Boerhaave (1668-1738), "a member of the faculty of medicine at the University of Leiden, exerted an enormous influence upon the teaching and practice of medicine in Europe. He is credited with systematizing medical knowledge, synthesizing the older Greek medical heritage with the discoveries of the seventeenth century to build a comprehensive contemporary medical doctrine" (Norman Library 255, describing the 1708 first edition of Boerhaave's Institutiones medicæ). Garrison and Morton. Norman Library. ESTC T114547. HBS 68676. $1,500.
Published by Printed for J. Pemberton and W. Meadows, London, 1730
Seller: Heritage Book Shop, ABAA, Beverly Hills, CA, U.S.A.
First Edition
Full Description: ALLEN, John. Dr. Allen's Synopsis Medicinae: or, a brief and general collection of the whole practice of physick: containing the opinions and judgments of the most celebrated authors, concerning diseases, their causes and remedies : with most cases in surgery and midwifery :to which are added, some observations very rare and uncommon ; and a curious treatise on all sorts of poysons. In Two Parts. Translated from the last Edition, which is enlarged on third Part, by a Physician. London: Printed for J. Pemberton and W. Meadows, 1730. First edition in English. This title was first published in Latin in 1719, and was a synopsis of what the great minds of that time believed about each of the known diseases. Two octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches; 195 x 120 mm). [4],336, 335-404, [4], 405-409, [1, publisher's ad]; [2], 274, [44] pp. Leaves A3-A4 of volumes I, misbound between pages 404 and 405. With numerous wood cut initials and head and tail pieces. We could only find one copy of the first English edition on Rare Book Hub, which was sold by Maggs in 1954. Contemporary brown paneled calf. Boards ruled in blind. Spines numbered in gilt. Board edges tooled in gilt. Edges speckled red. Hinges are cracked but holding firm. Some light dampstaining to upper corner touching page numbers but not text in first volume, and some mild soiling. Overall a very good copy. "Allen was known in the medical world for his Synopsis universae medicinae practicae, sive, Doctissimorum virorum de morbis eorumque causis ac remediis judicia (1719). Assembled from Allen's own notes it was an exhaustive and clearly presented catalogue of diseases, set out with classical and modern opinions, symptoms, and prescriptions. There were indexes of dispensaries and suppliers of drugs, and an index of 'distempers'. The book rapidly found favour: it went through three Latin editions before it was translated into English, French, and German, sometimes with additions. The author is described as MD, but it is not known where Allen acquired this qualification, and this may have led to the belief among continental writers, and documented in the Dictionary of National Biography, that Allen was a pseudonym." (Oxford DNB). HBS 68537. $1,500.
Published by Printed for the Author and sold by C. Rivington, London, 1731
Seller: Nikki Green Books, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Book First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Large 4to, xvi + 4 pages subscribers names, unpaginated pp860 with 5 b/w engravings (including frontis) and other charts and illustrations throughout. Hardcover no dust jacket. Rebound in brown cloth with 5 raised bands to spine and original blind stamped leather binding re-laid to boards in good condition with some shelf wear and rubbing to tips and edges of boards. Inside in very good clean condition with no foxing or aging to pages, with 10 pages that have old tape repairs to edges. In 1730 Philip Miller was asked by Nathan Bailey, the English lexicographer, to write the botanical entries for the Dictionarium Britannicum. With this prior experience Miller decided to produce his own Gardeners Dictionary (1731), a work that rivaled Bailey's in size, and covered all aspects of gardening (in kitchen- and flower-garden, orchard, greenhouse, and tree plantations), together with descriptions of plants, and essays on horticultural science'. Miller's Gardeners Dictionary (1731) was the first comprehensive garden dictionary in English, and was written just before he became Curator of the Chelsea Physic Garden. It was the most influential gardening book of the 18th century, with readership aimed at the gentry and their head gardeners, clergy, academics and fellow members of the Royal Society. Eight up-dated editions were published before Miller's death in 1771. An exceptional copy of this scarce 1st Edition.
