The Mechanics of the Digestive Tract.
New York: Hoeber, 1922. 22 illustrations. Small 8vo, burgundy cloth. New York: Hoeber, 1922. First edition. Very good. Includes (p.lll) his smooth diet for duodenal. GM 1035. More
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Precis d'anatomie pathologique.
Paris: Gabon, 1829. 2 volumes. Thick 8vos, volume I is in modern wrappers, volume II in original printed wrappers, well-worm; lacks Part 2 of Volume II. Paris: Gabon, 1829. Some foxing, still a very good copy with mostly unopened pages. First Edition. Andral held the Chair of General Pathology and Therapeutics at Paris and was the author of several widely-used pathology texts, such as the above in pathological anatomy. He is best known for his researches on the pathology of..... More
Operationsubungen an der menschlichen Leiche und am Hund.
Mit einem Geleitwort von...O. Hildebrand. 317 color illus. on 132 plates, 132 text illus. 308pp. 4to, orig. cloth- backed boards; rubbed. Munich, 1919. Atlas of surgical exercises on a human cadaver and on a dog. More
On the Radical Cure of Femoral Hernia by Means of Gordon's Operation. With Observations on the Anatomy of the Parts Involved.
40 pages. Slim 8vo, original green printed wrappers; chipped. (New Haven), 1901. Author's presentation copy. More
Opera Omnia Medico-Practica, & Anatomica.
Antwerp: 1715. Portrait and 3 copperplates. Rubricated title. 855 pages (heavily browned). Very thick 4to, contemporary vellum, spine chipped, covers soiled. Antwerp, 1715. A very good copy. "Baglivi, Professor of Anatomy at Rome, had a short but brilliant career. He wrote Praxis Medica and De Fibra Motrice, and originated the so-called "solidar" pathology; he also devoted much time to experimental physiology...the first to distinguish between smooth and striped muscle." GM 68. More
Opera Omnia Medico-Practica, & Anatomica.
Lyons: Petri Bruyset, 1745. 3 plates + portrait. 918 pages, rubricated title and edges, very thick 4to, full vellum (spine chipped). Lugduni (Lyons): Petrio Bruyset, 1745. A lovely clean copy. A very good copy. "Baglivi, Professor of Anatomy at Rome, had a short but brilliant career. He wrote Praxis Medica and De Fibra Motrice, and originated the so-called "solidar" pathology; he also devoted much time to experimental physiology...the first to distinguish between smooth and striped muscle." GM 68... More
The Morbid Anatomy of Some of the Most Important Parts of the Human Body.
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1986. xxviii + 314 pages. 8vo, full leather, all edges gilt. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1986. A fine copy. "The above is the first systematic textbook of morbid anatomy, treating the subject for the first time as independent science." GM 2281. Facsimile of the London, 1793 edition. More
Naturae conaminum in ossibus laesis sanandis indagatio anatomica-physiologica.
2 anatomical plates, foxed, but text pages clean. 50 pages with text in Latin. Small slim 4to, contemporary plain green wrappers. Bonnae,(1831). A dissertation on anatomical and physiological investigations of bones. Hirsch 319. More
The Stomach and Esophagus: A Radiographic Study.
29 illustrations, 126pp, tall 8vo, blue cloth; spine faded, lightly rubbed, small ownership ink stamp on front endpaper. New York: Macmillan, 1913. A very good copy. More
Velickovic
Paris: Berger Leverault, 1976. Illustrated in color, 215 pages + catalogue raisonna, 4to black linen binding with light title embossing and d.w.; & cardboard slipcase (reinforced). Dynamic full page drawing on the first fly leaf in black and red ink signed and dated by the artist, 21.5.1977. Paris; Berger Leverault (1976). A very handsome book with a very good dust wrapper. Vlademir Velickovic (1935-2019) was a Serbian painter from Belgrade who spent most of his adult life in Paris... More
Essays on the Anatomy of Expression in Painting.
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1984. Illustrated. 186pp. 4to, full grey leather, a.e.g. (Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1984). Fine. "Bell's artistic and literary skills combines with his knowledge of anatomy and physiology to make the work a tour de force of art history and the anatomical and physiological basis of facial expression." GM 6604.92. Facsimile of the 1806 edition. More
Die anatomischen Grundlagen der Constitutionsanomalieen des Menschen.
