Search Results: Titles starting with N from Bull's Head Rare Books

London: Macmillan and Co., 1889. First edition. 8vo. Half-title and errata. Pub. purple cloth; spine and portion of covers faded, some light staining and rubbing

London: Hurst, Chance, & Co., 1830. First edition thus. George Cruikshank. 8vo. Frontispiece and separate vignette title by S. Williams, 5 etched plates by George Cruikshank. lxxxvi, 176, [4, ads] pp. (without extra 24-pp. catalogue found in some copies). Mid-19th century full crushed brown morocco gilt, t.e.g., by Andrew Grieve, Edinburgh; spot of rubbing to spine, else fine The first edition with plates by Cruikshank of this satirical work first published in 1766. In a fine binding by the Edinburgh binder Andrew Grieve, in whose shop trained the Doves Bindery finisher Charles McLeish.PROVENANCE: Harry McCalmont (armorial book-plate)REFERENCE: Cohn 34

London: Richard Phillips, 1810. First edition. Bewick. 4to. Wood-engraved illustrations throughout by Thomas Bewick. xvi, 901, [1, ad, affixed to rear blank] pp. Contemporary calf, covers with outer border of gilt double-fillet and scallop roll in blind, diamond centerpiece device stamped in blind, flat spine gilt in compartments with black morocco spine label, marbled endpapers; light wear to joints, ink splatter to front cover and small portion of textblock fore-edge and margins of index at rear, contents leaves toned, else internally clean First edition of the Thornton's reference on the medicinal uses of plants, with copious illustrations by Thomas Bewick.PROVENANCE: Willoughby C. Newton (armorial book-plate, initials to verso of ffep)

Paris: Au Cercle du Livre Précieux, (1965). No. 83 of 1,900 copies. 8vo. Publisher's blue morocco, gilt; fine Published in the Monumenta Medica series by Parisian bookseller Alain Brieux, with his card laid-in

Paris: Chez Maradan, 1809. First edition. 2 parts in 1. 8vo. [4], xl, 548, [4], [549]-1007, [1] pp. (a few leaves bound-out-of order, but complete). Contemporary tree calf, smooth spine decorated in gilt with small tools and dotted rolls, red morocco spine label, marbled endpapers; spine ends chipped, occasional light foxing First edition of the first book by the statesman and historian François Guizot (1787-1875). PROVENANCE: Mlle Honorine Balleroy (book-plate, inscribed 2 June 1817)

Paris: De l'Imprimerie de Migneret, 1808. Second French edition. 8vo. xxiii, [1], 440, [2, errata], 4 (ads) pp., half-title. Contemporary half green calf and marbled boards, black morocco spine label; tips bumped, old library stamp to verso of title, spine shelf label, text toned and occasionally foxed "The greatness of Auenbrugger’s discovery of the value of immediate percussion of the chest as a diagnostic measure was not recognized until many years after he first published. His little book met with a cold reception, while a French translation by Rozière de la Chassagne in 1770 attracted little notice. But Auenbrugger lived to see the appearance in 1808 of J. N. Corvisart’s classic translation of the book, after which the value of percussion was universally recognized. It should be noted that recognition did not occur until nearly 50 years after Auenbrugger first published" (Garrison-Morton).REFERENCE: Garrison-Morton 2672 ; Heirs of Hippocrates 955; Norman 83; Osler 1866; Waller 526; Wellcome… Read More