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WINKLER'S GROSSES ANATOMISCHES MUSEUM
by Winkler, J[ulius]
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- Used - Very good
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- First Edition
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- [ca. 1880s]
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- Broadside
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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SGD 480.52
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[S.l.]: A. Friedländer, lithographer, [ca. 1880s]. First Edition. Broadside. Very good. Advertising card, 11.5 x 8.6 cm., pictorical color lithograph on recto, text on verso. Light wear, staining and light scuffing on verso, evidently from early adhesive. Very good.
Chromolithographic card promoting the anatomical museum of Julius Winkler in Leipzig, featuring a centerpiece of an anatomical theater (mid-dissection), surrounded… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE PLACE OF MAGIC IN THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF EUROPE : STUDIES IN HISTORY, ECONOMICS AND PUBLIC LAW ... VOLUME XXIV NUMBER 1
by Thorndike, Lynn
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- Used - Good
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- First Edition
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- 1905
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- Softcover
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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SGD 274.58
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New York: The Columbia University Press, 1905. First Edition. Softcover. Good. 110,[12] pp. Original wrappers, front and rear both printed recto and verso. Wrappers unevenly toned, lightly chipped at edges; last porton of text block light chipped at fore-edge; else very good.
The first published work by Lynn Thorndike (1882-1965), best known for his exhaustive, eight-volume HISTORY OF… Read more about this item Item Price
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EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS ON THE GASTRIC JUICE, AND THE PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION
by Beaumont, William
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- First Edition
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- 1833
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- Hardcover
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Plattsburgh [N.Y.]: Printed by F. P. Allen, 1833. 280 pp, including 3 wood-engraved figures in text. Original cloth-backed plain paper over boards, in modern cloth clamshell case. Bookplate of Jacob L. Chernovsky in case. Binding worn, joints cracked, leaves wrinkled, mold stains in outer leaves, contents mildly foxed. Good.
"To the medical bibliographer there are few more treasured Americana than… Read more about this item Item Price
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CURRENT ADVANCES AND CONCEPTS IN VIROLOGY [WITH 4 PLATES] THESE VERY WEE ANIMALS
by Lilly Research Laboratories
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- Used - Near fine
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- First Separate Edition
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- 1960
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- Softcover
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Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1960.Pp. 523-532 plus 4 plates containing 11 images (4 color). Original printed wrappers, side-stapled. Light rust marks near staples and light fading at wrappers' fold, else fine.
Offprint from THE SMITHSONIAN REPORT FOR 1959, providing a brief history of the discovery and study of viruses and recent developments in the understanding of what a virus is,… Read more about this item Item Price
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DÉCRET DE LA CONVENTION NATIONALE, DU 18e. JOUR DE PLUVIÔSE, AN SECOND DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE FRANÇAISE, UNE & INDIVISIBLE. QUI NOMME LES MEMBRES DE LA COMMISSION TEMPORAIRE DES ARTS, & DESIGNE LES INVENTAIRES DONT ILS SERONT RESPECTIVEMENT CHARGÉS
by [French Collections]
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- Used - Very good.
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- 1794
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- Bifolium
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SGD 549.16
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Orléans, France: L. P. Couret, 1794. Small quarto. Bifolium, 4 pp. 3/4-inch of loss at upper corner (with no loss to text). Soft early horizontal fold. Very minor foxing. Very good.
The 1794 French Revolutionary decree transferring the former royal collections of scientific, technological, and artistic objects to newly designated state inventories, naming the commissioners of each to form the… Read more about this item Item Price
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ROBERT NESBITTS OSTEOGENIE ODER ABHANDLUNG VON ERZEUGUNG DER KNOCHEN IM MENSCHLICHEN KÖRPER IN ZWEEN VORLESUNGEN ERKLÄRT, DIE AUF DEM ANATOMISCHEN THEATER DER WUNDÄRZTE IN LONDON DEN ERSTEN UND ANDERN DES HEUMONATS, IM JAHR 1731. GEHALTEN WORDEN . . .
by Nesbitt, Robert; Johann Ernst Greding (trans.)
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- Used - Good
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- First German-language edition
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- 1753
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- Hardcover
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Brooklyn, New York, USA
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SGD 617.80
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Altenburg: Paul Emanuel Richters, 1753. Quarto. [8],xxviii,[4],104 pp. plus six folding plates. In German. Contemporary three-quarter leather and speckled paper over boards. 19th-century ex-dono inscription in title page and occasional 19th-century marginal notes in German. Spine and nearly all leather perished, joints cracked. 2 x 2 cm. square excision in front free endpaper. Very light occasional foxing, else near fine… Read more about this item Item Price
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SILENI ALCIBIADIS.* I.E. ARS SANANDI, CUM EXPECTATIONE. OPPOSITA ARS CURANDI NUDA EXPECTATIONE: SATYRA HARVEANA CASTIGATAE. CUPIDUS PRUDENTI USUI: STUPIDIS RUDENTI LUSUI. . .
by Harvey, Gideon; Georg Ernest Stahl
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- 1730
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- Hardcover
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Paris: Fr. Horth-hemels, 1730. Hardcover. Very good. [10],246 pp. plus frontispiece and two folding tables. In Latin. Early three-quarter vellum and speckled paper over boards, raised bands, manuscript paper title and shelf labels. Early shelf number inscription in front free endpaper, light institutional inkstamp in title page. Lightly rubbed, extremities worn. Very good.
George Ernest Stahls influential… Read more about this item Item Price
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DE IPECACUANHA DISSERTATIO QUAM VENIA EXP. FAC. MED. UPSAL. PRÆSIDE C. P. THUNBERG. . . PRO GRADU MEDICO CONSCRIPSIT ET PUBLICÆ CENSURÆ OFFERT IMMANUEL BILLBERG. . . PARS PRIOR [and] . . . JOH. OTTO LINDSTRÔMER. . . PARS ALTERA
by Thunberg, Carl Peter; Johan Immanuel Billberg & Johan Otto Lindströmer
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- Used - Near fine
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- First Edition
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- 1824
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- Softcover
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SGD 164.75
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Uppsala: Excudebant Regiae academiae typographi, 1824. Two volumes: 22;[1],[23]-38 pp. In Latin. Printed self-wrappers, stitched. Small marginal tear in second leaf, very minor dust soiling in outer leaves, else fine.
Medical dissertations submitted by Johan Immanuel Billberg and Johan Otto Lindströmer at Uppsala University on the topic of ipecacuanha. Johan Immanuel (or Emanuel) Billberg (1799-1845) received his PhD in… Read more about this item Item Price
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