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An Account of the Institution and Progress of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia During a...
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An Account of the Institution and Progress of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia During a Hundred Years, from January, 1787

by Ruschenberger, W. S. W.

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Philadelphia: Wm. J. Dornan, 1887. Hardcover. Very Good. viii, 308 p.; 24 cm. Dark blue cloth with printed paper spine label. Spine title: An Account of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Includes the officers from 1786 to 1887; delegates to the American Medical Association; roll of fellows; and index. Card attached to front fixed endpaper indicating that this was a gift from the author to Dr. Robert J. Hess. Inscription on front free endpaper indicating that this was acquired from the collection of W. Robert Penman and Dorothy I. Lansing in 1966. In Very Good Condition: edges rubbed; minor chipping of spine label; a few pen notations; otherwise, clean and tight.
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Additions to the General Anatomy of Xavier Bichat
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Additions to the General Anatomy of Xavier Bichat

by Béclard, P.A.

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Boston: Richardson and Lord, 1823. Hard Cover. Fair. 328 p.: frontispiece portrait of Xavier Bichat; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf. Translated from the French by George Hayward. Front fixed endpaper bears bookplate indicating that this book was given to Haverford College in 1866 from the library of Prof. Paul Swift, M.D., partially covered by the bookplate of the Academy of the New Church Library, stamped "Discard." Front fixed endpaper also bears small stamps of Haverford College and of Charles S. Cole, Jr., Bryn Athyn, Pa. Title page also bears the same stamps, as well as former owner Paul Swift's name at the head and the perforated stamp of the Academy Library, Bryn Athyn, Pa. A 6-digit number is stamped at the foot of the third page. The spine is covered in clear library tape, affixing typed library labels identifying the book. In Fair Condition: leather is rubbed and scraped; spine covered in clear tape with paper labels; back board nearly detached (but held by tape);… Read More
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Autograph letter signed to Horace C. Hovey

Autograph letter signed to Horace C. Hovey

by Dewey, Henry Sweetser

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1912. Near Fine. 2 sheets of paper, each written on one side. Henry S. Dewey (1856-1932) was writing from Boston State Hospital on June 10, 1912, in response to a letter from Dr. Horace C. Hovey, who had apparently written to him while doing research on The Hovey Book: Describing the English Ancestry and American Descendants of Daniel Hovey, published in 1913. Dewey was a member of the Boston Common Council from 1885 to 1887 and served in the lower house of the state legislature from 1889 to 1891. He was admitted to the Massachusetts bar in 1891; appointed a special justice of the municipal court of Boston in 1896 and an associate justice in 1899; and was the chairman of the state board of bar examiners from 1898 until his resignation in March 1903. In 1900 he was appointed judge advocate general on the staff of the commander in chief by Governor Crane. In 1901 he retired from the bench (where he had a reputation as a colorful judge) to focus on private practice. He ran unsuccessfully for… Read More
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Babies' Ward: Physician's Report, read before the Ladies' Auxiliary Board of the...
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Babies' Ward: Physician's Report, read before the Ladies' Auxiliary Board of the Babies' Ward of the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, at its First Anniversary, Nov. 23, 1886

by McNutt, Sarah Jane

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New York: New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, 1886. Good +. 4 p.: 1 woodcut illustration; 27 cm. The New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital was founded in 1882; today it is the New York University School of Medicine. The Babies' Ward was renamed the Babies' Hospital in 1887. The report by the doctor who oversaw the Babies' Ward, Sarah J. McNutt (1839-1930), includes the stories of individual children and their poverty-stricken backgrounds. Includes lists of the officers and managers (all women) with their addresses, as well as contributors to its support. McNutt was educated at the New York Infirmary for Women and Children by Doctors Elizabeth Blackwell, Emily Blackwell, and Mary Putnam Jacobi, and other early women physicians. She was instrumental in developing the New York Infirmary for Women and Children into a hospital and woman's medical college. In 1884 she was the first woman elected into the American neurological Association. In Good+… Read More
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Besonnte Vergangenheit: Lebenserinnerungen (1859-1919)
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Besonnte Vergangenheit: Lebenserinnerungen (1859-1919)

by Schleich, Carl Ludwig

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Berlin: Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good. "51.-63. Tausend." [6], 346, [2] p., frontispiece and 9 leaves of plates (including portraits); 23 cm. Light brown cloth with dark brown spine and cover titles and decoration. Top page edges dark brown. Small bookseller's label on front fixed endpaper: Wohlthat'sche Buchhandlung K.u.H. Schild, Berlin. Former owner's name on reverse of frontispiece. Carl Ludwig Schleich (1859-1922) was a German surgeon, author, and painter. In Very Good Condition: tail of spine frayed; lacking front free endpaper; a few pages opened carelessly; clean and tight.
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Blood Groups of Animals: Proceedings of the 9th European Animal Blood Group Conference

