Search Results: Titles starting with L from Biomed Rare Books

Paris: Louis Duprat-Duverger, 1813. New edition. 1813 ATLAS OF THE ANATOMY OF THE BRAIN BY FELIX VICQ-D'AZYR, "THE GREATEST COMPARATIVE ANATOMIST OF THE 18TH CENTURY." 10 1/2 inches tall hardcover, brown paper covered boards, recent black cloth spine with gilt leather label, decorative bookplate to front paste-down of Charles Atwood Kofoid; title page, frontispiece allegorical engraving depicting Anatomy revealing Medicine and Art by Girodet (after Alexandre Briceau), engraved by Robert De Launay, 35 copper plate engravings of the human brain (8 folding), 4 plates of comparative anatomy each containing multiple images. Covers soiled, light browning to page edges, scattered light foxing, fine plate impressions, very good. FELIX VICQ-D'AZYR (1748-1794) was a French physician and anatomist, the originator of comparative anatomy and discoverer of the theory of homology in biology. He graduated in medicine at the University of Paris and became a renowned and brilliant animal and human anatomist and… Read More

New York: Bailliere Brothers, 1867. First edition.
1867 LANDMARK COMPENDIUM OF POISONS WITH 78 FINE ENGRAVINGS BY AUTHOR'S WIFE ON 13 PLATES.
9 1/4 inches tall, 2 inches thick hardcover, publisher's pebbled brown cloth binding, gilt title to spine, ink signature second front free endpaper of A. E. Westbrook M.D., 1867, Ashley, Del. Co. O., i-xxxi, pp33-702, 13 steel engraved plates by Mrs. T. G. Wormley with tissue guards and facing descriptive text. Spine ends frayed, 1 inch split top of front joint and hinge, mottling to covers, light browning to page edges, binding tight, text pages and plates crisp and unmarked, very good minus in custom archival mylar cover.
THEODORE GEORGE WORMLEY (1826-1897), toxicologist and legal physician, was born at Wormleysburg, Pennsylvania, a town named after his ancestors. He entered the Philadelphia College of Medicine, in Philadelphia, where he received his degree in 1849. Wormley then began a practice in Columbus, Ohio in 1850. In 1852, he was appointed as the… Read More

Neuchatel: H. Wolfrath, 1842-1845. 1845 LARGE ATLAS OF FOSSIL MOLLUSCS ILLUSTRATED WITH OVER 100 FINE LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES BY SWISS PALEONTOLOGIST WHO BECAME EMINENT HARVARD PROFESSOR. 11 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 leather binding with gilt-ruled marbled paper-covered boards, spine with raised bands, gilt title and gilt compartments, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Robert L. Chevalier MD to front paste-down, xxii, 1-141, [1], 143-287, 105 fine lithographed plates. Binding tight, wear to cover edges and corners, handstamp of Earth Sciences Library to verso title page, fore-edge and bottom edge, handstamp of San Francisco Microscopical Society to front free endpaper, residue from removed library labels and "withdrawn" handstamp to back endpapers, light foxing to text, occasional foxing to plates, overall very good minus in custom archival mylar cover. JEAN LOUIS RODOLPHE AGASSIZ (1807 – 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's… Read More

Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1872. First edition. FOLIO VOLUME WITH SPECTACULAR COLOR PLATES OF MICROSCOPIC FRESH WATER ALGAE BY CIVIL WAR SURGEON AND BIOLOGIST. 13 inches tall folio hardcover, brown cloth binding, paper title label to spine, viii, 262 pp, 21 lithographic plates (19 in full color). Covers slightly bowed, light bubbling to front paste-down, faint water stain top corner not affecting text or plates, very good minus. HORATIO C. WOOD, JR (1841 – 1920) was an American physician and biologist who attended the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, and after serving as a surgeon in the American Civil War, continued to teach at the University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, he was known for his 1874 text Treatise on Therapeutics, which became a widely used medical textbook, and also for his botanical and zoological work: notably, his monograph on freshwater algae (offered here).

Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1901. First edition.
SCARCE LARGE FOLIO MONOGRAPH ON MARINE INVERTEBRATES COLLECTED IN 1886-1888, PUBLISHED BY ALBERT I, PRINCE OF MONACO, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE COLOR LITHOGRAPHS.
Large folio, 11 x 14 inches tall printed transparent paper wraps over card covers which include the coat-of-arms of the Prince of Monaco and handstamp of the author, "Hommage de l'auteur". Text printed on heavy rag paper, 64 pp, 11 lithographed plates with tisue guards, 9 of which are printed in full color on a black background. Text in French. Cover edges age-toned, institutional handstamp top front cover and front free endpaper, text clean and unmarked, plates bright and clean with small faint water stain bottom of page not affecting image, very good, in custom archival folder. This monograph is a fine example of late 19th century marine biology, with detailed descriptions and magnificant lithographs. It forms part of a series of scientific reports on marine life collected by Albert the 1st,… Read More

Paris: Author, 1862, 1863. First edition. 1862-63 TWO VOLUME ILLUSTRATED FRENCH GUIDE TO PRUNING FRUIT TREES BY PROFESSOR AT THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE OF PARIS. Two 9 inches tall hardcover volumes, contemporary 1/2 red calf with marbled boards, spine with raised bands and gilt titles, over 300 wood engravings in text. Edges of covers rubbed, spines sunned, light foxing, dampstaining to preliminary pages of vol. 2. Overall good+. Vol. 1 contains chapters on pruning apple and pear trees; vol. 2 covers peach, apricots, prunes, berries, and grapes. In custom archival mylar covers.

Stanford University, 1947-1948.
SCARCE POSTWAR LECTURE SYLLABUS FOR PHYSICIANS' COURSE IN THE CARE OF POLIO PATIENTS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY.
17.5x25.5 cm blue printed paper covers, stapled, typescript text, i-ix, 79 pp, browning of cover and text pages, unmarked and very good in archival mylar cover. PREFACE: This publication has been compiled from special courses for physicians in the treatment of poliomyelitis offered at Stanford University in 1947 and 1948. The reader should remember that this series was adapted from transcriptions of lectures given. The style is informal as the material was prepared for classroom presentation rather than organized in manuscript form. As it was impractical to reproduce those parts of the program based on demonstration of patients, this record is necessarily incomplete. However, basic material concerning the problem of poliomyelitis has been included. This should be of value to all medical personnel involved in the care of the poliomyelitis patient.
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London: The Religious Tract Society, 1882. First edition. 1882 SCARCE ILLUSTRATED CHILDREN'S BOOK WITH AN UPBEAT MESSAGE ABOUT A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, PUBLISHED 30 YEARS AFTER FOUNDING OF THE HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN IN LONDON, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN ENGLAND. 10x16.5 cm tall hardcover, red cloth binding with stamped pictorial cover, title in gilt, pictorial gilt title to spine, frontis wood engraving, illustrated title vignette, 125 pp, [ii] publisher's adverts. Full page wood engravings. Covers darkened, edges rubbed, hinges weak. Text good. 5 copies OCLC. GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL (formerly the Hospital for Sick Children) was founded on 14 February 1852 after a long campaign by Dr. Charles West, and was the first hospital in England to provide in-patient beds specifically for children. THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY was a British evangelical Christian organization founded in 1799 and known for publishing a variety of popular religious and quasi-religious texts in the 19th century. The society… Read More

1684 SCARCE TREATISE ON ANATOMY DEDICATED TO KING LOUIS XIV, WITH FINE COPPER PLATE ENGRAVINGS--COPY OF PROMINENT NEW YORK SURGEON. 7 3/4 inches tall hardcover, full leather binding, spine with raised bands, gilt compartments and gilt leather title label; engraved frontis of anatomist with cadaver, surrounded by students, with putti in foreground preparing medications; dedication to the King (Louis XIV) with head-piece engraving depicting the Palace of Versailles, his residence as of 1682 (2 years prior to publication of this book), as well as highlighting the sun, symbol chosen by Louis XIV (also symbol of Apollo, god of peace and the arts). Collation: [32], 581, [1], 55 copper plate engravings with descriptive text. Bookplates to front paste-down, one inscribed "a mon ancien ami--Willard Parker, M.D., temoignage de mon respect" (bottom of bookplate with donor obscured by second bookplate of the Library of the Medical Society of the County of Kings, 1911. Covers well worn with corner boards exposed,… Read More

Paris: Felix Alcan, 1904. First edition.
BRILLIANT ANALYSIS OF THE CHALLENGE OF EDUCATING AFRICAN AMERICANS 40 YEARS AFTER THEIR FREEDOM--BY U.S. PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY.
9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, recent 3/4 black cloth binding, marbled paper covered boards, paper title label to spine, new endpapers, original printed paper cover bound before half title with stamp of handstamp of institutional library, i-xvi,396 pp, errata. Very good with light browning to page edges, French language. FROM THE INTRODUCTION (translated from the French): "There is currently a problem in the United States of a particularly complex nature, and without parallel in modern history. Here it is in two words: In the midst of a civilized nation, there are nine million individuals of a backward race of a despised color and having the burden of centuries-old slavery on their shoulders. How to lead this breed to develop to its the highest point all its faculties and to adapt it at the same time to the White environment, so that… Read More