General Medicine from Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books

Rintelii (Rinteln),: Impressa typis Petri Lucii, Academiae Typographi,, [1665].. 12 pp. Small folio919 x 28,7 cm.). Modern blinds wrappers with new and-papers. With 2 woodcut initials, and 2 footers. ¶ Very rare Rinteln imprint of which only ONE COPY is known to exist. The University of Rinteln (1621-1819) was one of the first German Universities. --(Paper browne).

Groningen,: J.B. Wolters,, 1864.. xii, 636, [ii] pp. 8vo (15 x 23 cm.). 19th century half cloth (slightly worn), spine gilt lettered. With 6 lithographed plates of which 2 partly coloured.. ¶ Pagel, 1781. Vogel, assistant of Pfeufer (1853-55) and Prof. at Dorpat (1866) was a reputed peadiatrician. His "Lehrung der Kinderkrankheiten" (1860) counted at least 8 edition, and… Read more about this item

Leipzig,: J. F. Gleditschens sel. Sohn,, 1733.. [xx], 311, [i] pp. 12mo (8,5 x 3,5 cm.). Contemporary full overlapping vellum, title on spine. With one fine engraved frontispiece. ¶ This edition is very rare. Contains i.a. Von der Cholera - Sanguine - Phlegmate - Cholerico - Melancholicis, etc. --(As usual with German books from this period, pages light browned… Read more about this item

Amsterdam,: Vivat,, (1909).. [iv], 96 pp. Sm. 4to (17,5 x 22.5 cm.). With illustrations and 7 (some coloured or double-page) plates. ¶ Rare. Dummy. The prospectus and sample pages, together with the original illustrated cloth binder for a new issue (3rd) of "De Geneeskundige Raadsman bij Ziekten en Ongevallen". Preserved in a half leather binding (spine rubbed). Later edition… Read more about this item

Bruxelles,: Soc. pour l'émancipation intellectuelle,, (1854).. 2 parts in one volume: 201, [ii] pp. Amall 8vo (12 x 17,5 cm.). Contemporary half cloth (discoloured; top of rear joint slightly worn), spine gilt lettered (faded). With 2 engraved title-pages and 2 wood engraved portraits (Herman Boerhaave & J.B. van Helmont). Quite rare. The portrait of Boerhaave engraved by Hendricks after… Read more about this item

Lyon,: Aux Edition du Fleuve,, 1953-(1955).. 4 volumes. 407, [x]; 464, [ix]; 431, [ix]; 391, [i, blank], LV, [ix] pp. Large 8vo (17,5 x 26 cm.). Original printed wrappers, uncut and unopened. Preserved in the original double slipcase (slightly discoloured). Finely printed in red and black on "vélin Alfama filigrané des Papéteries du Marais" in 2000 numbered copies… Read more about this item

Paris,: Prault,, 1757.. xxiv, 443, [xv, table des remédes] pp. Small 8vo (10 x 16.7 cm.). Contemporary marbled calf, spine with raised bands and in compartments gilt floral decorations; gilt lettered orange morocco title shield, outer edges of sides with gilt ruller; edges red washed; mabled end-papers. Barbier I, 980. A very nice copy in an attractive and flawless… Read more about this item

Paris,: Richard, Caille et Ravier,, An X (1801).. xxviii, 291, [i, blank] pp. 8vo (12,5 x 20 cm.). Contempoarary half calf, spine gilt decorated and gilt lettered on orange morocco label (some slight rubbings; 2 small traces of rodent bites), marbled boards. With 5 folded engraved plates of which 4 very engravings of cinchona species. The second, much expanded,… Read more about this item

Strasbourg & Paris,: F.G. Levrault & Fuchs,, An V (1796-1797).. viii, 160, [ii] pp. 8vo (12.5 x 20 cm.). Contemporary half brown calf, spine gilt decorated with rulers and buttons, gilt lettered on orange morocco label, marbled boards, marbled edges. A rare and early detailed monograph on the subject. --(A few pages with some light damp staining and/or some… Read more about this item

Jena,: Verlag von Friedrich Mauke,, 1856-1857.. 191 facsicles; 8 volumes bound in two: [xvi] pp., 1506 columns; [xvi] pp., 1552 columns (1561) p. 4to (21,5 x 25 cm.). Late 19th century marbled boards. With 8 lithographed plates, of which one, a sepia tinted plate of pearls, in a mezzotint manner, some figures in the text. ¶ A most interesting… Read more about this item

