Medicina e salute

Iconographie photographique des maladies de la peau. Trad. par Dr. Holman.

FOX, G.H. · 1882 · Antiquariaat Brinkman, sinds 1954

€650.00 ($716.39 | £542.28 | ¥114,398)

Paris, J.-B. Baillière, 1882. in-4. [iv],101,[10] pp. Avec 48 planches (coloriées a la main). Toile. (dos refait; rousseurs; cachets sur verso titre, qq.pages restaurés) ¶ EARLY USE OF HELIOGRAPHY OR PHOTO-ENGRAVING. ¶ French translation of one of the first dermatology books ...

Biographie Medicale Par Ordre Chronologique D&Apos;Apres Daniel Leclerc, Eloy, Etc.

Bayle and Thillaye · 1967 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

Amsterdam, N. V. Boekhandel & Antiquariat, 1967. Cloth. A set of Bayle and Thillaye's edited medical biography. A set of Bayle and Thillaye's edited medical biography. Complete in two volumes. Put in a new order; revised and supplemented. Including Daniel LeClerc, a ...

Theorie Dunager de L&Apos;Homme; Presente Et Publiquement Soutene a la Facule de Medicine Montpellier

P. P. Fournier · 1815 · Rooke Books

£99.99 (€119.85 | $132.09 | ¥21,094)

Montpellier, Ches Jean Martel Aine, 1815. Hardback. A scarce medical text, the 'Theory of Man' in French. Intended for use by those who are studying a degree in medicine. A scarce medical text, the 'Theory of Man' in French. Intended for use by those who ar...

Two Treatises: The First, of the Venereal Pox. The Second Treatise of the Gout

Nicholas Culpeper · 1673 · Rooke Books

£3,000.00 (€3,595.92 | $3,963.18 | ¥632,871)

London, John Streater, 1673. Leather. A scarce copy of these two medical treatises translated by Nicholas Culpeper. The first, of the venereal pox, wherein is shewed I. The name and original of this disease. II. Histories thereof.. VIII. How to cure such diseases as are wont t...

Farm Book-Keeping: The Principles and Practice of Book-Keeping Applied to Agriculture for Agricultural Colleges, Extension Classes, Evening Classes and Practical Farmers

John Kirkwood · 1922 · Rooke Books

£44.00 (€52.74 | $58.13 | ¥9,282)

Edinburgh, W. Green & Son Ltd. 1922. First edition. Cloth. A comprehensive study into business of farming and bookkeeping, a guide to the everyday economics of the working farm. In the publisher's original cloth binding. First edition.A practical instructional manual app...

The Crustacea of Devon and Cornwall

Canon A. M. Norman; Thomas Scott · 1906 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

London, William Wesley And Son, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition copy, in original binding, featuring 24 monochrome plates. A 1906 first edition copy, in original green cloth, with gilt lettering to spine.Written by Thomas Scott, and Alfred Merle Norman - a cl...

Natural History

J G Wood · 1853 · Rooke Books

£90.00 (€107.88 | $118.90 | ¥18,986)

London, George Routledge and Sons, Limited, c1900. Cloth. A lovely, and very scarce example of 20th Century cover to this title, designed by artist Jessie M. King. Bound in its original blue cloth.One of many natural history titles by the prolific Rev. J. G. Wood, originally p...

British Wildflowers in Their Natural Haunts

A.R. Horwood [Arthur Reginald Horwood] · 1919 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, The Gresham Publishing Company, 1919. First edition. Cloth. The complete set of A.R. Horwood's detailed study on wild flowers and plants across the British Isles, with accompanying illustrations by J.N. Fitch. The first edition of Arthur Reginald Horwood's Br...

Facial Surgery

H. P. Pickerill; Sir W. Arbuthnot Lane · 1924 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Edinburgh, E. & S. Livingstone, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A very scarce volume exploring the methods of facial surgery used by Henry Pickerill, the first edition of this illustrated work. The first edition of this very scarce work.A brilliant presentation of the plastic surg...