Blood Groups of Animals: Proceedings of the 9th European Animal Blood Group Conference

by Matousek, Josef, Editor

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Prague: Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/good. First Conference Arranged by E.S.A.B.R. Held in Prague, August 18-22, 1964. 498 p.: numerous in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Gray cloth with black spine and cover titles; red and black dust jacket. Includes discussions. First Edition. Contains 65 papers presented by authors from 22 countries, divided into nine main topics including blood groups in cattle, pigs, chickens, ducks, rats, and mink; blood groups and serum protein polymorphism in horses; serum protein polymorphism in man, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs and canidae; protein polymorphism in some sexual gland liquids; and immunological tolerance and blood groups, transplantation antigens and chimerism. Book is in Near Fine Condition: pages are clean, tight, and unmarked. Dust Jacket is in Good Condition: rubbed, with small loss of paper at head of spine; creased and chipped at ends of spine.
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Catalogue de la Bibliothèque
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Catalogue de la Bibliothèque

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Bruxelles: Oeuvre Nationale de L'Enfance, 1925. Hardcover. Very Good -. [4], 364, [8], 148, [8], 139, [3] p.: 3 frontispieces; 23 cm. Leather spine with six spine compartments between raised bands; gilt-stamped title in second and third compartments. Marbled paper over boards. No dust jacket. Marbled endpapers. Title page printed in red and black. Two frontispieces showing photographs of the interior of the library of the Oeuvre Nationale de L'Enfance. Section headings are printed in red. Contains the deciminal classification system used to arrange the books held by the organization (clearly based on the Dewey Decimal System, although this is not referenced), as well as catalog records for the holdings of the organization's library. Front fixed endpaper bears the bookplate of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, stamped "Withdrawn." Title page bears stamp of the college. At the foot of page 1 is stamped "Nov. 18 1927," presumably the date of acquisition by the… Read More
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The Citizen and Countryman's Experienced Farrier; by J. Markham, G. Jefferies, and...
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The Citizen and Countryman's Experienced Farrier; by J. Markham, G. Jefferies, and Experienced Indians

by Markham, Gervase

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Chambersburg , Pa: Thomas J. Wright, 1839. Hardcover. Good +. 332, [10] p.; 17 cm. Contemporary tree calf; leather spine label with gilt-tooled title: Experienced Farrier. Former owner's inscription on front fixed endpaper: John Burkholder's Book 1853. Name repeated on front free endpaper. "To the reader": signed C.D. Lesher. Includes Table of Drugs and Herbs, and Where They May Be Had, and index. Contents: I. The most and best approved method of ordering, dieting, exercising, purging, scowering, and cleansing of horses -- II. A certain sure method to know the true state of any horse's body, as to sickness or health -- III. The true shape of a horse explained; with choice directions for buying -- IV. An experienced and approved method of raising horses -- V. A sure and certain rule to know the age of any horse -- VI. The best and experienced way of keeping the common hackney -- VII. An approved method of purging, bleeding, and feeding cattle -- A valuable and fine… Read More
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Clinical Examination of Patients with Notes on Laboratory Diagnosis
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Clinical Examination of Patients with Notes on Laboratory Diagnosis

by Forbes, John; Mann, William N.

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London: Edward Arnold & Co, 1950. Hardcover. Fine/very good -. x, 323 p., 4 leaves of color plates: in-text illustrations, tables; 22 cm. Red cloth with gilt spine title. Blue dust jacket printed in red. Publisher's advertisement on back section of dust jacket. Circular stamp of one of the authors, W. N. Mann. on front fixed endpaper and title page. Gift inscription on front free endpaper from Mann to Guy Lacy Schless (1929-2011), who was an endocrinologist for 55 years at Pennsylvania Hospital. William N. Mann (1911-2002) was the head of the Department of Medicine at Guy's Hospital, London, where Schless spent several summers doing research. Schless noted on the front free endpaper verso that Mann had given him the book in 1975 after Schless had completed rounds "with his firm." Schless also stamped his name and address on both fixed endpapers. Very scarce. Book is in Fine Condition: clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good- Condition: spine is slightly sunned;… Read More
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Commission from Adjutant General Thomas H. Cushing for Doctor Alexander Blair as Surgeon's...

