FREUD, Sigmund
With 3 text diagrams. Bound in black cloth with spine label. Small blind stamp of Dr. George B. Wilbur. THE FOUNDATION OF PSYCHOANALYSIS FREUD, Sigmund Die Traumdeutung (The interpretation of dreams). Leipzig und Wien: Franz Deuticke, 1900. 8vo. With 3 text diagrams. Black cloth, spine label; a fine copy with the small blind stamp of Dr. George B. Wilbur (1887-1976), former editor and publisher of the psychoanalytic journal American Imago. FIRST EDITION of Freud's greatest work, on the interpretation of dreams, which had an immeasurable influence on twentieth-century culture. This contains all the basic components of psychoanalytic theory and practice: the erotic nature of dreams, the "Oedipus complex", the libido, etc.; all related to the background of the "unconscious," later to be called the "sub-conscious" (see PMM, 389). $ 25,000.00.
TRYON, Thomas
Modern bonded leather; title page trimmed or repaired at top. Note in pen at bottom of title indicating the name of the author and dated 1695, engraved label of Samuel Hirst, watchmaker of Leeds, pasted on verso of title, his ownership inscription to title. COMMUNICATING WITH ANGELS - UNDERSTANDING THE SERIOUSNESS OF MENTAL ILLNESS TRYON, Thomas A treatise of dreams & visions. Wherein the causes natures and uses of nocturnal representations, and the communications both of good and evil angels, as also departed souls, to mankinde, are theosophically unfolded. [London: n.p., 1689]. 8vo. Modern bonded leather. First edition. The first of two parts treats the meaning and significance of dreams, initially dealing with the nature of sleep, the causes of dreams, the meanings of certain types of dreams and how people communicate with angels through dreaming. The second part is an appendix "shewing the cause of madness, and several observables relating thereunto." He makes an analogy between dreams and madness, and thereby approaches a description of psychosis. $ 4500.00.
EUCLID (DEE, John)
Frontispiece portrait of John Dee, large printer's device on verso of final leaf, illustrated throughout with diagrams; there are no overlays in Book XI (it appearing as if overlays were never included), and the folding table "The gound-plat of the mathematical preface of Mr. John Dee" in excellent facsimile. Overall a fine copy, the interior being clean and sharp throughout. Bound in modern calf, covers blind-tooled with gilt fleurons, spine in compartments with morocco label. INTRODUCTION OF EUCLID INTO ENGLISH EUCLID The elements of geometrie of the most auncient philosopher Euclide of Megara. London: John Day, [1570]. Folio. Frontispiece portrait of John Dee, large printer's device on verso of final leaf, illustrated throughout with diagrams; no overlays in Book XI (it appearing as if overlays were never included), the folding ground-plat table in excellent facsimile. Overall a fine copy, the interior being clean and sharp throughout. Bound in modern calf. First edition of the first complete English translation of Euclid's Elements. The importance of the present work, bringing into the English vernacular one of the foundation works of philosophy, cannot be overstated. This translation undoubtedly benefitted from the involvement of John Dee who not only wrote the âvery fruitfull preface' but contributed many annotations and additional theorems. $ 22,500.00.
CAUCHY, Augustin-Louis
Contemporary plain wrappers, author and title in contemporary manuscript on a label pasted onto the front wrapper. THE CORE OF COMPLEX FUNCTION THEORY CAUCHY, Augustin-Louis Sur la mécanique céleste et sur un nouveau calcul qui s'applique à un grande nombre de questions diverses. Paris: Didot, 1831. 4to. Contemporary wrappers. First edition, first printing, very rare, of Cauchy's article on celestial mechanics and a new calculus that can be applied to a great number of diverse question, which was presented to the Academy of Sciences of Turin on October 11, 1831. Combining his knowledge of celestial mechanics and mathematics, it is here that Cauchy proposes the formula now known as Cauchy's integral formula, which is a central statement in complex analysis. It expresses the fact that a holomorphic function defined on a disk is completely determined by its values on the boundary of the disk, and it provides integral formulas for all derivatives of a holomorphic function. $ 2500.00.
BROWNE, Thomas
Engraved title by William Marshall. Beautiful nineteenth-century maroon straight-grain gilt-ruled morocco by the English bookbinder Francis Bedford (1799-1883), spine in compartments with elaborate gilt design, marbled paste-downs and endpapers. From the library of the author George Walter Steeves 1845-1915) with his small bookplate. Among other works Steeves wrote the consummate biography of Francis Bacon. THE RARE FIRST EDITION [BROWNE, Thomas] Religio medici. [London]: Printed for Andrew Crooke, 1642. 8vo. Engraved title, beautiful nineteenth-century maroon straight-grain gilt-ruled morocco by the English bookbinder Francis Bedford. From the library of the author George Walter Steeves. First edition, first printing, of one of the most famous and influential treatises in the English language. The Religio medici (A doctor's religion) represents Browne's attempt to arrive at a vital concept of faith, one with tolerance, humor and dignity. Browne's work immediately drew attention, and the first edition of Observations upon Relgio medici by Sir Kenelm Digby (1603-1665), an English virtuoso and a lover of new trends in natural philosophy, came out in 1643. $ 7000.00.
