Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Litteris Staritzii, 1837. Paperback. 32 p.; 22 cm. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). "1837" handwritten at foot of title page. South African Diederich Heinrich Fraenkel (1811-1861) defended his disseration about Joan Baptista van Helmont (1579-1644) in 1837 at the... More
Leipzig: Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag, 1925. Paperback. Vierte, durchgesehene Auflage (9.--11. Tausend). 194, [2] p.; 24 cm. Original beige paper wrappers printed in black. Pages are untrimmed. In Very Good- Condition: wrapper slightly soiled; back wrapper partially detached; slight browning along page edges; otherwise clean and tight. More
London, Eng. John Nutt, 1699. 3d Edition. Hardcover. "The Third Edition, Corrected by the Author." [22], 94 p.: engraved frontispiece; 20 cm. 8vo. Expertly rebacked with the original leather spine label reattached and the original leather on the boards, decorated in a variant of the Cambridge style: sprinkled calf with... More
Springfield, Ill. Charles C. Thomas, 1943. Hardcover. First edition. vii, [1], 129, [3] p.: illustrations, tables; 22 cm. Dark blue cloth with gilt spine title. Publisher's emblem embossed on back cover. Blue dust jacket printed in black with publisher's advertisements on both sides. Contains "essentially the material covered in the... More
S.l. H.R. Burner, 1874. Hardcover. viii, 472 p.: many in-text woodcut illustrations; 23 cm. Dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine and cover titles. Cover title, How to Acquire & Preserve Health, is also embossed on back cover. Board edges are bevelled. Dark brown endpapers. Former owners' names on front fixed... More
Chicago: Stein Co., 1902. Hardcover. 510 p., frontispiece portrait of the author, 8 unpaginated pages of illustrations: many in-text drawings; 22 cm. Light brown cloth with dark brown stamped spine and cover titles and front cover illustration. Includes index. The author, Joseph H. Greer (1851-1928), argues against wearing corsets and... More
Paris: L'Imprimerie de Rignoux, 1826. Pamphlet. 3, [1] p.; 25 cm. Caption title. "Académie Royale de Médecine" -- at head of title. No date of publication; Asselin died in 1826. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). Jean-Baptiste-Charles Asselin (1746-1826) was a French... More
Boston: Wells and Lilly, 1818. Hardcover. xvi, 246, [2] p.; 86 p.; 24 cm. Original black cloth spine with light pink paper over boards. Printed paper spine label with title: Hale and Gamage on Fever. Half-title: History of an Epidemic Fever. Advertisement by Wells and Lilly on 2 unpaginated pages... More
Philadelphia: E.L. Carey and A. Hart, 1830. Hardcover. First American edition. 173, [3] p., 1 leaf of a folded plate; 23 cm. Modern maroon library buckram with gilt-stamped spine title. Publisher's catalog of medical works on final 2 unpaginated pages. The folded leaf contains a table for recording cases of... More
Worcester, Mass. Isaiah Thomas, 1793. Hardcover. "Sold by Isaiah Thomas in Worcester; by Thomas and Andrews, Boston; and by Thomas and Carlisle, in Walpole, Newhampshire." vi, 7-351, [1] p.; 21 cm. Signatures: A-X8 (8vo). Full calf; red morocco spine label with gilt-tooled title: Female Family Physician. Woodcut head- and tailpieces... More
Erlangen: Hilpert, 1815. Paperback. 26 p.; 24 cm. As printed, the title page left the specific date of the lecture blank; in pencil it was changed to "Die 3. Januar MDCCCXVI," indicating that, rather than being delivered in Dec. 1815, it was delivered on Jan. 3, 1816. Disbound from a.... More
Trevoux, France: L'Imprimerie de S.A.S., 1708. First Edition. Hardcover. "Et se vend à Paris. Chez Jacques Etienne Libraire." 94, 145, [7] p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "L'Inec aux Hommes." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining... More
Utrecht: Corneille Guillaume le Febvre, 1749. Title continuted: "Avec un Traité de la meilleure manière de guérir les petites véroles par des remedes & des observations tirées de l'usage. Premiere Partie." Volume one only (of 3). [2], 261, [3] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: pi2 A-Y8+4. 12mo. Contemporary full speckled calf;..... More