Commission from Adjutant General Thomas H. Cushing for Doctor Alexander Blair as Surgeon's Mate with Pennsylvania's 5th Regiment of Infantry

by Cushing, Thomas H.

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1812. Good +. 1 leaf folded into 4 pages with handwritten signed letter on one page, dated 23 Dec. 1812, Washington City. In response to a letter from Doctor Alexander Blair, in Buffalo, N.Y., Cushing enclosed his commission as surgeon's mate with Pennsylvania's 5th Regiment of Infantry. (The commission is not present.) Thomas Humphrey Cushing (1755-1822) fought during the American Revolution; he was adjutant and inspector general of the Army in 1797, 1798, and from 1800 to 1807. In 1811 he was arrested and court martialed on charges of disobedience and misuse of government funds; a year later he was acquitted on most of the charges and received an official reprimand. Two months later, on July 2, 1812, he was promoted to brigadier general. He served as adjutant general of the Army from July 6, 1812, to March 12, 1813. After that he was made commander of Military District No. 1; after the war he retired from the Army and was soon appointed collector of cusoms for the port of New… Read More
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Cours d'Anatomie Médicale, ou Elémens de l'Anatomie de l'Homme, avec...
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Cours d'Anatomie Médicale, ou Elémens de l'Anatomie de l'Homme, avec des Remarques Physiologiques et Pathologiques, et les Résultats de l'Observation sur le Siége et la Nature des Maladies, d'après l'Ouverture des Corps [vol. 2: muscles]

by Portal, Antoine

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Paris: Baudouin, Imprimeur de l'Institut National, 1803. Hardcover. Good +. Volume 2 only of 5 volumes: [4], 492 p.; 20 cm. Contemporary tree calf with six spine compartments. Black morocco labels in second and fourth compartments with gilt-tooled title and volume number. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges marbled; marbled endpapers. Small bookplate on front fixed endpaper of D.I. McKew, M.D. Dr. Dennis I. McKew (1829-1885) was a doctor in Baltimore. Bookplate of the Academy of the New Church Library on front fixed endpaper, stamped "Discard." The perforated stamp of the Academy Library, Bryn Athyn, Pa. is on the title page. Former owner's stamp at foot of title page: Charles S. Cole, Jr., Bryn Athyn, Pa. Inscribed at head of title page: Jno. D. Readel. This was possibly the Dr. John D. Readel of Baltimore who was a Mason and an Episcopalian. In Good+ Condition: edges are rubbed, corners significantly; spine is scraped, with loss of leather… Read More
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Crime and Destiny; translated by Charlotte Haldane

Crime and Destiny; translated by Charlotte Haldane

by Lange, Johannes

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New York: Charles Boni Paper Books, 1930. Paperback. Very Good. 250, [6] p.; 19 cm. Paperback with cover design by Rockwell Kent; illustrated endpapers, possibly designed by Rockwell Kent. The Rockwell Kent-designed emblem of Charles Boni Paper Books on the title page. First American edition. Fourth unpaginated page following text contains subscription information for Charles Boni Paper Books, of which this title was the sixteenth and last to be issued. Former owner's name on frton free endpaper: ? Lola Horton. Charles Boni started this strikingly designed series of modern works in paperback in 1929; in 1930, after 16 titles had been issued, the subscription requirement was dropped and the series was renamed Bonibooks, published by Albert and Charles Boni. This title was not reissued as one of the 43 titles published as Bonibooks. The author studied 30 pairs of twins in order to determine whether the tendency to commit crimes is hereditary. In Very Good Condition: cover is lightly… Read More
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Das Frauenbüchlein des Ortolff von Bayerland, gedruckt vor 1500; Begleit-Text von Gustav Klein
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Das Frauenbüchlein des Ortolff von Bayerland, gedruckt vor 1500; Begleit-Text von Gustav Klein

by Ortolf von Baierland [Ortolff von Bayerland]