LEEUWENHOEK, Antoni van
Engraved allegorical title by Jeremias van Schaak, frtsp. of author, index & errata. With 34 engraved plates (26 folding) and numerous text illustrations. Half morocco over marbled boards. Interior excellent. THE BEGINNING OF MICROBIOLOGY LEEUWENHOEK, Antoni van Arcana naturae detecta; Continuatio arcanorum naturae detectorum . . . . Delft: Apud Henricum a Krooneveld, 1695; 1697. Two volumes in one. 4to. Engraved allegorical title, frontispiece portrait of author, index and errata, plus 34 engraved plates and numerous text illustrations. Nineteenth century half-morocco and marbled boards. First edition of the Arcana and first edition in Latin of the Continuatio. Leeuwenhoek's most important discoveries are contained in this celebrated series of letters to the Royal Society of London, including his epoch making experiments with the microscope, revealing to his contemporaries a previously unknown and fascinating aspect of nature the world of microorganisms. $ 18,500.00 .
HOOKE, Robert
With 38 folding plates; arms of the Royal Society on title. Half-calf over contemporary boards, marbled paste-downs and endpapers; a very good copy from the library of W. Cracroft with his signature dated 1804 and small stamp on title. FIRST GLIMPSE OF MICROSCOPICAL OBJECTS HOOKE, Robert Micrographia: or some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses, with observations and inquiries thereupon. London: Jo. Martyn, 1667. Folio. With 38 folding plates; Half-calf over contemporary boards, marbled paste-downs and endpapers. First edition, second issue, the same as the first except that the licence-leaf and the title page were both reset, and plate 5 was re-engraved in reverse. This was the first book printed in English on the microscope and the first large work to illustrate microscopical objects. It is of great value for the history of chemistry, physics, biology and astronomy. It contains the invention of the compound microscope and of the wheel barometer, an explanation of the twinkling of the stars, important investigations on the refraction of light, a theory of heat and the real nature of combustion. $ 60,000.00.
READ, Bernard E.
With 4 photographic halftone plates. Original half cloth over printed paper boards. In excellent condition. MEDICINE CAN BE MADE FROM SO MANY THINGS READ, Bernard E. Chinese materia medica: animal drugs. Peking: Peking Natural History Bulletin, 1931. 4to. With 4 photographic halftone plates. Original half cloth over printed paper boards; in excellent condition. First edition of this English translation. The book provides medicinal uses for 94 animals, their body parts, excrements, and effluvia. The five sections include domestic animals, wild animals, rodents, monkeys and supernatural beings (such as a 20-foot-tall nest-dwelling black man with pink eyes and yellow hair, a dog with a human face, an elf and a tree spirit in the form of a tailless black dog), and humans. As for the chapter on medicines from the human body, virginal urine, pubic hair, and toenails all make an appearance. The terminology is in both English and Chinese and the book includes a bibliography. $ 750.00.
[DESSADE, J. Fr.]
Later gilt morocco-backed marbled boards (a little wear to crown and tail of the spine), edges sprinkled blue. Includes authorship leaf with manuscript signature. Internally fresh, a fine copy of an obscure work. VITALISM - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LIVING AND THE INANIMATE [DESSADE, J. Fr.] La bio-psychologie des mages primitifs de la chaldée et de l'Égypte. Paris: chez les Principaux Libraires, 1802. 8vo. Authorship leaf with manuscript signature. Later morocco-backed marbled boards. Only edition of this metaphysical treatise on medical vitalism, the idea that all living things share an intangible substance that separates them from the inanimate. The author comments on the origin of the soul, disease and remedy, and other non-mechanistic forces that exist in the living world, such as telepathy and imagination. The text concludes with a series of anecdotes about situations that can only be explained by hyperphysical intervention, such as women who have had orgies with demons and are able to describe it in painstaking detail. $ 1250.00.
LEVI, Eliphas
20 full-page lithographed plates, additional wood engravings in the text. Contemporary gilt red sheep-backed marbled boards. Some minor foxing. A good, complete copy. THE INTERSECTION OF SCIENCE, RELIGION AND NATURE LÉVI, Éliphas La clef des grands mystères. Paris: Germer Baillière, 1861. 8vo. With 20 full page lithographed plates, additional wood engravings in the text. Contemporary gilt red sheep backed marbled boards. First edition of this classic of occult literature. The Key of great mysteries is the most complete treatise on magical philosophy to date, written by the very author who coined the term "occultism". Lévi does not divorce magical practice from Christian morality; rather, he seeks prophetic meaning in Biblical tradition. The text describes numerical symbolism, Paracelsian philosophy, Hermetic school of thought, invoking and conjuring spirits, black magic, Egyptian magic, divining, tarot, Mesmerism, alchemy, and Kabbalah. $ 2000.00.