Paris,: Crochard,, 1819.. xxv, [i], 388 pp. 8vo (13,5 x 21 cm.). Recent half red morocco over marbled boards (style antique), spine with 4 raised bands, gilt lettered. ¶ First French edition of author's "A Practical inquiry on disordered respiration distinguishing convulsive asthma..." (1797), the most complete treatise on asthma that had yet appeared. Bree himself had suffered from… Read more about this item

A Paris,: Chez Laurent d'Houry,, 1698.. 4 parts in 2 volumes: (56), 333, (iii); (viii), 310, (xiv), 106, (iv) pp. Sm. 8vo. Contemporary calf, spine with raised bands, in compartment gilt lettered and decorated (partly worn at joints and corners). A good copy of this rare first French edition of Bontekoe's ‘Werken’, originally published in 1689 by S. Blankaart,… Read more about this item

Te Amsterdam,: bij J.H. Gebhard & Comp., 1855.. [iv], iv, [iv], 390, [ii blank] pp. 8vo (14,5 x 23 cm.). Original printed boards (dust soiled, worn and damaged in places; slightly loose in binding). ¶ A quite remarkable and original work. Coincidentally written in the spirit of Corvisart's 'éducation médicale des sens'. Suringar, professor at Leiden, was an excellent… Read more about this item

Paris,: J.-S. Chaudé,, 1839.. 2 volumes: xx, 390, vii, [i, blank]; [iv], (390)-1029, [i] pp. 8vo (13,5 x 21 cm.). Contemporary half brown marocco (partly slightly rubbed, spines discoloured), spines gilt lettered & numbered, marbled boards and endpapers. With 1 folded table & 1 lithographed plate. The original edition of the first work dealing exclusively with the diagnosis of… Read more about this item

Paris,: Méquignon,, 1784.. 496, [vi, publ. cat. + Extrait des Régistres de la Soc. Roy. de Méd.] pp.12m0 (10,5 x 17 cm.). Contemporary full calf, spine with 5 raised bands, gilt lettered and gilt floral decorations in compartments (front joint broken; sides have quite some loss of leather). With a fine engraved portait of Lorry by Aug. de St.… Read more about this item

Francofurti & Lipsiae,: Frid. Fleischer,, 1753.. [xviii], 334, [ii] pp. Small 8vo (11 x 18 cm.). Contemporary calf, spine with 4 raised ribs, in compartment gilt decorated; red morocco title label (gilt decoration somewhat faint; top of spine has some slight loss of leather owing to rodent bites, but a good copy); edges red spickeled. With a nice half-page… Read more about this item

(Paris,: privately publsihed,, ca 1839).. 16 pp. 8vo (13 x 20 cm.). Later half cloh, marbled boards, spine gilt lettered. With the engraved exlibris of Henry Barton Jacobs. Very rare, no other copy recorded. Fournet's paper submitted in the contest for the Prix Monthyon. In it he pointed out some shortcoming in Laennec's "Auscultation". Most important Laennec knew only… Read more about this item

Paris,: Gabon & Crochard,, 1816. 2 volumes: [iv], xx, 648; [iv], 584 pp. 8vo (14 x 21,5 cm.). Contemporary blind wrappers (temporary binding, worn), entirely uncut (a la barbe). The greatest share in founding the Paris School (of clinical medicine)... fell to Broussais, a colourful Breton who had a wide influence... his "Histoire des Phlegmasies", which embodied much clinical… Read more about this item

Berlin,: Albert Förstner,, 1847-1848.. Original printed wrappers (partly slightly damaged and/or slightly dust soiled), uncut. With 1 lithographic plate. ¶ All published of this, initial, prestigious series. It seems to be quite rare. No copies recorded in the N.U.C., Osler, Waller, Reynolds, or the other usual consulted bibliographies. The series comprises: F.L.J. VALLEIX, Das Oedema glottidis. Eine, in der… Read more about this item

Summit, N.J.,: Ciba Pharmaceutical Products,, 1943.. 36 pp. 8vo (15.5 x 23 cm.). Original illustrated wrappers. With numerous illustrations in the text and 2 coloured advertisements for Ciba medicines. ¶ A usefull introduction to the history of aviation medicine in 4 articles: 1) Discovery of the Balloon; 2) Origin of Aviation Medicine (Paul Bert a.o.); 3) Aviation Medicine in… Read more about this item