Medicina e salute

A Vertebrate Fauna of Lakeland

H. A. Macpherson; R. S. Ferguson · 1892 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1892. First edition. Leather. A leather bound first edition of Macpherson's beautifully illustrated guide to the fauna of the Lake District. The first edition of this work.An exploration of the fauna common in Cumberland and Westmorland, the area...

Within an Hour of London Town Among Wild Birds and Their Haunts

[Denham Jordan] · 1892 · Rooke Books

£98.00 (€117.47 | $129.46 | ¥20,674)

London, William Blackwood and Sons, 1892. First edition. Leather. A finely bound first edition of this charming topographical work about the areas outside of London in the late nineteenth century. In a signed binding by Mudie.The first edition of this work.A charming topograph...

Pharmacopoeia Londinensis or the New London Dispensatory

William Salmon · 1682 · Rooke Books

£1,700.00 (€2,037.69 | $2,245.80 | ¥358,627)

London, Th Dawks; Th Basset et al, 1682. Leather. The scarce second edition of Thomas Salmon's translation of the noted medical text 'Pharmacopoeia Londinensis&apos. The first owner of this work was Dr Philip Wyatt Crowther (1752-1804) and Dr William Lodwick Crowther...

Modern Practical Farriery; a Complete to All That Relates to the Horse. Its History, Varieties, and Uses- Breaking, Training, Feeding, Stabling, and Grooming- How to Buy, Keep, and Treat a Horse in Health and Disease, Etc. , Etc. Forming a Complete System of the Veterinary Art, As at Present Practised at the Royal Veterinary College, London.

W. J. Miles; J. I. Lupton · 0 · Rooke Books

£195.00 (€233.74 | $257.61 | ¥41,137)

London, William Mackenzie, c1880. Leather. An unusually attractive copy of this copiously illustrated copy of this fascinating study of modern veterinary practices, primarily focusing on the management of horses. The first section of this work examines the history of the horse...

A Topographical History of Surrey

Edward Wedlake Brayley; Gideon Mantell. · 1850 · Rooke Books

£340.00 (€407.54 | $449.16 | ¥71,725)

London, G. Willis, 1850. Cloth. A fascinating and copiously illustrated study of the topography of Surrey by Edward Wedlake Brayley, complete in five volumes. Edward Wedlake Brayley was an English antiquary and topographer, born in Lambeth, Surrey in 1773. Brayley is best reme...

Die Kinderkrankheiten, Systematisch Dargestellt

Johann Wendt · 1826 · Rooke Books

£175.00 (€209.76 | $231.19 | ¥36,917)

Leipzig , Wilhelm Gottlieb Korn, 1826. Leather. An uncommon early edition of this medical work by German physician Dr Johann Wendt A work on the diseases of Children with notes and observations. Johann Wendt was a German physician, professor at the University of Breslau. This ...

A Course of Medical Studies Containing a Comparative View of the Anatomical Structure of Man and of Animals

J. Burdin, M.D. · 1803 · Rooke Books

£325.00 (€389.56 | $429.34 | ¥68,561)

London, Cuthell and Martin, 1803. First edition. Cloth. A medical work chiefly designed for the use of medical students. Complete in three volumes Also includes a history of diseases and an account of the knowledge hitherto acquired with regard to the regular action of the dif...

Munk&Apos;S Roll the Roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London Comprising Biographical Sketches 1515-1700, 1701-1800, 1801-1825 Lives of the Fellows of Royal College of Physicians of London 1826-1925 and Continued to 1965

William Munk; G H Brown; Richard R Trail · 1878 · Rooke Books

£250.00 (€299.66 | $330.27 | ¥52,739)

London, The Royal College of Physicians, 1878-1968. Cloth. Five volumes of this famous reference work, comprising of the original three volumes by William Munk and two further volumes completed by G H Brown and Richard R Trail. Containing: The Roll of the Royal College of Phys...

Suppuration and Septic Diseases

W. Watson Cheyne · 1889 · Rooke Books

£240.00 (€287.67 | $317.05 | ¥50,630)

Edinburgh and London, Young J. Pentland , 1889. Cloth. A rare collection of three lectures delivered at the Royal College of Surgeons of England in February 1888, on suppuration and septic diseases. Featuring four diagrammatic illustrations. Sir William Watson Cheyne was a Bri...