MAUCLERC, Hippolyte Vivant
presentation copy Bound in later marbled paper with marbled edges. Fine condition; inscribed by Mauclerc on the title page, "à Monsieur Vigaroux professeur de l'école de Montpellier. Comme preuve de reconnaissance H.V. Mauclerc.". BETTER TO PREVENT EVIL THAN TO REPAIR IT MAUCLERC, [Hippolyte Vivant] Moyens de prévenir les crimes dans la société. Bound with Au lecteur, quelle est l'influence de l'amitié sur les mÅ"urs publiques? Grenoble: Chez Ferry, An VIII de la République française [1799]. 8vo. Bound in later marbled paper with marbled edges. Fine condition; inscribed by Mauclerc on the title page, "à Monsieur Vigaroux professeur de l'école de Montpellier. Comme preuve de reconnaissance H.V. Mauclerc." First edition, the author's presentation copy. This moving essay extolls the virtues of love and friendship as central to preventing crime and violence. In general, the criminal, the author contends, has submitted to complete and total independence, distancing himself completely from community and religion. Mauclerc uses Athens and Rome as case studies to showcase how love, friendship, and a common sense of community can stop the moral decay of a society. $ 1250.00.
NEWTON, Sir Isaac
Title in red and black. With the Royal privilege leaf and integral blank. Engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved illustration on p. 506, woodcut diagrams within the text. Contemporary calf, scuffed, corners repaired, crack in spine. From the Trinity College Library in Dublin with its gilt arms on front cover and book label on the paste-down, and with the large bookplate showing the award of this book to William Andrews in 1742. A WONDERFUL COPY OF THE THIRD EDITION NEWTON, Isaac Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica . . . editio tertia aucta & emendata. London: William & John Innys, 1726. 4to. With the Royal privilege leaf and integral blank. Engraved frontispiece portrait, engraved illustration. Contemporary calf. From the Trinity College Library in Dublin with its gilt arms on front cover and book label on the paste-down, and a large bookplate showing the award of this book to William Andrews in 1742. Third edition, the last published during the author's lifetime and the basis of all subsequent editions. Edited by Henry Pemberton, it contains a new preface by Newton, the restoration of Halley's verses, and a large number of alterations, the most important being the scholium on fluxions, in which Leibniz's name is omitted. $ 24,500.00. Third edition, the basis for all subsequent editions.
VON NEUMANN, John
Original printed wrappers. An excellent copy. INTRODUCTION OF VON NEUMANN ALGEBRAS VON NEUMANN, John "Zur algebra der funktionaloperationen und theorie der normalen operatoren." Offprint from Mathematische Annalen, Vol. 102, No. 3, pp. 370-427. Berlin: Julius Springer, 1929. 8vo. Original printed wrappers. First printing, the first introduction of Von Neumann's "Algebra of functional operations and theory of normal operators," thereafter referred to as Von Neumann algebras. This is von Neumann's paper on the spectral theorem for normal operators, with detailed discussion of the weakly closed *-subalgebra generated by a set of operators. Von Neumann algebras have found applications in diverse areas of mathematics like knot theory, statistical mechanics, quantum field theory, local quantum physics, free probability, noncommutative geometry, representation theory, differential geometry, and dynamical systems. $ 4500.00.
GALILEI, Galileo
Engraved frontispiece by Stefano della Bella depicting Aristotle, Ptolemy and Copernicus in discussion surmounted by the Medici arms, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials, headpieces and diagrams; frontispiece repaired, possibly with a portion from another copy, lacking final blank. Bound in an early antiphonal leaf. A fine wide-margined copy with only a few leaves browned. GALILEO'S MASTERPIECE GALILEI, Galileo Dialogo sopra i due Massimi Sistemi del Mondo Tolemaico, e Copernicano. Florence: Giovanni Battista Landini, 1632. 4to. Engraved frontispiece by Stefano della Bella depicting Aristotle, Ptolemy and Copernicus in discussion surmounted by the Medici arms, woodcut printer's device on title, woodcut initials, headpieces and diagrams; frontispiece repaired, possibly with a portion from another copy, lacking final blank. Bound in an early antiphonal leaf. A fine wide-margined copy. First edition of Galileo's statement and defense of the Copernican system of heliocentrism, which directly led to his trial for heresy in Rome in 1633. The Dialogo was designed both as an appeal to the great public and as an escape from silence. In the form of an open discussion between three friends - intellectually speaking, a radical, a conservative, and an agnostic - it is a masterly polemic for the new science. $ 120,000.00.