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Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press/Harvard, 1967. 4to. Original cloth, dust jacket. Fine copy.

Boston: Rand, Avery & Frye, 1853. [Jackson, Charles Thomas (1805-80).] Stanly, Edward (1810-72) and Alexander Evans (1818-88). Report to the House of Representatives of the United States of America, vindicating the rights of Charles T. Jackson to the discovery of the anaesthetic effects of ether vapor, and disproving the claims of W. T. G. Morton to that discovery. 57pp. [Boston: Rand, Avery & Frye, 1853.] 243 x 151 mm. Original printed wrappers, silked, original spine perished, repairs to edges; boxed. Internally very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed on the front wrapper: "With the respects of C. T. Jackson." Second printing, reproduced by electrotype from the official government publication, with front cover title reading "The Ether Discovery" and "Boston: Electrotyped and printed by Rand, Avery & Frye" on the verso of the title. This report supporting Charles Jackson's priority claim to the discovery of ether anesthesia, long believed to have been written by Congressmen Edward Stanly and… Read More

Boston, 1852. Autograph letter signed to George M. Folsom, with Jackson's wax seal in the lower left corner. 1 page plus integral blank. Boston, 23 January 1852. 244 x 187 mm. Creased where previously folded, but fine otherwise. From Charles T. Jackson, discoverer of ether anesthesia and noted American geologist, to George M. Folsom, probably George McKean Folsom (1837-82), a Unitarian minister in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Writing shortly after returning from New York, "where I have been giving a few lectures on the Science of Geology," Jackson "offer[s] . . . a specimen of my very poor chirography, feeling highly complimented by the wish, you have kindly expressed, that I should do so." Jackson also sent Folsom "a copy of my anniversary address delivered before the American Institute, at the Tabernacle in the City of New York," containing "some suggestions . . . that I hope may prove useful to our Country & to the cause of Science." Jackson's address, delivered on 16 October 1851, was published on… Read More

Boston, 1853. [Jackson, Charles Thomas (1805-80)]. Stanley, Edward and Alexander Evans. Report to the House of Representatives of the United States of America, vindicating the rights of Charles T. Jackson to the discovery of the anaesthetic effects of ether vapor, and disproving the claims of W. T. G. Morton to that discovery. 57pp. [Washington, D. C., G.P.O.,1853.] 221 x 145 mm. Quarter morocco, antique style. Original printed front wrapper bound in.Very good copy, inscribed by Jackson on the front wrapper: "Dr. A. A. Hayes with the respects of his friend Charles T. Jackson." First Edition, issue with front cover title reading "Congressional report . . ."The "Ether Controversy," a rancorous dispute between W. T. G. Morton, Charles T. Jackson and Horace Wells over who deserved the credit for discovering inhalation anesthesia, began in 1847 and ended only with Morton's death in 1868. In late November 1851 Morton, who had hoped to make his fortune from ether anesthesia, made his third petition to… Read More

London: Croft, 1872. 1st edition. IN: Lancet II (1872) 770-73. Folio. [2], 948pp. No pp.587-88; pp.111-24 misbound. Text illustrations. 272 x 185mm. Contemporary half morocco, a little rubbed, rebacked. A little browning & soiling but very good. FIRST EDITION. Garrison-Morton 4547:"Jackson here described the syndrome consisting of paralysis of half the tongue, the same half of the palate, and of one vocal cord-'Jackson's syndrome.'" Garrison/McHenry, History of Neurology, 498.

Boston: Rand, Avery & Frye, 1852.

1871. Very Good. Jacobi, Moritz Hermann von (1801-74). A.L. to Elliot Brothers. St. Petersburg, "8/20 July," 1871. 1 page plus integral blank leaf. 129 x 101 mm. Remains of mounting present. Provenance: Latimer Clark. Jacobi, a German-born physicist, spent most of his career at the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St. Petersburg, where he performed researches on electricity and its applications. He built one of the first practical electric motors in 1834, and in 1839 invented an electromagnetic telegraph similar to Morse's first receiver. The above letter is a letter of introduction for a Professor Vladimirski of Moscow, "president of the section for practical Natural-Philosophy, of the great polytechnic and exhibition which will be opened next year [1872] . . . in remembrance of the 200th anniversary of the birth-day of Peter the Grand." Origins of Cyberspace 165. .

1839. Jacquard, Joseph Marie (1752-1834). Portrait in silk of Joseph-Marie Jacquard after an original oil portrait by Claude Bonnefond, manufactured by Didier, Petit et Cie; woven by Michel-Marie Carquillat (1803-1884) in Lyon, France, 1839. The image, including caption and Carquillat's name, taking credit for the weaving, is 55 x 34 cm.; the full piece of silk including blank margins is 85 x 66 cm. The visible portion of the image in the frame is 72 x 54.5 cm., and the frame measures 104 x 84 cm. Minor wear from folding barely visible in the image, but with the image in clear, unfaded and fresh condition. The weaving was professionally treated by a textile conservator, whose conservator's report and images of before and after are available. Minor flaws visible in the large outer margins of the silk, not affecting the image. In a large and attractive archival frame. This famous image, of which only a very few examples are known, was woven by machine using 24,000 Jacquard cards, each of which had… Read More

Paris. Very good condition.

Paris. Very faint soiling in margin, otherwise in very good condition. Mounted.

435 x 300 mm. Edges a little browned.

Paris. Very faint soiling, mounted at the top edge, otherwise in very good condition. Matted.

Paris. 445 x 315 mm. Slightly browned at edges.

Paris. 43.5x30 cm. Lightly soiled. Mounted.

Paris. Faint soiling around the edges. Matted.

Paris. Matted. Very good condition.

Paris. Very good condition.

Southampton, 1864. James, Henry (1803-77). Autograph letter signed to Archibald Smith. 4pp. London, November 8, 1864. 184 x 117 mm. Fine. From Sir Henry James, director-general of the Ordnance Survey (the British government mapping agency), to Scottish lawyer and mathematician Archibald Smith, best known for his work on magnetism and the Earth's magnetic field, particularly in relation to navigation. James' letter discusses the survey of Jerusalem (then part of the Ottoman Empire) which was being performed by the Ordnance Survey for the purpose of improving the city's water supply and sanitary services (the results of this survey were published in 1865 under the title Ordnance Survey of Jerusalem). Smith was an advocate of the Royal Society's proposal that pendulum measurements of the Dead Sea elevation be taken during this survey; James replied as follows: " . . . As regards the proposal of the Royal Society, which you have recommended them to support, to have pendulum observations taken in the… Read More

1885.

Paris: Alcan, 1889. First edition. [6], 496pp. Front flyleaf inscribed: "A Monsieur le Dr. Ryam Hommage respectueux P. Janet." Quarter calf, marbled boards ca. 1889. Some foxing but very good. Garrison-Morton.com 4976.1: "Janet argued that 'hysterical symptoms are due to subconscious fixed ideas that have been isolated and usually forgotten. Split off from consciousness - ‘dissociated' - they embody painful experiences, but become autonomous by virtue of their segregation from the main stream of consciousness' (E.L. Bliss, Multliple personality, allied disorders, and hypnosis, N.Y., Oxford University Press, 1986). This predated Breuer and Freud's announcement of their virtually identical discovery (No. 4977.3) by four years.