Marchetti, Pietro
Marchetti, Pietro de (ca. 1589-1673). Observationum medico-chirurgicarum rariorum sylloge. [16, incl. initial blank, eng. title & portrait], 188pp., 2 blank leaves at end. Fold. engraved plate. Padua: Typis Matthaei de Cadorinis, 1664. With: (2) Brunacci, Gaudenzio (1631-68). De cina cina, seu pulvere ad febres syntagma physiologicum. 150 [2, blank]pp. Venice: apud Nicolaum Pezzana, 1661. With: (3) Fehr, Johann Michael (1610-88). Anchora sacra, vel scorzonera, ad normam & formam Academiae Naturae Curiosorum elaborata. [16] 204 [12]pp. Added eng. title and 4 plates. Jena: Typis Joh. Jacobi Bauhoferi, impensis Viti Jacobi Trescher [1666?]. With: (4) Johnson, William (d. 1665). Lexicon chymicum . . . Lib. secundus [only]; part 1 not present. [24], 72 [12]pp. London: G.D. et prostant venales apud L. Sadler, 1660. Together 4 works in 1 vol., 8vo. 154 x 101 mm. Vellum c. 1664, a little soiled, remains of linen ties. Some foxing and browning, as is common in books of this period, but very good. (1) First Edition, with all blanks and the bizarre folding plate (often lacking) illustrating the tendons of the thumb. G-M 5572. Marchetti's treatise contains 53 "valuable observations" (G-M) in surgery, including 37 on the head, sense organs and neck. Marchetti discusses cases of skull fractures and other head trauma (including that of a 7-year-old boy clawed by a bear), syphilitic disorders of the head, migraine, tumors, etc. The remaining observations deal with injuries and afflictions of the thorax, abdomen, urethra and extremities; among these is Marchetti's case history of a man who, while trying to subdue a horse, had his thumb bitten off at the first joint and the flexor tendons torn out (illustrated in the folding plate). Following the 53 observations are three chapters on anal fistula, ulcers and fistulae of the urethra, and spina ventosa. Marchetti was born in Padua, where he seems to have spent his entire life. His writings on surgery maintained their influence for two centuries after their publicationâ"the Nouvelle biographie générale, published in 1860, states that Marchetti's writings "are still consulted today." Krivatsy cites 3 other 17th-century editions including a German translation (remarkably, all of them imperfect); Blake cites a London, 1729 edition; and the NBG cites an edition printed in Naples in 1779. Krivatsy 7417 (imperfect). Norman 1436 (without folding plate). (2) First Edition. An early treatise on the medical uses of cinchona (quinine), which had been introduced to Europe in 1640. Includes the author's experiments in curing malaria with preparations of cinchona bark in alcohol. Waring, Bibl. Therapeutica, p. 337. Krivatsy 1873. (3) First Edition. On the medical uses of scorzonera (black salsify), a plant believed to be a specific against the bites of snakes and other venomous creatures. Ferguson (Bib. Chemica I, p. 266) notes that Fehr was founder and second president of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum, and that he wrote numerous works on medical and pharmaceutical subjects. Waring, Bibl. Therapeutica, p. 676. Krivatsy 3972. (4) Second edition of the second part of Johnson's Lexicon chymicum, first published in 1652-53. Includes a life of Paracelsus and a key to chemical / alchemical symbols. Ferguson I, p. 439. Krivatsy 6238. Wing J-857. .
Prochaska, Georg
Procháska, Georg [Ji í] (1749-1820). De structura nervorum. Tractatus anatomicus tabulis aeneis illustratus. [8], 137pp. 7 folding engraved plates. Vienna: Rudolph Graeffer, 1779. 214 x 133 mm. (uncut and partly unopened). Original paste paper wrappers, light rubbing, edges fraying. Minor toning, foxing and dampstaining but very good. Bookplate. First Edition. "After grinding parts of nervous tissue between glass plates, [Procháska] suggested that the fundamental structures of nervous tissue were globules of various size" (McHenry, p. 106). Procháska included this suggestion in his De structura nervorum, a work that "contained a number of new observations" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography). McHenry, Garrison's History of Neurology, pp. 106, 120. .
Grasset, Eugene
Grasset, Eugène, illustrator. Histoire des quatre fils Aymon très nobles et très vaillans chevaliers. [6], 224, [16]pp., printed on Japan vellum. Chromotype illustrations by Grasset. Paris: H. Launette, 1883. 287 x 232 mm. Original chromotype wrappers, very slight wear at corners; boxed. Fine. With: Grasset. Histoire des quatre fils Aymon très nobles et très vaillans chevaliers. [6], 224, [16]pp., printed on Japan vellum. Chromotype illustrations by Grasset. Paris: H. Launette, 1883. 280 x 225 mm. Original publisher's binding of full brown gilt-stamped morocco, top edges gilt, slight edgewear. One or two fore-edges frayed, but very good to fine. With: Grasset. Histoire des quatre fils Aymon très nobles et très vaillans chevaliers. [6], 224, [16]pp., printed on Japan vellum. Chromotype illustrations by Grasset. Paris: H. Launette, 1883. 278 x 227 mm. Original publisher's binding of full maroon gilt-stamped morocco, top edges gilt, slight wear at corners; boxed. Together three items. First Edition of the first book printed by chromotypography, a hybrid lithography process invented by Charles Gillot that provided a cost-effective method of printing text and full-color illustrations in a single press run. Grasset was the first illustrator to make use of this technique. .
