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South Hingham, Massachusetts: ca. 1840. Manuscript. 8vo. 190 x 150 mm. (7 1/2 x 6 inches). 44 leaves with text on 20 leaves. Legible writing in one hand written in pen and ink. Original leather spine over blue paper boards; spine worn and cracked yet intact, some water staining to..... More
London: Longmans, Hurst, Rees and Orme, 1806. 4to. 295 x 230 mm. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). [xii], 184 of 186 pp., missing the half-title to Essay VI at p. 105-106. Illustrated with 7 engraved plates and stipple engravings in the text. Near contemporary black leather spine and tips, marbled..... More
Philadelphia: Published by Anthony Finley, 1816, 1815. Bell, John M.D. Engravings of the Bones, Muscles and Joints. Philadelphia: Published by Anthony Finley, 1816, 1815. $ 400.00 Two volumes. 4to. 275 x210 mm. (10 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches). 108pp.; 123 pp. Illustrated with 32 full-page engravings after designs by the author..... More
Boston: Charles F. Libbie, Co., 1887. 8vo. 240 x 155 mm., [9 ½ x 6 inches]. 73 pp. 1367 lots. Original printed wrappers; chipped at corners and spine; edges a bit fragile. Miscellaneous library of John Lowell, Boston philanthropist and scholar who traveled to India as a young man and..... More
(Philadelphia): No publisher, ca. 1805. 4to. Single sheet. 230 x 200 mm., [9 x 7 3/4 inches]. Drop-title followed by 27 lines of type. Folded, with pinholes tears throughout the text with some loss of individual letters, but still without loss of meaning. Foxed and stained in places. Rare medical broadside..... More
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4to. 250 x 200 mm., [10 x 8 inches]. 20 pp. Written in very legible hand. Text tied with green ribbon at spine; some early repair to tears in the paper, some of the leaves may have been washed early on. Text brown in places but the manuscript is quite..... More
Stroudwater, (Portland, District of Maine), November 25, 1801. Folio. 290 x 180 mm., [7 x 11 1/2 inches]. 4 pp. About 1100 words. Paper stock browned, slight breaks at folds, edge wear; overall a bit fragile but highly legible. Lengthy and interesting medical letter in which Dr. Jeremiah Barker (1751-1835), physician..... More
Lancaster, Pa. Gedruckt und zu haben bey H. W. Villee, 1829. 12mo. 170 x 105 mm., [6 ¾ x 4 inches]. 192 pp. Illustrated with two woodcut vignettes in the text. Contemporary leather spine over decorated paper boards; spine worn away, marbled paper rubbed away leaving paste paper boards exposed;..... More
Bennington (VT): Printed by J. I. C. & A. S. C. Cook, 1843. 8vo. 180 x 10 mm., (7 x 4 1/4 inches). 304 pp. Full contemporary calf, a bit rubbed at spine but sound and attractive; some light foxing throughout. Ownership stamp of A. Robertson on front fly leaf..... More
New York: [1907]. 8vo. 220/ x 160 mm., [8 ½ x 6 ¼ inches]. lxi, [720] pp. Fully illustrated with thousands of medical instruments. Original red cloth stiff wrappers printed in black ink on cover and spine; binding showing some wear at edges and some fading of the red cloth;..... More
Lansingburgh (Troy), N. Y. 1849-50. Manuscript. 8vo. 190 x 150 mm. (7 1/2 x 6 inches). 24 leaves. Later marbled paper wrappers. Very legible hand.Meticulously prepared series of medical recipes written in a clear hand and signed by Robert T. Van Deusen of Rensselaer County, New York and dated 1849-50..... More
Boston: Bradford & Read, 1815. 8vo. 213 x 125 mm. (8 1/4 x 5 inches). 216 [4] pp., including a leaf of instructions to the binder and errata leaf. Illustrated with 5 engraved plates. Contemporary mottled calf, leather label on spine; upper and lower margins with tide marks, some natural..... More