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München: Carl Kuhn, 1910. Paperback. Very Good -. [4], 14, [2], 30, [4] p., 4 leaves of facsimile illustrations; 21 cm. Original paper covers with faux vellum wrapper printed in red. Series: Alte Meister der Medizin und Naturkunde in Facsimile-Ausgaben und Neudrucken, 1. Facsimile reprint of the first known printed edition, with caption title: Disz Biechlin sagt wie sich die schwangern Frawen halten süllen vor der Gepurt in der Gepurt und nach der Gepurd. An article by Gustav Klein about the early printing of Ortolf's medical works, with bibliography, follows the facsimile. Garrison-Morton 6137.1 (1st ed., c. 1495): "The first obstetrical book printed in the vernacular." In Very Good- Condition: wrapper is soiled and brittle, and split along top edge of front cover; slight loss along fore-edges of wrapper and at ends of spine; light soiling in margins of two pages; small tear from lower edge of back cover, leaving impression at lower edge of last 4 leaves; otherwise… Read More
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De Aemilio Macro eiusque Rariore Hodie Opusculo de Vitutibus Herbarum Diatribe auctore Friderico...
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De Aemilio Macro eiusque Rariore Hodie Opusculo de Vitutibus Herbarum Diatribe auctore Friderico Boernero

by Börner, Friedrich

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Lipsiae [Leipzig]: Ex Officina Langenhemiana, 1754. Pamphlet. Very Good. [6], 20 p.; 21 cm. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). Remains of original marbled wrapper along spine. Engraved title vignette, head-piece, initial letter, and tailpiece. "539" written on title page in an old hand. The author, Friedrich Börner (1723-1761), was a German physician who published a number of works on earlier doctors and naturalists. Here he discusses De Viribus (aut Virtutibus) Herbarum, often attributed to Aemilius Macer of Verona, a Roman poet. It has since been attributed to Odo Magdunensis, a medieval French physician. Scarce. In Very Good Condition: lacking original wrapper; paper is slightly browning; clean and solid.
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De Alexandro Benedicto Medicinae post Literas Renatas Restauratore Commentatio Fratri suo...

De Alexandro Benedicto Medicinae post Literas Renatas Restauratore Commentatio Fratri suo Dilectissimo Georgio Gottlieb Boernero Indefesso Humaniorum Literatum Cultori quum Summos in Philosophia Honores Consequeretur Dicata; Accedit eiusdem Benedicti Elogium auctore Andrea Chiocco

by Börner, Friedrich

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Brunsvigae [Braunschweig]: Stanno Keiteliano [Arnold Jacob Keitel], 1751. Pamphlet. Good +. [3], 8-16 p.; 20 cm. Engraved tailpiece. Former owner stitched along the spine, replacing the origingal stitching. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). The author, Friedrich Börner (1723-1761), was a German physician who published a number of works on earlier doctors and naturalists. Here he writes about Alessandro Benedetti (1450?-1512), an Italian surgeon and anatomist. Scarce. In Good+ Condition: foxed; 2 leaves have old dampstain from the fore-edge; otherwise clean.
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De Archigene Medico et de Apolloniis Medicis Eorumque Scriptis et Fragmentis: propempticon quo ad...

De Archigene Medico et de Apolloniis Medicis Eorumque Scriptis et Fragmentis: propempticon quo ad audiendam Orationem ob munus professoris clinices publici ordinarii in hac Regia Litt. Universitate Friederico-Alexnadrina Clementissime sibi Demandatum Die ___ Decembris in Auditorio Publico habendam observanter invitat Christ. Fried. Harles

by Harless, Johann Christian Friedrich

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Erlangen: Hilpert, 1815. Paperback. Very Good. 26 p.; 24 cm. As printed, the title page left the specific date of the lecture blank; in pencil it was changed to "Die 3. Januar MDCCCXVI," indicating that, rather than being delivered in Dec. 1815, it was delivered on Jan. 3, 1816. Disbound from a collection of pamphlets owned by French homeopath Dr. Charles Ravel (1822-1887). The author, Johann Christian Friedrich Harless (1773-1853), was a German physician who served as a director of a clinical institute in Erlangen beginning in 1805 and in 1818 went to Bonn as a professor of pathology. Based on the natural philosophy of Schelling, he developed a theory of electropathology. In Very Good Condition: lacking stitching; title page slightly darkened along fore-edge; title page and p. 26 lightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright. Scarce.
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De Werking van Enkele Narcotica en Analeptica bij Honden en Katten