Palgrave, Francis Turner; Leighton Brothers, binder
Leighton Brothers.] Palgrave, Francis Turner (1824-97). Gems of English art from this century: Twenty-four pictures from national collections. viii, 144pp., plus inserted printed presentation leaf. 24 oil-color plates. London and New York: George Routledge and Sons, 1869. 255 x 196 mm. Original publisher's binding of green cloth with elaborately decorated paper onlay on the front cover printed in gilt and colors. Leaves coming loose due to deterioration of the original gutta-percha binding, as is usual with 19th-century books bound in this way. Otherwise very good, with only slight wear to the front cover paper onlay. First Edition, binding variant A. The Leighton brothers, George and Charles, were proprietors of a firm specializing in color printing. George Leighton had trained under George Baxter, inventor of the oil-color printing process that was used to produce the plates in this book; the plates are "excellent productions, that would probably be âcollected' if they bore Baxter's name instead of Leighton's" (Burch, p. 148). There are two binding variants: A, as described above; and B, a cloth binding stamped in black and gilt without the paper onlay. Burch, Colour Printing and Colour Printers, pp. 148-149. .
Lenegre, Antoine, binder; Georges Darboy
[Lenegre, Antoine (1819?-1867), presumed binder] Darboy, Georges (1813-71). Les femmes de la Bible: Principaux fragments d'une histoire du peuple de Dieu. Vol. I of 2. Unpaginated. Plates, including frontispiece. Paris: Garnier Frères, 1850. 265 x 184 mm. Original publisher's binding of black cloth with colored paper onlays, elaborate pictorial design stamped in gilt, slight edgewear. Minor foxing but fine otherwise. Bookplate. Second edition. Lenegre was a Parisian binder who specialized in la reliure industrielle or publisher's bindings. The binding of this work is unsigned but strongly resembles edition bindings by Lenegre. The block on the front cover is signed "Haarhaus"; i.e. Robert Haarhaus, who designed blocks used in some of Lenegre's bindings. .
His, Wilhelm (1831-1904). Neue Untersuchungen über die Bildung des Hühnerembryo. I. Offprint from Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie (1877). 112-187pp. 2 folding plates. 235 x 159 mm. Original printed wrappers, corner cut from front wrapper, spine split resulting in separation of first signature, minor chipping, staining and soiling. Internally very good. From the library of physiologist Carl Ludwig (1816-95), with "Ludwig Collection" stamp on front wrapper; later from the library of anatomist Lewis Weed (1886-1952), with his stamp on the front wrapper. First Edition, Offprint Issue. "Swiss born embryologist Wilhelm His, Sr. (1831-1904) was the first scientist to study embryos using paraffin histology, serial sectioning and three dimensional modelling. With these techniques, His made many important discoveries in vertebrate embryology and developmental neurobiology, earning him two Nobel Prize nominations. He also developed several theories of mechanical and evolutionary developmental biology" (Richardson & Keuck). His's studies of the chicken embryo (Hühnerembryo) in the 1860s and 1870s established his reputation as an embryologist. One of his goals during this time was to establish an exact topography of the chicken embryonic disc, as described in the present paper. Richardson and Keuck, "The revolutionary developmental biology of Wilhelm His, Sr.," Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society 97 (2022): 1131-1160. .