Questions de Chirurgie

Jean Pierre Maunoir · 1812 · Rooke Books

£270.00 (€323.63 | $356.69 | ¥56,958)

Montpellier, J G Tournel, 1812. Leather. Two surgical theses written by Jean-Pierre Maunoir. Two surgical theses written by Jean-Pierre Maunoir. The theses were written as a part of the application or competition to elect a successor to the Chair of External Clinical Medicine ...

Prize Essays on Leprosy (New Sydenham Society) Volume CLVII and Volume CLXII

Various · 1895 · Rooke Books

£80.00 (€95.89 | $105.68 | ¥16,877)

London, The New Sydenham Society , 1895-1897. Cloth. Two very smart volumes from the New Sydenham Society, both comprising specialists' essays on leprosy. First edition. 'These Prize Essays on Leprosy are - by the permission of the Committee in charge of the National...

A Manual of Vegetable Materia Medica

George S. V. Wills · 1878 · Rooke Books

£150.00 (€179.80 | $198.16 | ¥31,644)

London, Simpkin, Marshal, and Co, 1878. Cloth. The fourth edition of George S. V. Wills"s concise reference detailing the medicinal properties and therapeutic uses of plant-based remedies within the homÂÂoeopathic tradition, illustrated with colour plates. In the publisher&ap...

The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection

Charles Darwin · 1902 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, John Murray, 1902. Paperback. An uncommon softcover copy of Darwin's most famous work, printed in 1902. An uncommon, paper-bound copy of Charles Darwin's world famous title.40,000th to 47,500th in this form, of the corrected copyright edition.Charles Darwin, ...

The Sessile Barnacles (Cirripedia) Contained in the Collections of the U. S National Museum; Including a Monograph of the American Species

Henry A. Pilsbry · 1916 · Rooke Books

£35.00 (€41.95 | $46.24 | ¥7,383)

Washington D. C. Washington Government Printing Office, 1916. Cloth. A smart 1916 copy of Henry A. Pilsbry's illustrated title. A smart brown cloth copy of this 1916 title.Henry A. Pilsbry was a noted biologist with specialisms in molluscs and crustaceans, who published m...

The Whispering Land; Catch Me a Colobus; My Family and Other Animals

Gerald Durrell · 1961 · Rooke Books

£225.00 (€269.69 | $297.24 | ¥47,465)

London, Rupert Hart-Davis; Collins; Heinemann/Octopus , 1961-1981 . First edition. Cloth. A pleasing trio of works by British naturalist Gerald Durrell, including his popular autobiography 'My Family and Other Animals&apos. Comprising the first editions of 'The Whisp...

Elements of Logick; or a Summary of the General Principles and Different Modes of Reasoning

Levi Hedge · 1831 · Rooke Books

£135.00 (€161.82 | $178.34 | ¥28,479)

Boston, Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1831. First edition. Leather. Levi Hedge's treatise on the philosophy of logic, bound in full calf. The stereotype edition. Bound in full contemporary calf. A treatise on the philosophy of logic from a professor in the field,...

The Life of the Bee

Maurice Maeterlinck; Alfred Sutro [trans.] · 1912 · Rooke Books

£170.00 (€203.77 | $224.58 | ¥35,863)

London, George Allen, 1912 . Leather. The second impression of this illustrated edition of Maeterlinck's study of the bee, beautifully illustrated with colour plates by Detmold. First published in 1901, this work was re-set with Detmold's illustrations in 1911. This ...

Retrospect Reminiscences and Impressions of a Hunter-Naturalist in Three Continents 1851-1928

Abel Chapman · 1928 · Rooke Books

£125.00 (€149.83 | $165.13 | ¥26,370)

London, Gurney and Jackson, 1928. First edition. Cloth. The first edition of this illustrated account of the life and work of naturalist Abel Chapman. The first edition of this work.A lovely volume of reminiscences of hunter-naturalist Abel Chapman, who is remembered for havin...

The Principles of Political Economy

J. R. McCulloch · 1843 · Rooke Books

£65.00 (€77.91 | $85.87 | ¥13,712)

Edinburgh, William Tait, 1843 . Leather. A smart example of J. R. McCulloch's most popular work on economics, in a full calf signed binding by Hayday. First published in 1825, this is an enlarged and corrected edition.Political economist David Ricardo described this work ...

Treatise on Midwifery and the Diseases of Women and Children

A. I. Coffin · 1866 · Rooke Books

£70.00 (€83.90 | $92.47 | ¥14,767)

London, Published by the Author, 1866 . Cloth. The thirteenth edition of A. I. Coffin's informative study of midwifery, female healthcare, and the 'diseases of women and children&apos. The thirteenth edition of this work.Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece, and ...