De Werking van Enkele Narcotica en Analeptica bij Honden en Katten

by Hesse, Nicolaas Coenradus Wouterus

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Hilversum: J. E. Onkenhout, 1947. Paperback. Very Good +. 220 p., 6 leaves of folded tables; 25 cm. Grey wrapper with black spine and wrapper title. With: 1 leaf, folded, listing the 10 theses presented, loose. The doctoral thesis in veterinary science presented by N. C. W. Hesse on Feb. 27, 1947, at Utrecht University. Hesse (1904-1962) became a professor of clinical diagnostics and swine internal diseases. In the 1950s, he was known in the United States for having originated the idea of using a hen to calm elephants being transported on planes. Scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: light browning along spine and upper wrapper edges; some upper page corners slightly creased; pages browning; otherwise, clean and tight.
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De l'Indecence aux Hommes d'Accoucher les Femmes, et de l'Obligation aux Femmes de...
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De l'Indecence aux Hommes d'Accoucher les Femmes, et de l'Obligation aux Femmes de Nourrir leurs Enfans: Pour montrer par des raisons de Physique, de Morale, & de Medecine, que les meres n'exposeroient ni leurs vies ni celles de leurs enfans, en se passant ordinairement d'Accoucheurs & de Nourrices

by Hecquet, Philippe

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Trevoux, France: L'Imprimerie de S.A.S., 1708. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. "Et se vend à Paris. Chez Jacques Etienne Libraire." 94, 145, [7] p.; 15 cm. Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Red morocco label in second compartment with gilt-tooled title: "L'Inec aux Hommes." Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments and on board edges. All page edges speckled red. Woodcut head pieces and initial letters. In an old hand on the title page: "par mr hecquet." First edition of Philippe Hecquet's important condemnation of men displacing women as midwives. The second part of the book advises women on feeding infants, including breastfeeding. In Very Good+ Condition: slight loss of leather at head of spine; edges are rubbed; back joint weak at head of spine; hinges are tight; pages are clean and tight.
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Der Menschliche Körper (Mann und Weib) in 54 farbigen anatomischen Tafeln und zerlegbaren...
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Der Menschliche Körper (Mann und Weib) in 54 farbigen anatomischen Tafeln und zerlegbaren Modellen -- Atlas [illustration volume only]

by Crämer, Hans; Kotzian, Franz

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Esslingen and Munich: J. F. Schreiber, 1926. Hardcover. Very Good/good -. [32] p.: color illustrations; 47 cm. Maroon cloth spine; plain paper over boards with brown cover title and color pastedown. Light brown dust jacket with dark brown title and illustration on front section. Publisher's catalog of medical books on back section. Cover title. "Crämer-Kotzian" -- above title. Contains 16 full-page colored illustrations and descriptions of the musclular, nervous, and vascular systems and the skeleton from the front and the back (8 of a man and 8 of a woman). One of the muscular system illustrations for each the man and the woman has 2 smaller panels hinged above parts of the illustration. Text is entirely in German. Lacking the separate panels meant to be housed in the pockets on the front and back fixed endpapers; otherwise, the book is in Very Good+ Condition: small stain at upper edge of front board; occasional finger soiling in the margins; otherwise, clean and… Read More
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A Description of the Arteries of the Human Body: Reduced to Tables by Adolphus Murray; translated...
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A Description of the Arteries of the Human Body: Reduced to Tables by Adolphus Murray; translated from the original by Archibald Scott

by Murray, Adolphus

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Philadelphia: Thomas Dobson, 1810. Hardcover. Good +. Fry and Kammerer, printers. xix, [1], 172 p.; 23 cm. Original plain paper spine with light grey paper over boards. Page edges untrimmed. Small printed bookplate on front fixed endpaper of L. Byrne with Latin moto. First English language edition. Early American Imprints, Series 2, 20796. In Good+ Condition: rubbed; lacking some paper over spine; joints are weak; old dampstain at upper corner of back board and a few leaves; otherwise, clean; text block is solid.
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