1878. LACROIX, Paul. XVIIIme SIECLE; LETTRES, SCIENCES ET ARTS. France, 1700-1789. Paris: Didot, et Cie., 1878. Later printing. Profusely illustrated; 16 chromolithographic and 20 wood-engraved plates, and 230 wood-engraved text illustrations after Watteau, Vanloo, Largrilliere, Boucher, Lancret, Greuze, Chardin, Desportes, Oudry, Vernet, La Tour, Les Saint-Aubin, Gravelot, Cochin, Eisen, Moreau..... More
1815. LANGENBECK, Conrad Johann Martin, hrsg. NEUE BIBLIOTHEK FUR DIE CHIRUGIE UND OPTHAMOLOGIE. Erster Band(-Dritter Band). Hanover: Bey den Brudern Hahn, 1815(-1822). Volumes 1-3 (only) of four. 19 plates, some folding. Three octavo volumes uniformly bound in contemporary bindings of paper boards, leather spine label, and all edges stained red..... More
1727. LEMERY, Nicolas. DICTIONAIRE OU TRAITE UNIVERSEL DES DROGUES SIMPLES. Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout, 1727. Quarto. [xx], 590, [58] pp. + 25 ff. Fourth edition, with corrections and many additions by the author. Contains twelve large folding plates, each with 16 individual engravings of plants, corals, and a little hippo. Nicolas..... More
1700. LEMERY, Nicolas. PHARMACOPOEIA LEMERIANA CONTRACTA: LEMERY'S UNIVERSAL PHARMACOPOEIA ABRIDG'D, in a collection of recepe's and observations compar'd with the London and with Bates's Dispensatories, and also with Charas's Royal Pharmacy: to which are added some remedies recommended by the members of the French Royal Academy of Science, most collected..... More
1834. EARLY PROPONENT OF THE CONCEPT OF CRIMINAL INSANITY LEURET, Francois. FRAGMENS PSYCHOLOGIQUES SUR LA FOLIE. Paris: Crochard, 1834. 426 pp. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. A collection of writings on madness by the head of medecine st Bicetre Hospital in Paris and chief editor of Annales d'hygiene publique et de..... More
1927. LEWIS, Thomas. THE BLOOD VESSELS OF THE HUMAN SKIN AND THEIR RESPONSES. London: Shaw and Sons Ltd., 1927. 322 pp., 76 illustrations. 4to., blue cloth. Owner's ink signature rubbed out, ffep. Very good, cloth split at rear spine hinge. Shelfwear and a few nicks to spine and corners. Ex-library..... More
1786. LEWIS, W. [and the] Gentlemen of the Faculty at Edinburgh. THE NEW DISPENSATORY. CONTAINING I. THE ELEMENTS OF PHARMACEUTICAL CHEMISTRY. II. THE MATERIA MEDICA... III. PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS. IV. MEDICINAL COMPOSITIONS. xxxii + 720 pp. 8vo., calf. Edinburgh: Printed for Charles Elliot/London: G. G. J. and J. Robinson, 1786. Fair..... More
1746. LEWIS, William. A COURSE OF PRACTICAL CHEMISTRY. In which are contained all the Operations described in Wilson's Complete Course of Chemistry. With many new and several uncommon Processes. To each Article is given the Chemical History, and to most, an Account of the Quantities of Oils, Salts, Spirits, yielded..... More
1764. LINNAEUS, Carl. SPECIES PLANTARUM, EXHIBENTES PLANTES RITE COGNITAS AD GENERA RELATAS, CUM DIFFERENTIIS SPECIFICIS, NOMINIBUS TRIVIALIBUS, SYNONYMIS SELECTIS, LOCIS NATALIBUS, SECUNDUM SYSTEMA SEXUALE DIGESTAS ... EDITIO TERTIA. Vindobonae [Vienna]: Joannis Thomae de Trattner, 1764. Two volumes. I: )( 5, [2], 784; II: 785- 1682, [66]. Ink ownership to title..... More
1749. LOWTHORP, John. THE PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS AND COLLECTIONS TO THE END OF THE YEAR MDCC. ABRIDGED, AND DISPOSED UNDER GENERAL HEADS. VOLUME II. CONTAINING ALL THE PHYSIOLOGICAL PAPERS. London: Printed for W. Innys, R. Ware, ... and J. Ward, 1749. 5th edition, corrected, in which the Latin papers are translated..... More
1851. LYTTON BULWER, E. EXTRACTS FROM SIR E. LYTTON BULWER'S CONFESSIONS AND OBSERVATIONS OF A WATER-PATIENT. IN A LETTER TO THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE. TO WHICH IS APPENDED A DESCRIPTION OF THE ORANGE MOUNTAIN WATER-CURE. [New Jersey:] n.p., ca. 1851. 33, [34-47] pp. 8vo., tan sewn wrappers printed in black..... More
1896. M'KECHNIE, William Sharp. THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL: AN INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO SOCIALISTIC AND INDIVIDUALISTIC THEORIES. Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons, 1896. xv + [1] + 451 pp. 8vo., black cloth stamped in gilt. Spine nicked at heel and crown, ink ownership and pencil..... More