Paris: Le Mercier, 1723. Hardcover. Troisieme Edition. 495, [9] p.; 18 cm. Signatures: A-2H8 2I4 (8vo). Contemporary full calf with 6 spine compartments between raised bands. All page edges specked red and brown. Former owner's inscription at head of front free endpaper in an old hand: "a Mr de Barmond."... More
London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co., 1901. Hardcover. "Second impression (with a few corrections), August 1901." Imprint includes Syracuse, N.Y.: C.W. Bardeen. xvi, 295, [1] p.; 20 cm. Publisher's maroon cloth with gilt-stamped spine title. Final unpaginated page contains publisher's advertisement for other books by the author. Former owner's stamp at... More
Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1858. Paperback. [1], 192-240 p., 1 leaf of a folded chart: in-text drawings and tables; 23 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Contains medical reports on various topics including Dr. Addinell Hewson on his design for a sickbed, with an illustration (he soon afterward served as a.... More
Lowell, Mass. C.I. Hood Co., Proprietors Hood's Sarsaparilla, 1890. Paperback. 243, [5] p.; 19 cm. Green wrappers printed in black. Advertisements for Hood's patent medicines on wrappers and final 5 unpaginated pages. Hood's Home Library, no. 6. No date of publication. C.I. Hood (1845-1922) started producing sarsaparilla and other patent... More
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1887. Hardcover. Third Edition. [2], x, [2], 445 p.; 20 cm. Publisher's dark green cloth with gilt-stamped spine title and front cover illustration of a winged vase wearing eye glasses; same illustrated blind stamped on back cover. Boards have bevelled edges. Top page edges gilt... More
Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. [1], 122-134 p., 1 folded leaf a lithographed plate drawn on stone by J. Drayton; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on Nov. 2, 1832. J.P. Hopkinson taught anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania. Joseph Pancoast... More
New York: Fowlers and Wells, 1851. Paperback. 132, [8] p.; 20 cm. Tan wrapper printed in black. "Mail Edition" -- at top edge of front wrapper. Spine title: Lectures on Hygiene and Hydropathy. Back wrapper bears advertisement for The Water-Cure Journal and Herald of Reform published by Fowlers and Wells... More
Venetiis [Venice, Italy]: Laurentium Basilium [Lorenzo Baseggio], 1764. Paperback. Editio prima Veneta, juxta ultimam Londinensem. 2 volumes bound together (vol. 1: [6], xxx, 161, [1], 38, [6] p.; vol. 2: xx, 208 p.): copperplate engraved frontispiece of a compass rose and cardinal points; 21 cm. (8vo). Original stiffened paper covers... More
Warriorsmark [Warriors Mark, Pa.]: 1896. Paperback. [12] p.: illustrations (including 4 full pages of chromolithographed illustrations); 16 cm. Stapled chromolithographed wrapper. No date of publication. The Malena Co. was established in Warriors Mark, Pa., in 1886 by Chauncey F. York (1850-1928); it produced a skin salve and stomach-liver pills. In... More
Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1859. Paperback. [1], 242-300 p.: in-text drawings and tables; 24 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Pages are unopened and untrimmed. Contains medical reports on various topics, as well as a report on meteorology and epidemics for 1858 by Dr. Wilson Jewell along with data on meteorological... More
Philadelphia: Collins, Printer, 1862. Paperback. [1], 404-463 p.: in-text drawings and tables; 23 cm. Brown wrapper printed in black. Contains several medical reports on various topics, but primarily contains a lengthy report on meteorolgy and epidemics for 1861 by Dr. Wilson Jewell, with detailed mortality data for Philadelphia, along with... More
Philadelphia: H.C. Carey and I. Lea, 1826. Hardcover. Second American from the Third London Edition, Revised and Improved. x, 223 p.; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between double gilt rules; red leather label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "Johnson on the Liver." Former owner's name... More
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