Search Results: Authors starting with P from Biomed Rare Books

Philadelphia: John Morgan, 1802. First American. 1802 FIRST AMERICAN EDITION OF FAMOUS 19TH CENTURY BOOK ON NATURE'S 'INTELLIGENT DESIGN' PUBLISHED SAME YEAR AS LONDON EDITION. 8 inches tall hardcover, vi, 402 pages, original full leather binding, red leather label to spine. Covers, spine and rear hinge show residue from removal of tape, and entire cover and spine have been varnished. Front hinge has been strengthened with linen tape, binder's ticket (J.A.M. Heisington, Saint Paul, M.T. [Minnesota Territory]), bookplate of 'John Nicol's Library' to front paste-down, handstamp of Walter Kennedy to front endpaper, book ticket of 'Mrs. Wm. J. Dean, Saint Paul, Minnesota' verso of endpaper, ink signatures of John Nicols and Henry Nicols 3rd top of title page, signature of Henry Nicols 3rd top of dedication page, which has tape repair to corner, pencil calculations on rear paste-down. The condition of the original covers and provenance of multiple owners reflect the history of this volume over generations.… Read More

Paris: G. Masson, 1877. First edition.
EARLY FRENCH MONOGRAPH ON ETIOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT OF MARASMUS ILLUSTRATED WITH COLOR PLATES.
14.5x22.5 cm hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, brown leather spine with raised bands, gilt title, marbled endpapers, inscribed and signed on half-title, "A Madam Alli.../ Hommage affeactueux/ Parrot", i-viii, 450 pp, Contents, Errata, 13 plates with facing descriptive text (4 colored). Small dent to edge of front cover, wear to cover edges, top and bottom spine ends rubbed, light foxing to first and last pages, very good in custom archival mylar cover. CONTENTS: anatomy and physiology of the newborn; symptomatology, pathologic anatomy, etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of athrepsia. 4 color lithographic plates of anatomic pathology, 6 uncolored lithographic plates of histopathology, and 2 plates of graphs documenting body weight and vital signs of patients.
JOSEPH MARIE JULES PARROT (1829-1883) was a French physician to children. In 1877, he was Chief Medical… Read More

London: Charles Griffin & Co., Ltd., 1902. First English edition. FIRST ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF PAVLOV'S FAMOUS WORK ON CONDITIONED REFLEXES, EARNING HIM THE NOBEL PRIZE IN 1904. 9 inches tall hardcover, publisher's red pebbled cloth, gilt title to spine. Light wear to covers and edge of spine, age-toning to pages that are crisp and unamarked; very good. IVAN PETROVICH PAVLOV (1849 – 1936) was a Russian physiologist known primarily for his work in classical conditioning. In 1870, he enrolled in the physics and mathematics department at the University of Saint Petersburg in order to study natural science. Pavlov won the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1904, becoming the first Russian Nobel laureate. Pavlov's principles of classical conditioning have been found to operate across a variety of experimental and clinical settings, including educational classrooms. After completing his doctorate, Pavlov went to Germany where he studied in Leipzig with Carl Ludwig and Eimear Kelly in the… Read More

Philadelphia and London: J.B. Lippincott Co., 1922. First edition.
MONOGRAPH ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF AGING BY FOUNDER OF BIOGERONTOLOGY--SIGNED.
13x20 cm hardcover, burgundy cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed front free endpaper, "To Esther Pearl Matchett/ with warmest regards/ from her friend/ Raymond Pearl/ 22 November 1922." 275 pp, 64 illustrations in text. Corners bumped, spine ends rubbed, binding tight and pages unmarked; very good in custom archival mylar cover. EDITOR'S ANNOUNCEMENT. "Biology, which not long ago was purely descriptive and speculative, has begun to adopt the methods of the exact sciences, recognizing that for permanent progress not only experiments are required but that the experiments should be of a quantitative character. It will be the purpose of this series of monographs to emphasize and further as much as possible this development of Biology. Experimental Biology and General Physiology are one and the same science, by method as well as by contents, since both aim… Read More