An Analysis of Poisons: Including the Symptoms, Treatment, Morbid Appearances, and Tests, with Decompositions

Charles James Cox · 1837 · Rooke Books

£750.00 (€898.98 | $990.80 | ¥158,218)

London, J. T. Cox; E. Portwine, 1837 . First edition. Leather. The first edition of this vanishingly scarce study of poisons, and their symptoms and treatment. A first edition.A very scarce work authored by Charles James Cox.Including discussion of narcotics, mercury, hydrocya...

Every Mother&Apos;S Book

1949 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Sussex, Alfred Fennings, 1949. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very smart copy of this illustrated guide for mothers from Alfred Fennings chemist. Scarce work. With illustrations throughout. A charming pamphlet from the chemist Alfred Fennings, who established Fennings Pharmaceuticals in...

The Plundered Forests

John Blower · 2007 · Rooke Books

£69.00 (€82.71 | $91.15 | ¥14,556)

Kinloss, Moray, Librario , 2007. First edition. Paperback. A very scarce signed copy of this compelling account of the author's mission to save endangered forests across South-East Asia. Signed by the author to the half title. First edition, first impression. A very sca...

The Brain and Its Functions

J. Luys [Jules Bernard Luys] · 1881 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co, 1881 . First edition. Cloth. The scarce first English language edition of Jules Bernard Luys's fascinating discussion of the functions and behaviours of the brain. Translated from the original French work titled 'Le Cerveau et Ses Fo...

Essai Sur L&Apos;Enseignement Philosophique Du Magnetisme

Le Baron Du Potet de Sennevoy [Jules Denis] · 1845 · Rooke Books

£350.00 (€419.52 | $462.37 | ¥73,835)

Paris, A. René et Cie, 1845. First edition. Cloth. A first edition copy of Jules Denis' essay on the philosophical teaching of magnetism, in the original French. A very scarce work. The first edition of this very scarce work in a half cloth binding with marbled boards. P...

Medical Science: Master or Servant?

Lord Platt [Robert Platt] · 1967 · Rooke Books

£45.00 (€53.94 | $59.45 | ¥9,493)

London, British Medical Association, 1967. First edition. Cloth. This uncommon first book edition of a Harveian Oration given by Lord Platt, examining then recent developments in Western medicine. The first edition of the work published in book format, reprinted from the Briti...

Physiognomy; or, the Corresponding Analogy between the Conformation of the Features, and the Ruling Passions of the Mind

Johann Kaspar Lavater; Samuel Shaw · 1792 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

London, H. D. Symonds, [1792]. Leather. An English translation of the one of the important works on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, illustrated. An English translation of an important work on physiognomy by Johann Kaspar Lavater, a work which helped to popularise the sci...

Two Addresses Delivered at the Dedication of a New Transmitter of Radio Free Europe Beamed to Hungary

Frederic R. Dolbeare; Gyula Dessewffy · 1951 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Stamford, The Overbrook Press, 1951. First edition. Brochure/Pamphlet. A very scarce program and record of the two addresses spoken at the ceremony inaugurating the new service of Radio Free Europe for Hungary. First edition. Limited to three hundred copies. A program and reco...

The British Islands and Their Vegetation

A. G. Tansley · 1949 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

Cambridge , At the University Press, 1949. Cloth. A very smart study of British vegetation, including a comprehensive look at the environment and history of the British Islands. A new edition issued in two volumes with corrections. Complete in two volumes. Uniformly bound in ...

Albert Einstein: A Biographical Portrait

Anton Reiser [Rudolf Kayser]; Albert Einstein · 1931 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, Thornton Butterworth Limited , 1931. First edition. Cloth. The first UK edition, later state binding of Anton Reiser's biography on the celebrated theoretical physicist, Albert Einstein, with a foreword by the incredible scientist himself. The very scarce first UK...

Les Plantes Medicinales

Dr. Fr. Losch · 1906 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

Bienne, Ernest Kuhn, 1906. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of medicinal plants, in the original French. French. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with eighty-six brightly coloured plates and many in-text half-tone images. Collated co...