Tables, charts, woodcut. 8vo, calf-backed bds.; hinges repaired, very worn, ex-lib. Marburg, 1878. Among the more important later writings of this eminent German physician. More
A Short Introduction to Anatomy (Isagogae Breves)
New York: Kraus, 1969. Translated with an Introduction and Historical Notes by L. R. Lind. Anatomical Notes by Paul G. Roofe. Illustrated. xi + 228pp., 8vo, red cloth. New York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. A fine copy. More
Opere [Anatomiche e Cerusiche] di Ambrogio Bertrandi.
Turin: Fratelli Reycends, 1787. Pubblicate, e accresciute di note, e di supplementi dai chirurghi Gio. Antonio Penchienati e Gioanni Brugnone. 6 (of 7) volumes. LACKS the second volume. Illustrated with 14 large folding engraved plates depicting surgical instruments and procedures. 200; ...; [xvi], 384; [lxx], 311; [xv], 368; [xvi], 376; [viii], 396pp. Thick 8vos, bound in full contemporary vellum with gilt spine labels (well-rubbed and with some damage at spine ends but still very firm; interiors clean). Torino: Presso I...... More
A Treatise on the Membranes in General and on Different Membranes in Particular.
Birmingham: Classics of Medicine, 1987. Translated by John G. Coffin. 259 pages, 8vo, full leather, a.e.g. Birmingham: Privately Printed for the Classics of Medicine, 1987. Mint. "He (Bichat) is regarded as the founder of modern histology and tissue pathology." GM 537. Facsimile of the Boston, 1813 edition. More
Quelques Considerations sur le Systeme Musculaire, au double point de vue de l'histologie et de la pathologie externe.
73 pages. Small 8vo, sewn, modern wrappers, 1850. More
Pathological and Surgical Observations on the Diseases of the Joints
Washington: Duff Green, 1834. 131 pages. Slim 8vo, preserved an an older Gaylord Pamphlet Binding with patterned boards and gray cloth spine. Washington: Duff Green, 1834. Third edition, with alterations and additions. A good copy--with considerable foxing and some dog-eared pages;previous owner notes written in pen inside front cover. More
Myographia Nova, or a Graphical Description of All the Muscles in Humane Body, as they arise in Dissection.
New York: Medicina Rara, 1970. Portrait, and illustrated with 37 b/w plates. Folio, marbled boards with reddish leather spine, boxed. (New York: Medicina Rara, 1970). Fine Limited Edition on rag paper, in the "Medicina Rara" series. Originally published in London, 1697. More
Anthropologie fur das gebildete Publicum.
Two anatomical folding plates. 787pp., 12mo, modern boards; worn. Stuttgart: Balz'sche, 1837. More
The Mechanical Factors of Digestion.
Illustrated, 227pp, 8vo, cloth; rubbed and lightly worn, spine faded, neat ownership signature on front endpaper. London: Edward Arnold, 1911. GM1029. More
Tabulae Anatomicae & De Formato Tabulae.
New York: Editions Medicina Rara. Full page illustrations. Tall folio, 1/2 sheepskin, board slipcase. Facsimile of the Venice 1627 edition, printed for members of Editions Medicina Rara. Weiler im Allgau, ca. 1970. Near Fine. One of 300 numbered copies bound in 1/2 sheepskin. More
Understanding the Liver: A History
Westport: Greenwood Press, 1984. Illustrated with black and white. 293 pages. 8vo, red boards with silver lettering. Westport: Greenwood Press, (1984). A very good(+) copy. More
History and Bibliography of Anatomic Illustration, in its Relation to Anatomic Science and the Graphic Arts.
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1920. Translated and edited by Mortimer Frank... with a biographical sketch and 2 additional sections by F.H. Garrison & E.C. Streeter. Numerous black & white illustrations. Tall 8vo, green cloth; cloth lightly worn. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, (1920). A very good copy. "Classical work, including a valuable bibliography. English translation in 1920 is enriched by a chapter on anatomical illustration since Choulant, by Garrison." Garrison-Morton 440. More
The Drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen at Windsor Castle.; Volumes I, II, III.
London: Phaidon, 1968. Illustrated in b/w throughout. 3 volumes. Tall 4to, orange cloth, lightly edgeworn d.w. (London): Phaidon, (1968-69). Second edition, revised. A fine set copy in a very good (+) dust wrapper. More
Hitherto Unpublished Plates of Tertiary Mammalia and Permian Vertebrata.
U.S. Geological Survey, 1915. 154 fine lithographic plates, some folding and with captions. Monograph series 2. 4to, plain library wrappers; (crude green cloth spine unglued, spine label torn, corners a bit bumped, previous owner's name stamp). N.p.: U.S. Geological Survey/American Museum of Natural History, 1915. Internally near fine. More