Medicina e salute

Domestic Medicine; or, a Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases by Regimen and Simple Medicines

William Buchan · 1822 · Rooke Books

£185.00 (€221.75 | $244.40 | ¥39,027)

London, W. Lewis, 1822 . Leather. A leather-bound copy of this important medical work by Scottish physician, William Buchan. Bound in full calf. First published in 1769, this is physician William Buchan's best known work, in which he provides laypeople with detailed descr...

The Cole Library of Early Medicine and Zoology: Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets Part I. 1472 to 1800

Nellie B. Eales · 1969 · Rooke Books

£75.00 (€89.90 | $99.08 | ¥15,822)

University of Reading, The Alden Press , 1969 . First edition. Cloth. An excellent first edition cataloguing different writings on early medicine and zoology from the library of Professor F. J. Cole First edition, bound in the publisher's red cloth. This informative work ...

Observations on the Structure and Diseases of the Testis

Sir Astley Cooper; Bransby B. Cooper · 1841 · Rooke Books

£595.00 (€713.19 | $786.03 | ¥125,519)

London, John Churchill, 1841. Cloth. An uncommon medical work on the testis by pioneering surgeon Astley Cooper, the second edition of this illustrated medical tract. The second edition of this uncommon work.An in-depth study on the anatomy of testis, and common diseases.In th...

Treatise on Uterine Haemorrhage

Stewart Duncan · 1816 · Rooke Books

£140.00 (€167.81 | $184.95 | ¥29,534)

London, Thomas and George Underwood, 1816 . First edition. Hardback. The very scarce first edition of Duncan Stewart's treatise on uterine hemorrhage. The very scarce first edition of this work.An early treatise on midwifery, presenting the issues and treatment of uterine...

The Excursion of a Village Curate; or, the Fruits and Gleanings of a Months Ramble in Quest of Health

[George Henry Taylor] · 1827 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

London, Lupton Relfe, 1827 . First edition. Cloth. A very scarce first edition of this charming topographical work by George Henry Taylor, detailing an excursion in quest of health. The very scarce first edition of this work. Very scarce in all editions.A charming travel work ...

Ornithological Dictionary of British Birds

Colonel G. Montagu; James Rennie · 1831 · Rooke Books

£115.00 (€137.84 | $151.92 | ¥24,260)

London, Hurst, Chance, and Co. 1831. Cloth. The second edition of this illustrated ornithological dictionary by Colonel G. Montagu. The second edition with a plan of study and many new articles and original observations by James Rennie. Originally published in 1902 by J. White...

Treatment by Manipulation: A Practical Handbook for the Practitioner and Student

A. G. Timbrell Fisher · 1928 · Rooke Books

£49.00 (€58.73 | $64.73 | ¥10,337)

London, H. K. Lewis & Co. 1928. Leather. A practical guide to treatment by manipulation to different parts of the body, with illustrations throughout. The second edition of this work in a full morocco binding, with gilt detailing to the spine and square. All edges gilt. A prac...

The Birds of Surrey

John A. Bucknill · 1900 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, R. H. Porter, 1900 . First edition. Leather. A lovely copy of the first edition of Sir John Strachey's illustrated ornithological study of the birds of Surrey. The first edition of this work by British lawyer and Judge John Alexander Strachey Bucknill, who served ...

Anatomy Improv&Apos;D and Illustrated

Bernardino Genga · 1723 · Rooke Books

£180.00 (€215.76 | $237.79 | ¥37,972)

Edinburgh, J. Bartholomew, c1972 . Leather. A superb limited edition facsimile of Bernardino Genga's important anatomical work, this facsimile being of the 1723 English edition, reproducing the original engravings. Of two-thousand and eight hundred copies produced, this i...

Aberrations of Sexual Life After the Psychopatia Sexualis

R V Kraft-Ebing; Alexander Hartwich · 1959 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Staples Press, 1959. Cloth. A bright new edition of this study on sexual psychology by Rv Kraft-Ebing and Alexander Hartwich. First published in Great Britain in 1951. A medico-legal study for doctors and lawyers , being the 'Psychopathia Sexualis' of Dr Rv K...

