Medicina e salute

A LATE DISCOURSE made in a solemne assembly of nobles and learned men at Montpellier in France, by ... knight, &c. Touching the cure of wounds by the powder of sympathy; with instructions how to make the said powder; whereby many other secrets of nature are unfolded. Rendered faithfully out of French into English by R. White, gent.

Digby, Sr. Kenelme. · 1658 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Printed for R. Lowndes at the White Lion, and T. Davies at the Bible in S. Pauls Church-yard, over against the little North Door, 1658. 2nd Ed. corrected and augmented with the addition of an Index. 12mo. [10], 152, [5]p. Title page within decorative border, decorative devices...

AN ESSAY OF HEALTH AND LONG LIFE.

Cheyne, George. · 1725 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London : printed for George Strahan, at the Golden Ball over-against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill; and J. Leake, Bookseller at Bath, 1725. 7th Ed. [4],xx,[24],232p. Title page within double rule, intricate dec. head and tail pieces, dec. initial letters. Some adhesion and sl...

PACING THE VOID. T’ang Approaches to the Stars.

Schafer, Edward H. · 1977 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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University of California Press 1977. Large 8vo. [xii] + 352pp. Colour frontis., 5 figures, 2 tables. Edges of leaves spotted, good in original silver lettered turquoise cloth with silver constellation to upper board.

CURIOSITIES FOR THE INGENIOUS: Selected from the most authentic Treasures of Nature, Science and Art, Biography, History, and General Literature.

Boys, Thomas (Publisher). · 1821 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London: Published by ... Ludgate-Hill ... 1821. 1st Ed. 12mo. xi + [i] + pp.(13-192). 13 engravings on 12 plates. Light age toning, contemporary half calf with marbled boards, upper joint lightly cracked though firm, gilt motifs and lettering to spine. Topics include walking ...

MEMOIRS of ... Jeweller to King James VI With an Historical Account of the Hospital Founded by Him at Edinburgh.

Heriot, George. · 1822 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Edinburgh Printed for Archibald Constable and Co. ... 1822. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. viii + 228pp. Frontis., title page vignette. Unopened, light age toning, early cloth backed boards, minor soiling, paper title label to sl. bumped spine.

THE MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE, And School of Arts: Intended to illustrate the most useful, novel and interesting parts of natural history and experimental philosophy, artistical processes, ornamental manufactures, and the arts of life. Volume IV [only] No. 157 Saturday, April 2, 1842-208 Saturday, March 25, 1842. [Preface by ...]

Francis, G. · 1863 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London : Published for the Proprietors by W. Brittain 1863. 1st Ed. [iv] + 420pp. Upwards of 200 ills. Hinge cracked between 408-9, some browning, original blind embossed cloth, some dampstaining, some marking and fading, spine chipped. Articles covering every aspect of Scien...

MECHANICS’ MAGAZINE. No. 85 Saturday, April 9, 1825 - No. 112 Saturday, October 15, 1825. Volume Fourth.

(Mechanics Magazine). · 1825 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London: Knight and Lacey ... 1825. 1st Ed. vii + 454pp. Port. frontis. (offset). Light age toning, contemporary calf with gilt tooling to edges, minor surface loss to upper board, gilt devices to boards, gilt tooling and lettering to spine, upper joint cracked though firm. Ar...

MECHANICS’ MAGAZINE. No. 57 Saturday, September 25, 1824 - No. 84 Saturday, April 2, 1825. Volume Third.

(Mechanics Magazine). · 1825 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London: Knight and Lacey ... 1825. 1st Ed. v + vi + 448pp. Port. frontis. (offset). Light age toning, contemporary calf with gilt tooling to edges, surface loss to upper board and moreso to lower joint, gilt devices to boards, gilt tooling and lettering to spine. Articles inc...

ON NECESSARY AND CONTINGENT TRUTH: Considered in Regard to Some Primary Principles of Mathematical and Mechanical Science.

Powell, Rev. Baden. · 1849 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Oxford ... The Ashmolean Society ... 1849. 1st Ed. Thin 8vo. 40pp. + [ii]. Title page device. Unopened. Original wrapps., lightly creased, sl. chipped. Read to the Ashmolean Society, June 4, 1849.

ATLAS OF EXTERNAL DISEASES OF THE EYE.

Ramsay, A. Maitland. · 1898 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Glasgow: James MacLehose and Sons 1898. 1st Ed. 4to. xvi + 195pp. + [i]. 30 full page colour plates and 18 full page photogravure plates. F.e.ps. browned, sl. waterstaining to fore edge of pastedowns, upper hinge sl. tender but firm, sl. shaken, some sporadic light spotting an...

THE CASE BOOKS. Of ..., FRS. Edited by Elizabeth Allen, J.L. Turk and Sir Reginald Murley.

Hunter, John. · 1993 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Royal Society of Medicine Services Limited 1993. 1st Ed. 4to. [xxviii] + 699pp. + [i]. Colour port. frontis., 2 colour plates of ms. and transcript of the Case Books, 64 mainly colour ills. from photos. on 23 plates. Top edge of leaves sl. spotted not intruding internally, ver...