1948 - 1989. First editions. 1948 - 1989 ARCHIVE OF OFFPRINTS BY EMINENT ECOLOGIST OLIVER PAYNE PEARSON, DIRECTOR OF MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY AT UC BERKELEY. Collection of 36 offprints, including 6 of the 7 cited as "seminal papers" by WZ Lidicker Jr and JL Patton in their obituary of Oliver Pearson (https://senate.universityofcalifornia.edu/_files/inmemoriam/html/oliverpaynepearson.html). The offprints are in very good condition with the exception of curled corners on a few, and are unmarked save for occasional underlining of Pearson's name under the title, and signature of J. M. Taylor on upper right corner of 5 papers. PROVENANCE: likely Jocelyn Mary Taylor (1931 –2019), an American mammalogist, who served as president of the American Society of Mammalogists from 1982 to 1984. OLIVER PAYNE PEARSON (1915 - 2003) earned both an M.A. (1939) and Ph.D. degree (1947) from Harvard University. In 1947 he was appointed instructor in zoology at UC Berkeley, and in 1948 he was also appointed assistant… Read More

London: The Royal Society, Printed for John Clarke at the Bible and Crown in the Old Change, near St. Austin's Church, 1701. First English edition, second issue.
1701 EARLY ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF FRENCH COMPARATIVE ANATOMY BEAUTIFULLY BOUND WITH A STUDY OF MEASURE OF THE EARTH ILLUSTRATED WITH 40 SUPERB COPPER PLATE ENGRAVINGS.
Folio (30.5 x 20 cm), full leather paneled binding with blind fillets, spine with raised bands decorative gilt panels, and gilt red leather title label. Engraved title "Englished by A. P. SRS" (Alexander Pifield), dated 1687, signed R Waller fec. (Richard Waller); title page in red and black dated 1701, [xvi], 3-267, 30 plates, [2] table of animals, [11] index; 5 plates; 40. Bookplate of Robert L. Chevalier to front paste-down and engraved armorial bookplate of William Gosselin to verso title page. Very good in very good binding.
CLAUDE PERRAULT (1613 – 1688) was a French physician and an amateur architect, best known for his participation in the design of the east façade… Read More

Monaco: Imprimerie de Monaco, 1900. First edition. LARGE FOLIO MONOGRAPH ON MARINE INVERTEBRATES COLLECTED IN 1886-1888, PRINTED BY ALBERT I, PRINCE OF MONACO, ILLUSTRATED WITH FINE LITHOGRAPHS, SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Large folio, 11 x 14 inches tall printed transparent paper wraps over card covers which include the coat-of-arms of the Prince of Monaco. Gray tape binding, text printed on heavy rag paper, 55 pp, bibliographic index, 10 lithographed plates with tisue guards. Text in French. Cover edges with edge tears, light soiling, small institutional handstamp lower front cover, inscribed front free endpaper "a Monsieur Alphonse Picket/ Hommage respectueux/ M. Bedot"; text clean and unmarked, plates bright and clean with only scattered light marginal foxing, overall very good, in custom archival mylar cover. This monograph is a fine example of late 19th century marine biology, with detailed descriptions and magnificent lithographs. It forms part of a series of scientific reports on marine life collected… Read More

Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association, 1993. First edition (stated). SUPERB LATE 20TH CENTURY ANTHOLOGY OF THE NATURE-NURTURE DEBATE IN PSYCHOLOGY, SIGNED BY EDITOR--INSCRIBED TO SIR PATRICK BATESON, LEADER IN STUDY OF GENETICS, ENVIRONMENT, AND BEHAVIOR. 9 1/4 inches tall hardcover, purple cloth binding, gilt title to spine, inscribed on front free endpaper, "August 6, 1993/ To Pat,/ With best regards,/ Robert." xvi, 498 pp, fine in fine jacket in mylar sleeve. ROBERT PLOMIN (born 1948) is an American psychologist and geneticist best known for his work in twin studies and behavior genetics. From 1986 until 1994 he worked at Pennsylvania State University, studying elderly twins reared apart and twins reared together to study aging and since 1994 has been at the Institute of Psychiatry (King's College London). He has been president of the Behavior Genetics Association. Plomin was ranked among the 100 most eminent psychologists in the history of science. In 2005, he was elected a Fellow… Read More

