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Munich: R. Oldenbourg, 1929. Oberth, Hermann (1894-1989). Wege zur Raumschiffahrt. xi, 431pp. 4 plates. Munich & Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1929. 236 x 163 mm. Original cloth, front cover slightly warped. Fine copy. Publisher's blurb for Die Möglichkeit der Weltraumfahrt (1928), ed. Willy Ley, tipped to the front free endpaper.

Munich & Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1923. Oberth, Hermann (1894-1989). Die Rakete zu den Planetenräumen. 8vo. 92pp. 3 folding lithographed plates. Munich & Berlin: R. Oldenbourg, 1923. 254 x 175 mm. Original wrappers, uncut, wrappers a little worn & chipped; boxed. Occasional minor foxing, but very good. First Edition of Oberth's thesis on the rocket in interplanetary space, in which he set out to prove four propositions: (1) that the technology of the time permitted the building of machines capable of rising above the earth's atmosphere; (2) that these machines could attain velocities sufficient to prevent their falling back to earth, or even to escape the earth's gravitational pull; (3) that such machines could be built to carry human beings; and (4) that under certain conditions, their manufacture might be profitable. Oberth demonstrated that a rocket can operate in a vacuum and that it can surpass the velocity of its own exhaust; he also pointed out the superiority of liquid fuels in producing… Read More

House of Commons. Report of the committee appointed to superintend the experiments of Dr. Sickler, for the purpose of proving the efficacy of a method, proposed by him for unrolling and deciphering the Herculaneum manuscripts. 7pp. [London:] N.p., 19 March 1818. 320 x 199 mm. Unbound; stitched. Very good to fine First Edition. In 1816 the King of the Two Sicilies presented twelve heavily charred papyrus rolls found at Herculaneum to the Prince Regent, George IV. Sickler, a German archeologist, had devised a new method for unrolling the fragile rolls, and the British government brought him to England and paid him to carry out the project. Unfortunately, it appears that Sickler's method consisted of soaking the rolls in water until they were malleable and unrolling them from there. This method washed away any remnants of ink on the papyrus or caused the layers of the papyrus to crumble, rendering them useless for scholars. Sickler inadvertently destroyed seven of the twelve rolls, and a Parliamentary… Read More

1532. Paul of Aegina (fl. 640). De medica materia libri septe[m], totius fere artis medic breviarum . . . Albano Torino Vitodure[n]si interprete . . .Sextus vero de chirurgia quem German non sunt interpretati, a Ioane Bernardo Feliciano Veneto nunc primum latinitate donatus. Folio. [28], 438pp. Venice: Lucantonio Giunta, 1532. 306 x 215 mm. 16th-century limp vellum, title inked on spine, some soiling and spotting, a few wormholes. Minor foxing and toning, some marginal worming in the first several leaves not affecting text, tear in leaf b4 (pp. 19-20). Very good. Extensively annotated in a 16th-century hand (some notes trimmed). "Luca Antonio I . . . tam," i.e. the publisher's name, inscribed and partially obscured on title page near the date. First Complete Edition in Latin of Paul of Aegina's Epitome, which was first published in the original Greek by the Aldine Press in 1528. The Giunta edition used the Latin translation by A. Torinus published earlier in 1532 by Cratander, but included the… Read More

London, 1842. Vetusta monumenta quae ad rerum Britannicarum memoriam conservandam Societas Antiquariorum Londini sumptu suo edenda curavit. 6 volumes; see below for collations. 331 plates, mostly engraved but a few lithographed; some hand-colored. London: [Society of Antiquaries,] 1767 [i.e., 1747]-1842. 569 x 393 mm. (uncut). 19th-century cloth, rebacked in morocco, minor edgewear and insect damage. Edges a bit dust-soiled and frayed, minor offsetting from plates, tears along folds of one "Bayeux Tapestry" plate in Vol. VI, but very good. Library stamps on titles and some plates. Vol. I (1747): 4, 4, 3pp. 70 plates. Imprint date on title reads "MDCCLVII" as in some copies. Vol. II (1789): 4, 4, 2, 2, 4, 2, 15, 8, 4, 7, 7, 5, 2, 13, 5, 7, 2, 2, 3pp. 55 numbered plates and one unnumbered plate. Vol. III (1796): 3, 17, 6, 5, 4, 4, 14, 7, 2, [2], 44, 9, 13, 2, 1, 15, 19pp. 44 plates. Vol. IV (1815): 3, 8, 13-17, [2], 3, 2, 3, [2], [2], 2pp. 52 numbered plates and one unnumbered plate. Vol. V… Read More

London, 1827.

Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1986.

San Francisco: Norman Publishing, 1996. Fine in Fine DJ. This comprehensive work contains excerpts in English from the writings that represent the great landmarks in the evolution of our knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system. Many of these rare contributions are translated here into English for the first time. For this second edition, Edwin Clarke extensively revised the original text and updated the bibliographies and indices in light of recent scholarship. 13, 926pp. 158 illus. 7" 10". Cloth, dust jacket, acid-free paper. ISBN 978-0-930405-2-0. 1996. Norman Neurosciences Series, No. 2. (This book has been out of print for years, but we recently found a few mint copies in our warehouse.).