PORTFOLIO OF DERMOCHROMES. English Adaptation of Text by J.J. Pringle.

Jacobi, Professor. · 1903 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London & New York: Rebman, Limited 1903-06. 4 parts + supplement in 3 vols. Sm. 4to. 126 mainly colour plates. Title pages and e.ps. browned, gilt lettered black morocco backed green mottled cloth boards, some minor soiling and rubbing, spines browned and rubbed with some dull...

A COMPLETE HISTORY OF DRUGS. Written in French By ... Chief Druggist to the late French King Lewis XIV. To which is added what is farther observable on the same Subject, from Mess. Lemery and Tournefort, Divided into Three Classes, Vegetable, Animal, and Mineral; With their Use in Physic, Chemistry, Pharmacy, And several other Arts. Illustrated with above Four Hundred Copper-Cuts, curiously done from the Life; and an Explanation of their different Names, Places of Growth, and Countries where they are produced; with the Methods of distinguishing the Genuine and Perfect, from the Adulterated, Sophisticated, and Decayed; together with their Virtues, &c. A Work of very great Use and Curiosity. Done into English from the Originals

Pomet, Monsieur. · 1748 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London : printed for J. and J. Bonwicke, S. Birt, W. Parker, C. Hitch, and E. Wicksteed 1748. 4th Ed. carefully corrected, with large Additions. Sm. 4to. 2 vols. bound in 1 as issued. Second volume without seperate title page but with caption title as issued. Sm. 4to. xx + 220...

MORTON’S MEDICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. An Annotated Check-list of Texts Illustrating the History of Medicine (Garrison and Morton).

Norman, Jeremy M. (Editor). · 1991 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Scolar Press, Aldershot 1991. 5th Ed., Expanded Large 8vo. xxiv + 1243pp. + [v]. Original silver lettered cloth with some very minor fading and rubbing, good in lightly rubbed d/w. very lightly faded to spine. 8,927 entries.

THE TRANSPLANTATION OF TISSUES AND ORGANS.

Woodruff, Michael F.A. · 1960 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Charles C. Thomas, Illinois 1960. 1st Ed. Royal 8vo. [xxxiv] + 777pp. + [v]. 196 figures with many from photos. Booksellers label, good in lightly soiled d/w. browned to spine with stain at tail.

PARISIAN CHIRURGICAL JOURNAL. Translated into English by Robert Gosling.

Desault, Monsieur. · 1794 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London: Printed for the Translator ... 1794. 2 vols. [iv] + [viii] + 371pp. + [i] + [viii] + 404pp. 4 plates. Ex. Birmingham Medical Institute lib. with faint ink stamps to title pages and to top margin of all plates not affecting images, e.ps. lightly browned, some light marg...

SKIN DISEASES and Their Remedies.

Jordan, Robert J. · 1860 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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London: John Churchill 1860. 1st Ed. Sm. 8vo. [xii] + 283pp. + [i]. Some light marginal age toning and sporadic thumbing, fore edge uncut, original gilt lettered blind embossed brown cloth, some minor soiling and rubbing, corners sl. bumped, head of joints sl. chipped, head of...

MEDICINE AND PATHOLOGY. With a General Preface to the Series by Sir Arthur Salusbury MacNalty the Editor in Chief. Introduction by Major General Sir Henry Tidy.

Cope, V. Zachary. (Editor). · 1952 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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HMSO 1952. 1st Ed. Large 8vo. [xxx] + 565pp. + [i]. 1 plate, several tables and graphs. F.e.ps. lightly browned, related clipping affixed to front f.e.p., ownership signature, top and fore edge of leaves spotted, original gilt lettered cloth, some minor rubbing to extremities,...

THE HISTORIE OF MAN London 1578.

Banister, John. · 1969 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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De Capo Press/Theatrum Orbis Terrarum Ltd., Amsterdam & New York 1969. Facsimile Reprint of 1578 Ed. Slim 4to. [iv] + [xx] + 112 leaves + [vi] table. Dec. border to title page, dec. initial letters and tail pieces, several full page ills. E.ps. lightly browned, original gilt l...

THE SEATS AND CAUSES OF DISEASES Investigated by Anatomy; in Five Books, containing A Great Variety of Dissections, with Remarks. To which are added very Accurate and Copious Indexes of the Principal Things and Names therein contained. Translated from the Latin of ..., by Benjamin Alexander.

Morgani, John Baptist. · 1983 · Francis Edwards Booksellers

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Classics of Medicine Library 1983. Facsimile Reprint of 1769 Ed. 5 parts in 3 vols. Royal 8vo. [ii] + xxxii + 868pp. + [ii] + iv] + vi + 770pp. + [ii] + [ii] + [viii] + 604pp. + index. Ex.-libris Jacob Henry Goldin, sl. spotting to edges of leaves, marbled e.ps., very good in ...