Search Results: Titles starting with T from Biomed Rare Books

1895-1905.
1895-1905 ARCHIVE OF CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN TWO PROMINENT ENGLISH ZOOLOGISTS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
Six letters and a postcard: 1) 3 1/2 x 4 1/2 inch postcard dated 9/4/95 to Rev. Stebbing from Mrs GB Howes regarding signature of a certificate; 2) 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 inch folded letter dated 19/V/97 from GB Howes to Rev. Stebbing accepting an invitation to his home; 3) 4 1/2 x 7 inch folded letter dated 26/V/97 from GF Howes to Mrs. Stebbing thanking her for her hospitality; 4) 3 3/4 x 6 inch folded letter dated 30/9/99 from GF Howes to Rev. Stebbing regarding a meeting the following month; 5) 4 1/2 x 7 inch folced letter dated June 3, 1901 from GF Howes to Rev. Stebbing expressing concern for the Reverend's wife's health and discussion of an upcoming congress. In his PS he notes, "In my address I am going once again to try to convince people that Limulus is no Arachnid!"; 6) 5 x 8 inch letter dated March 26, '01 from GF Howes to Rev. Stebbing thanking him for an Ostracod "safely received, & for… Read More

Amsterdam: Honore et Fils, 1748. First edition. OVER 100 YEARS BEFORE DARWIN--FIRST EDITION BY A FRENCH DIPLOMAT OF A PHILOSOPHIC TREATISE PROPOSING THAT THE EARTH AND LIFE EVOLVED OVER DEEP TIME. 7 3/4 inches tall hardcover octavo, full calf binding, spine with tooled gilt compartments, red leather gilt title label, edges red-stained, marbled endpapers, two volumes in one: pp. [1-10] i-cxix [2] 1-208 [2] [1-231 [1] (pages 113-120 of volume one were not printed, as always), wear to cover edges, binding tight, scattered light foxing, very good. TEXT IN FRENCH. First edition of this important, controversial, and strangely prescient work, dedicated to Cyrano de Bergerac. By using the device of an imaginary voyage to India by a French missionary, and by presenting the work's philosophy as the beliefs of an Indian mystic, Maillet sought to make palatable his pre-Darwinian theories of evolution. Primarily a geological treatise, presented as the theories of an Indian mystic encountered by a French… Read More

Paris: J.B.Bailliere, 1847. First edition.
SCARCE MONOGRAPH ON OVULATION AND FERTILIZATION IN ANIMALS AND HUMANS ILLUSTRATED BY LARGE COLORED ENGRAVINGS.
14x22 cm text volume, publisher's printed paper covers, ink inscription on half title, "a mon collegue Monsieur Land. Caneaux comme un bien sincere hommage et la haute commendation de l'auteur, Pouchet". xxxi, 476 pp, folding table, 477-479 (table of contents), 48 pp (publisher's catalogue). Scattered light foxing, browning to catalogue pages, very good in custom archival mylar cover. TOGETHER WITH Folio 23x30 cm hardcover atlas volume, printed paper covered boards, [iv], 30 pp text descriptions of plates, followed by 20 hand-colored fine engraved plates with tissue guards. The plates depict sperm, eggs, and early embryonic development of vertebrates including rabbits, pigs, hens, and frogs. Also shown are human sperm and ovulation, along with a folding plate of a stillborn fetus with placenta delivered after the birth of a healthy infant. Covers… Read More

The Hague, Amsterdam: Pierre Gosse & Daniel Pinet; Marc Michel Rey, 1762. First edition. 1762 LYONET'S EXQUISITE STUDY OF THE GOAT MOTH CATERPILLAR, "ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED WORKS ON ANATOMY EVER PUBLISHED". 10 3/4 inches tall hardcover, recent cloth binding, gilt title to spine, bookplate of Noble Suydam Rustum Maluf to front paste-down, inscribed presentation verso front flyleaf "Presented by Miss Broomfield/ ex libris Er. W. A. Broomfield/ August 1852," title page with red and black lettering, xxii, [ii contents], frontis plate of microscope, 616 pp, 18 folding copper plates. Corners bumped, binding tight, bottom of title page has been restored with no loss of text, scattered light foxing throughout, marginal foxing of plates, verso of each plate with small institutional handstamp not visible on the printed side. The engravings are strong impressions, revealing the finest detail. TEXT IN FRENCH. GARRISON-MORTON No. 505: "Lyonet's great monograph on the goat moth caterpillar remains… Read More

New York: Charles S. Francis, 1834. First American. FIRST AMERICAN TRANSLATION OF TREATISE ON MINOR SURGERY BY NOTED FRENCH ANATOMIST, COPY OF ALEXANDER H. BAYLY, DATED 1835 - YEAR OF HIS MD FROM UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, recent marbled paper covered boards cloth spine, new endpapers, pages untrimmed, light foxing throughout, overall very good-. Section of original free endpaper affixed to front paste-down, containing contemporary ink signature of Alexander H. Bayly, Cambridge Md, 1835, i-xvi (leaf containing list of testimonials by American physicians of the original French edition [1829], dedication to Valentine Mott, M.D., mentor of the translators, List of Subscribers, Translators' Preface, Author's Preface, Index), pp 1-376, , i-xxviii (Appendix by the Translators). JEAN-BAPTISTE MARC BOURGERY (1797 – 1849) was a French physician and anatomist who was a native of Orléans. In 1815 he began his studies in Paris, where he attended courses given by naturalist Jean… Read More

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1816. First edition. 1816 RARE FIRST EDITION LANDMARK EARLY 19TH CENTURY STUDY OF GOUT IN BRITAIN. 9 inches tall hardcover, xix, 402 pages, original paper covered boards with recent cloth spine, original paper label affixed to spine, new endpapers. Dedicated to Matthew Baillie, M.D. Pages uncut and unmarked except for early ink owner's signature top of title page. Covers soiled, edges and corners worn. A nice copy of the rare first edition. SIR CHARLES SCUDAMORE (1779-1849) was third son of William Scudamore, a surgeon. He began his medical education as apprentice to his father, and continued it at Guy's Hospital and St. Thomas's Hospital in London. He earned his M.D. at Glasgow University and was admitted a licentiate of the College of Physicians of London, in 1814. In 1824 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. Scudamore is best known for this treatise on gout. ""It is based on the author's observation of about one hundred cases of gout, and… Read More

Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1978. First edition. ILLUSTRATED COLLECTION OF ABOUT 200 KEY PAPERS IN TROPICAL MEDICINE COVERING 16TH TO 20TH CENTURIES. Two 10 1/4 inches tall hardcover volumes, red cloth bindings, gilt title to spines, Vol. I, xxiii, 286 pp; Vol. II, pp 287 - 677; institutional library handstamp to bottom edge and front flyleaf, index card and bar code back endpapers of each volume; covers clean, spines bright, bindings tight, text pages crisp and unmarked, good+. GARRISON-MORTON No. 2268.1 "About 200 key papers, reproduced in whole or in part, in English translation where necessary. Includes useful biographical notes." BENJAMIN HARRISON KEAN (1912 - 1993) Developed with Doctor Edward I. Goldsmith surgical procedure for extracorporeal hemofiltration; research in toxoplasmosis, malaria, amebiasis, diarrhea in travelers, other tropical diseases. Recipient Presidential award of Golden Heart Philippine Government, 1968; Egyptian Order of Merit, Government of United Arab Republic,… Read More