1953. Oparin, Alexander Ivanovich (1894-1980). Collection of 11 books by Oparin, together with the festschrift issued in honor of Oparin's 80th birthday, as listed below. From the library of Melvin Calvin (1911-97), 1961 Nobel Laureate in chemistry. Includes six books inscribed by Oparin to Calvin, and seven books with Calvin's ownership signature. V.p., 1953-75. Very good; see list for condition details. First Editions or First Editions in English unless otherwise specified. Oparin was the first to propose the heterotrophic or "primordial soup" theory of the origin of life on Earth. In Proiskhozhedenie zhizni (1924), his first book on the subject, Oparin hypothesized that life arose from the organic compounds formed on the planet's surface during its early history. "Oparin's central thesis was that the first organisms to emerge in the anaerobic environment of the primitive Earth must have been heterotrophic bacteria. He proposed that life had been preceded by a lengthy period of abiotic syntheses… Read More

Paris: Labé, 1851. Orfila, Matheiu J. B. (1787-1853). Éléments de chimie. 2 vols. x, [2], 669, [3]; xvi, 846, [2]pp. 12 plates. Paris: Labé, 1851. 215 x 131 mm. 19th-century quarter morocco, marbled boards, spines a bit worn and rubbed. Some toning but very good. Presentation Copy, inscribed to Philippe Ricord on the half-title of Vol. 1: "Au Dri. Ricord hommage de l'auteur." Eighth edition, revised and augmented. Orfila founded the science of toxicology and was the leading medico-legal expert of his time; see Garrison-Morton.com 2072, 9508, 13191 and 9954. .

Paris: Baillière, 1841. Orfila, Mathieu J. B. (1787-1853). Rapport sur les moyens de constater la présence de l'arsenic dans les empoisonnemens par ce toxique. 53pp. Text illustrations. 204 x 130 mm. Paris: J.-B. Baillière, 1841. Original printed wrappers, upper corner of front wrapper chipped. Light toning but very good. First Edition. Orfila founded the science of toxicology with the publication of his monumental Traité des poisons (1814-15; Garrison-Morton.com 2072). He created new techniques for detecting arsenic poisoning as well as refining existing ones, and he played a major role in the 1840 conviction of Marie Lafarge, found guilty of poisoning her husband with arsenic after Orfila provided damning toxicological evidence against her. In the present pamphlet, published a year after the Lafarge trial, Orfila included extracts from reports by the Académie Royale de la Médecine and the Académie des Sciences supporting his findings on arsenic detection, as well as his own refutation of… Read More

Rome: Antoine Lafrery, 1570. Orsino, Fulvio (1529-1600). Imagines et elogia virorum illustrium et eruditor ex antiquis lapidibus et nomismatib[us] expressa cum annotationib[us] ex bibliotheca Fulvi Ursini. 111pp. Engraved architectural title-page by Andrea Marelli, signed with his monogram; 58 engraved illustrations; 17 woodcut illustrations. Venice: In aedibus Petri Dehuchino, Galli, 1570 [colophon]. Bound with: Estaço, Aquiles [Achilles Statius] (1524-81). Inlustrium viror ut exstant in urbe expressi vultus. [8]pp., including engraved title-page, plus 52 engraved plates. Rome: Antoine Lafréry, 1569. Additional impression of plate 13, printed on paper with a different watermark and trimmed to the borders, laid in loosely. Together 2 works. 308 x 217 mm. Gilt-tooled calf over limp boards ca. 1570, holes for ties (not present) in both covers, some rubbing and scuffing, extremities worn. Both title-pages somewhat soiled, a few small wormholes, minor soiling and staining. Very good. Modern… Read More

1911.

Birmingham: Classics of Med. Lib, 1982. Birmingham: Gryphon Editions, 1982 Classics of Medicine Library 8vo. 4to. [ii]+[xvi]+243+[3]pp. 107 text figures. Black calf gilt, a.e.g., marbled endpapers. Facsimile of the 1921 edition. "A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913." Profusely illustrated with b&w annotated drawings and photos. Fine condition.

1898. Offprint from Johns Hopkins Medical Bulletin (1898). 7pp. Without wrappers, small marginal tears. Very good.

1893. Offprint from American Journal of the Medical Sciences (1893). 16pp. Original printed front wrapper (chipped); back wrapper lacking. Good.

1897. 9pp. Original printed wrappers, detached, chipped. Good.

1904. Offprint from American Journal of the Medical Sciences (1904). 4pp. Without wrappers. Edges chipped; paper label on first leaf. Good.

1900. Offprint from American Journal of the Medical Sciences (1900). 19pp. Original printed front wrapper; back wrapper lacking. Good to very good.

1902. Offprint from University of Pennsylvania Medical Bulletin (1902). 18pp. Original printed front wrapper, back wrapper lacking. Good+.