Lot 329
19th Century Medicine, 27 volumes, including Abernethy, John
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photography
Auction: 11 January 2017 at 11:00 GMT
Description
The Surgical Works. 1811. 2 volumes, contemporary half calf; [Macmichael, W.] The Gold-Headed Cane. 1827. First edition, 8vo, boards, spine worn; Burns, J. The Principles of Surgery. 1831. 2 volumes in 1; Brodie, B.C. Pathological and Surgical Observations on the Disease of the Joints. 1836, original boards, joint split; Cooper, Sir A. The Principles and Practice of Surgery. 1837. 2 volumes in one, engraved portrait, hand-coloured plates, half calf, rubbed, one board detached; Howship, J. Practical Remarks on the Discrimination and Appearances of Surgical Disease. 1840; Liston, R. Practical Surgery. 1846; Velpeau, A. A Treatise on the Diseases of the Breast... 1856; Hecker, J.F.C. The Epidemics of the Middle Ages. 1859; Bucknill, J.C. The Medical Knowledge of Shakespeare. 1860; Larrey, Baron Memoir. 1861; Lonsdale, H. A Sketch of the Life and Writings of Robert Knox the Anatomist. 1870; Annandale, T. On the Pathology and Operative Treatment of "Hip" Disease. 1876, presentation copy from the author, library stamp to title; Arcana Fairfaxiana Manuscripta.. Facsimile. Newcastle, 1890, 2 copies, one lacking spine; Moyes, J. Medicine & Kindred Arts in the Plays of Shakespeare. 1896; Paget, Sir J. Memoirs and Letters. 1901, half calf gilt; Osler, William Incunabula Medica, a Study of the Earliest Printed Medical Books 1467-1480. 1923. 4to., original cloth-backed boards, t.e.g.; Ball, J.M. The Sack-em-up Men. 1923, dust-jacket; Pickerill, H.P. Facial Surgery. 1924; Ketham, Johannes de The Fasciculus Medicinae. Facsimile of the First (Venetian) edition of 1491. Milan, 1924. Large folio, coloured plates, original half cloth, slight spotting to first leaves, binding slightly soiled; Beytout, G. La Pharmacie & La Médicine dans l'oeuvre de H. Daumier. Cent vingt lithographies. Paris, 1932. Folio, number 130 of 150 copies, original boards discoloured, uncut; Charcot, J.M. & P. Richer. Les Difformes et les Malades. Paris, 1889. First edition, 4to, presentation copy from the authors, illustrations, wrappers somewhat soiled, rebacked; and 3 others, original cloth unless catalogued otherwise (26)