1822. MACKENZIE, COLIN. ONE THOUSAND EXPERIMENTS IN CHEMISTRY; WITH ILLUSTRATIONS OF NATURAL PHENOMENA; AND PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE MANUFACTURING AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES AT PRESENT PURSUED IN THE SUCCESSFUL CULTIVATION OF THE USEFUL ARTS. London: Printed for Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1822. "A new edition corrected and improved, with numerous..... More
1873. MACKENZIE, Morell. PHARMACOPOEIA OF THE HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE THROAT (GOLDEN SQUARE). London: J. & A. Churchill, 1872. First edition, based on the British Pharmacopoeia, 1867. 100 pp. 12mo., violet cloth sunned to brown at spine, stamped in gilt. Ex-library copy with all marks, a pocket, etc. Covers..... More
1865. MACKENZIE, Morell. THE USE OF THE LARYNGSCOPE IN DISEASES OF THE THROAT. With an appendix on rhinoscopy. Philadelphia: Lindsay and Blakiston, 1865. Text illustrations. Octavo. 160 pp. A scarce, and complete, title but offered as is: The binding is generally soiled and quite worn, with a hole at the..... More
1841. MACKENZIE, William. THE PHYSIOLOGY OF VISION. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1841. xv + [1] + 292 pp. + [2] + 16 pp. publisher's catalogue. 8vo., black cloth stamped in blind. Lacks backstrip, boards detached. Ex-library with no external markings. Inkstamp on title page. Unopened. Needs binding;..... More
1833. MACKENZIE, William. A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE DISEASES OF THE EYE. Boston: Carter, Hendee and Co., 1833. First American edition "from the last [i.e. first] London edition." It is Volume III of the "Library of Practical Medicine" published by the Massachusetts Medical Society. xii, 719 pp. Original cloth-backed paper..... More
1858. MACLEOD, George H. B. NOTES ON THE SURGERY OF THE WAR IN THE CRIMEA, WITH REMNARKS ON THE TREATMENT OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS. London: John Churchill, 1858. First edition. Frontispiece map. xii,439 pp. (i.e. 455 pp. because a duplicate of signature 2D is bound-in immediately after the first 2D). Octavo..... More
1764. MACQUER [Pierre Joseph]. ELEMENTS OF THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF CHYMISTRY, TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. MACQUER ... THE SECOND EDITION. TWO VOLUMES. London: Printed for A. Millar and J. Nourse, 1764. xix, [1], 419, 6 plates / viii, 434. 8vo., calf with raised bands, gilt red morocco..... More
1927. [MAGAZINE] TEIKOKU HATSUMEI KYÔKAI. HATSUMEI THE INVENTION 41 issues. Tokyo, Maru-no-uchi. Magazines, bound Western style in decorated wrappers. 1927 - 1943. About 26 x 19 cm in size. This important magazine began in 1905. The Imperial Science and Invention Society, that published the magazine, built a permanent research facility..... More
1829. MAGENDIE, M. (Joseph Houlton, Trans.) FORMULARY FOR THE PREPARATION AND EMPLOYMENT OF SEVERAL NEW REMEDIES: NAMELY RESIN OF NUX VOMICA, STRYCHNINE, MORPHINE, HYDROCYANIC ACID, PREPARATIONS OF CINCHONA, EMETINE, IODINE, PIPERINE, CHLORETS OF LIME AND SODA, SALTS OF GOLD AND PLATINA, PHOSPHORUS, DIGITALINE, &c. Translated from the sixth edition of..... More
1528. MANLIUS DEL BOSCO, Johannes Jacobus [et al.] LUMINARE MAIUS. Opus eximium quod Luminare Maius dicitur, Medicis et Aromatariis perquam necessarium [A Greater Lamp for Physicians and Apothecaries]. Lyons: Printed by Antonio Blanchard for Louis Martin, 1528. Quarto. 1-8, I-LXI,[LXII -LXIV]; I-XXVI; I-XXX [I] ff. This volume contains three separate..... More
1788. Nodder, F.P. MARTYN, Thomas. THIRTY-EIGHT PLATES WITH EXPLANATIONS intended to illustrate Linnaeus' System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany. London: B. White and Son, 1788. First edition. Octavo. vi, 72 pp. + XXXVIII ff. Published after requests by some readers for illustrations..... More
1876. Marx, Dr. K. F. H. AUSSPRUCHE EINES HEILKUNDIGEN UBER VERGANGENES, GEGENWARTIGES UND KUNFTIGES. Gottingen: Dieterich'schen Verlags - Buchhandlung, 1876. iv + 143 pp. 8vo., quarter brown cloth, unmarked, with brown marbled paper covered boards. Presentation copy inscribed by Marx on front flyleaf (no date). Boards and cloth worn. Pencil..... More
1795. [MATERIA MEDICA] BERLINISCHES JAHRBUCH FUR DIE PHARMACIE UND FUR DIE DAMIT VERBUNDENEN WISSENSCHAFTEN. Berlin: Ferdinand Oehmigke; G.H. Stoltze; Wilhelm Meissner, 1795-1840. A total of 22 vols. bound in 21. 1795-1802 (8 vols. bound in 7).With additional title: NEUES BERLINISCHES JAHRBUCH FUR DIE PHARMACIE. 1803-1806. With additional title: DEUTSCHES JAHRBUCH..... More