[40], 363, [3] pp.First English edition of a treatise on the medicinal use of Spanish fly (Lytta vesicatoria, traditionally classified in the family Canthardiae). Joannes Groenevelt (1648-1715/16)) was a Dutch-born physician, practising in London from 1675 on. Spanish fly was known for centuries as an aphrodisiac, but was also extremely dangerous, overdoses sometimes causing death. Greenfield, as he called himself in England, strongly advocated the use of Spanish fly, primarily for the treatment of gout and of bladder and kidney diseases. One of his patients accused him of malpractice and Groenvelt was fined and sent to Newgate prison, but obtained permanent freedom through William III's general pardon in 1691. He published the present treatise on the use of Spanish fly as a vindication of his methods. It includes a laudatory poem by Bernard Mandeville, detailed descriptions of the various medicinal uses of Spanish fly, followed by medical observations and several recipes.l Blake, p. 187; ESTC T64914; for the author: Cook, "Groenevelt, Joannes (bap. 1648, d. 1715/16)", in: ODNB (online ed.).
Published by Samuel Harding & John Nourse, London, 1737
Seller: Arader Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Near fine. First. THE FAIRHAVEN COPY -- ON LARGE PAPER. Two volumes. Vol. I: London: Samuel Harding, 1737. Vol. II: London: John Nourse, 1739. First edition. Folio (18 ¾" x 11 5/8", 478mm x 298mm). [Full collation available.] With 643 plates, of which 500 are hand-colored botanical plates. Bound in modern half morocco over blue marbled boards by John D. Gray and Son, Cambridge (signed at the lower edge of each front paste-down). On the spine, 6 raised bands. Author and title gilt to the second panel, number gilt to the fourth, imprint gilt to the tail. All edges of the text-block untrimmed. A very little scuffing to the binding. Deckled edges tanned generally. Vol. I, closed marginal tears to pll. 52, 55, 148 and 206 (with loss; none affecting the image). Vol. II, closed marginal tears to the text facing pl. 497 (not affecting the text). Soiling and tears to the two index leaves a the end of vol. II. Altogether a splendid example on large paper with full deckled edges. Bookplate of Constance Davison (obscuring another larger bookplate) to the front paste-down of each volume. Armorial bookplate of Henry Rogers Broughton, Lord Fairhaven, to the recto of the front free end-paper of each volume. Elizabeth Blackwell (née Simpson, 1699-1758) was an heiress and a painter's daughter whose husband repeatedly showed himself a fraudster; the Curious Herbal was her plan to make things right. She drew directly from specimens at the Chelsea Physick Garden, and brought her drawings (72 of which are preserved at Oak Spring; see the OS Flora, no. 83) to her husband's cell -- then imprisoned, ironically, for establishing a publishing house without membership in the Stationers' Company -- where he would provide background on the plants from his abortive medical training. His observations were supplemented with those of Isaac Rand, then curator at Chelsea. The Curious Herbal was the first that had been put together in England for some time, and depicted and described for the first time a great many plants from the Americas and Asia. Blackwell both drew and engraved the plates, and the text was also engraved, saving the expense of letterpress. It was so successful that Blackwell was able to get her husand out of prison, though he was eventually executed for treason. Trew would eventually take up the work and had it re-engraved and expanded, publishing it in 1750 as the Herbarium Blackwellianum. Blackwell -- alongside Martyn and Catesby -- pioneered in England the publication of a natural history work in parts by subscription. Fascicles began to circulate in 1737, and the work was completed in 1739 with the 125th part. She initially contracted the work to Samuel Harding, but over time John Nourse inherited the copyright. Henrey's survey of the publication history does not include the exact combination of the present set (viz. Harding publishing vol. I (some examples have the arabic numeral) and Nourse vol. II), though 1739 is the proper date for vol. II. Stafleu-Cowan calls the Nourse vol. II a second issue, though does not note differences between arabic and roman numerals. Constance Davison is perhaps to be identified as the Smith College graduate of the Class of 1930, who went on to study geology at the University of Pennsylvania (the obscured bookplate is sadly illegible). Henry Rogers Broughton (1900-1973), second baron, was the brother of the first Baron Fairhaven (Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton), a title created for their father, Urban Hanlon Broughton, who died before it could be bestowed. The second Baron Fairhaven amassed one of the great collections of natural history books and art (donated to the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge). The present volume was bought from the second part of his epochal sale (Sotheby's London, 29 November 2022, lot 265). Brunet I.958; Dunthorne 42; cf. Henrey III.450-453; cf. Hunt 510 (with the 1739 Nourse imprint); Lowndes I.213 (noting large paper copies); Nissen, BBI 168; Oak Spring Flora 83; Stafleu-Cowan I.545.