Mouat, James (1815-99). Settlement upon the marriage of James Mouat Esquire and Miss Adela Rose Ellen Tindal. Manuscript legal document on vellum. 6 sheets, stitched together at the bottom margin with linen tape. London, 5 October 1859, with addendum dated 8 December 1899. Approx. 570 x 690 mm. (unfolded). With 8 seals, 6 rubber stamps, revenue and stationer's stamps. Signatures of Mouat, Tindal and Tindal's mother, Anne Frances Symonds, as well as various lawyers, notaries, etc. Some rubbing at folds, verso of last leaf age-soiled, some fading and rubbing to the text on the verso of the last leaf. Very good. A unique record of the marriage settlement enacted on behalf of James Mouat and Adela Tindal, whom Mouat married in 1859, together with an indenture and promise to grant an annuity of 50 pounds to Anne Frances Symonds, Adela's mother; and another indenture and promise to fulfil the will of Adela's father, Nicholas Tyndal, and to fulfill duties and distribute funds to various members of the Tindal family. The verso of the last leaf contains a memorandum added on 8 December 1899, eleven months after Mouat's death; the document bears Adela Mouat's signature. Mouat, an army surgeon, served with the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons during the Crimean War. On 26 October 1854, after the disastrous Charge of the Light Brigade, Mouat saved the life of a dangerously wounded British officer who had been left in an exposed position after the retreat of the Light Cavalry. For this act of bravery he was awarded the Victoria Cross, Britain's highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy; he was the first medical officer to receive this honor. After his marriage Mouat served with distinction during the New Zealand wars, then retired to England and became Inspector General of Hospitals, a position he held until his retirement in 1876. In 1888 he was appointed honorary surgeon to Queen Victoria. The purpose of a marriage settlement such as this one was to establish a trust supporting the married life of a couple; the bride and bridegroom's parents would contribute land or other assets (such as a dowry), serve as trustees, and remain legal owners of the assets during their lifetimes. At a time when married women were not allowed to own or control assets in their own right, marriage settlements provided for a woman's financial support throughout her marriage and widowhood, as well as for the support of any children resulting from the marriage. .
Cooper Medical College. Gelatin silver print photograph of the faculty of Cooper Medical College. N.p., 14 September 1896. 234 x 296 mm. Light rubbing at the margins where previously framed, a few other unobtrusive worn spots but very good. An extremely rare photograph of an historic event in California medical history. In September 1896 William MacEwen, the Scottish surgeon who founded neurosurgery, traveled to San Francisco to deliver the first Lane Medical Lectures, endowed by Levi Cooper Lane. Cooper Medical College, the forerunner of Stanford University's School of Medicine, was the first medical school established on the West Coast of the United States. Originally part of the University of the Pacific, the school was founded in 1858 by Elias Samuel Cooper, who ran it from its inception until his death eight years later. After a period of decline the school was revived in 1870 by Cooper's nephew, Levi Cooper Lane, who renamed the school Cooper Medical College after its founder. After several decades of independent existence, Cooper Medical College was acquired by Stanford University; Stanford University's School of Medicine thus can trace its ancestry back to the first medical school founded on the West Coast. The photograph shows, from left to right, Drs. Lane, Joseph Hirschfelder, Adolph Barkan, visiting professor William MacEwan, and J. Stillman. .
Baglivi, Georgius (1668-1707). De praxi medica . . . accedunt dissertationes novae. [20], 259, 119pp. Plate. Rome: Domenico Antonio Hercules, 1696. 158 x 100 mm. Old paper over thin wooden boards, spine label with title in manuscript (worn), spine partly detached, some wear especially at corners. Uneven toning, occasional light staining but good to very good. First Edition. Believing that the physicians of his time were slaves to medical philosophies and systems, Baglivi attacked these systems in De praxi medica, calling for a return to the Hippocratic principle of sound clinical observation. The three "Dissertationes" added to the main work include Baglivi's account of the tarantula, his experiments with the infusion of drugs into the veins and spinal canal, his study of the circulation of the frog, and his description of the post-mortem he performed upon his mentor Marcello Malpighi, in which he determined that Malpighi's death had been caused by cerebral apoplexy. Norman 103. .
Sechenov, Ivan Mikhailovich (1829-1905). Beiträge zur Pneumatologie des Blutes. Offprint from Sitzungsberichte der mathem.-naturw. Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaft 36 (1859). 29pp. Plate. 237 x 151 mm. Modern marbled boards, original printed front wrapper bound in. Very good. Presentation Inscription from Carl Ludwig (1816-95), one of the founders of modern physiology, to "Prof. Bischoff" (possibly Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff [1807-82]): "Herrn Prof Bischoff mit v. herzl. Gruss v. C. Ludwig." First Edition, Offprint Issue of Sechenov's first important medical paper, inscribed by Sechenov's teacher Carl Ludwig, who may have been a co-author. Sechenov, the founder of Russian physiology, was a student under Carl Ludwig when he published the present work describing investigations of blood gases he and Ludwig had performed in 1858 following the publication of Meyer's Die Gase des Blutes (1857). "In 1858 Carl Ludwig and his then student, Ivan Sechenov, constructed a pump based on a Torricellian vacuum (a vacuum above a column of mercury in a barometer) to liberate the gases from the blood. This pump was one of the first to give accurate, reliable measurements that later proved to be largely correct. The manually operated âblood-gas pump' required considerable exertion to operate, with up to 20 extraction cycles performed to complete the process" (Ball and Featherstone, p. 419). The pump is illustrated in the plate. P. Astrup and J. W. Severinghaus, "Blood gas transport and analysis," in J. B. West, ed., Respiratory Physiology: People and Ideas, pp. 75-107. C. M. Ball and P. J. Featherstone, "Blood gas analysis: From laboratory to bedside," Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 49 (2021): 419-421. The recipient of this presentation copy may have been Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff, a German biologist and physician who made important contributions to embryology. .