Observations on Mental Education: A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain Before H.R. H. Prince Albert & on the Importance of the Study of Language As a Branch of Education for All Classes: A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain

Michael Faraday · 0 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, John W. Parker and Son, c1850. Paperback. Two lectures delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain, as originally delivered. Scarce work. Observations on Mental Education: A Lecture Delivered at the Royal Institution of Great Britain Before H. R. H. Prince Albe...

Tableau Des Varietes de la Vie Humaine

M. G. Daignan [Guillaume Daignan] · 1786 · Rooke Books

£230.00 (€275.69 | $303.84 | ¥48,520)

Paris, Chez l'Auteur, 1786 . First edition. Cloth. The first edition of the first part of Guillame Daignan's work on paediatric medicine and health. In the original French.The first part only of a two part work.Daignon provides advice to parents on the correct care f...

Recherches Cliniques Sur Les Altãƒâ©Rations Organiques de L&Apos;Utãƒâ©Rus, Et de Leur Traitement

P. F. Delarue · 1839 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

Paris, Imprimerie et Fonderie de Rignoux, 1839 . First edition. Hardback. A scarce and interesting medical thesis in the original French and in its first edition. In the original French. A scarce title in its first edition. This work contains a thesis of clinical research on...

Monita Et Praecepta Medica

Richard Mead · 1757 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

Parisiis [Paris], G. Cavelier, 1757 . Paperback. A smart copy of this mid eighteenth century medical work from pioneering English physician Richard Mead. In the original Latin.An early Paris edition of Mead's work, which was first published in London in 1751.Mead discusse...

Scandianensis de Rara Medicatione Vulnerum Seu de Vulneribus Raro Tractandis, Liber Secundus in Quo Nova Traditur Methodus

Caesaris Magati [Cesare Magati] · 1733 · Rooke Books

£450.00 (€539.39 | $594.48 | ¥94,931)

Leipzig and Amstedam, Joh. P. Schmidt , 1733 . Hardback. The second book only of this very scarce two book edition of Cesare Magati's influential treatise on wound dressing. In the original Latin.First published in 1616, this is the second book only of this very scarce ei...

The Land: A Plea

John Galsworthy · 1918 · Rooke Books

£40.00 (€47.95 | $52.84 | ¥8,438)

London, George Allen, 1918. First edition. Paperback. In this first edition, James Galsworthy argues in favour of reorganising the way Britain uses its Land. A first edition of John Galsworthy's essay on Britain's use of its land. John Galsworthy was an English novel...

Considerations Generales Sur Quelques Maladies Qui Affectent Les Femmes a L&Apos;Age Critique; L&Apos;Imagination Des Femmes Enceintes Contribue T;Elle Aux Defauts Corporels Que Les Enfans Apportent En Venant Au Monde?

E. D. Menissier; Antoine-Jean-Charles-Joseph Clarac-Faget · 1808 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Paris, Didot Jeune, 1808. Disbound. Two very scarce early eighteenth century essays on women's health. These two very scarce essays on women's health offer insight into medical practices and understandings of the early nineteenth century, and point to the sexism inhe...

The Hunterian Oration Delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England

William S. Savory · 1887 · Rooke Books

£37.00 (€44.35 | $48.88 | ¥7,805)

London, J. & A. Churchill, 1887. First edition. Paperback. A first edition, association copy of William Scovell Savory's Hunterian Oration delivered to the Royal College of Surgeons. A transcription of the lecture William Scovell Savory delivered to the Royal College of S...

W.N. Froy & Sons Limited Merchants and Manufacturers No. 33

W. N. Froy & Sons · 1850 · Rooke Books

£60.00 (€71.92 | $79.26 | ¥12,657)

London, W. N. Froy & Sons Ltd. c1930. Cloth. A scarce illustrated catalogue from W. N. Froy & Sons for their merchandise, issue no. 33. Scarce work. Catalogue no. 33. Illustrated throughout with monochrome images of available products. A detailed catalogue of products availabl...

William Curtis 1746-1799. Fellow of the Linnean Society. Botanist and Entomologist. With Some Notes on His Son-in-Law Samuel Curtis

W. Hugh Curtis · 1941 · Rooke Books

£120.00 (€143.84 | $158.53 | ¥25,315)

Winchester, Warren and Son, 1941. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this absorbing biography about 18th century botanist, apothecary, and entomologist William Curtis. Found in scarce dust wrapper. Author W. Hugh Curtis draws on the letters of the botanist and apothecary...