Paris: Academie des Sciences de l'Institut de France, 1841. 1839 FINE FOLDING PLATES: EARLY PRINTING OF POISEUILLE'S FIRST PRIZE-WINNING EXPERIMENTS IN MICROCIRCULATION THAT LED TO HIS FAMOUS EQUATION. 11 inches tall hardcover, recent maroon cloth binding, gilt black leather label to spine, new endpapers, ink notes top of first page, 71 pp [105-175], 6 folding plates (text in French). Pages uncut with age toning to margins, Extract from Mem. pres. div. sav. Acad. Roy. Sci. Inst. France Sci. Math. phys. Vol. 7, pages 105-175, 1839. The first page of the paper states, "ce memoire a remporte le prix de physiologie experimentale, seance publique du 28 decembre, 1835" [this memoir earned the prize of experimental physiology, public session of December 28, 1835]. The plates depict the microcirculation of frog mesentery, salamander lung, neonatal rat bladder, webbed foot and mesentery of frog, and equipment used in the experiments. JEAN LEONARD MARIE POISEUILLE (1797-1869) studied at the École Polytechnique… Read More

London: A. Linde, 1755. First English.
1755 FOLIO NORWEGIAN BISHOP'S ACCOUNT OF NATURAL HISTORY, INCLUDING SEA SERPENTS AND MERMAIDS, WITH LARGE MAP AND MAGNIFICENT ENGRAVED PLATES.
14 1/2 inches tall folio, original full leather binding, rebacked with leather spine, raised bands and gilt red leather labels, new endpapers. Bookplate of Robert L. Chevalier to front paste-down, i-xxiii, [1], large folding engraved map of the Kingdom of Norway, Part I, 206 pp with 14 plates; Part II, 291 pp with 14 plates, [12]. Wear to heavy covers, corners worn, recent spine fine and bright, binding tight, handstamp to title page, small wormhole top inner margin in Part I, not affecting text or plates that are clean and unmarked. Very good minus. ALSO INCLUDED: Extract from 19th century journal review of The Natural History of Norway in clear polyethyline binder.
ERIK LUDVIGSEN PONTOPPIDAN (1698 – 1764) was a Danish author, a Lutheran bishop of the Church of Norway, an historian, and an antiquarian. Pontoppidan… Read More

Philadelphia: Academy of Natural Sciences, 1887. First edition. 1887 SCARCE ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH ON FRESH WATER SPONGES BY ARDENT PHILADELPHIA ZOOLOGIST WHO ASSEMBLED WORLD'S MOST COMPREHENSIVE COLLECTION OF THE OBSCURE ORGANISMS. Bound offprint from Proceedings of the Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 9 1/2 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 green leather binding with marbled boards, spine with raised bands , gilt compartments and gilt title, marbled endpapers, decorative institutional bookplate to front paste-down, iv, [170] pp, plates V to XII. Small paper label bottom of spine, residue from removed label top of cover and back paste-down. Binding tight, text pages and plates unmarked; good+. EDWARD POTTS was a well-known Philadelphia zoologist, who donated his collection of fresh water sponges to the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Described in Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1890, as "without a doubt the most comprehensive collection of the kind in the world--it comprises… Read More

Paris: J.B.Bailliere, 1847. First edition.
SCARCE MONOGRAPH ON OVULATION AND FERTILIZATION IN ANIMALS AND HUMANS ILLUSTRATED BY LARGE COLORED ENGRAVINGS.
14x22 cm text volume, publisher's printed paper covers, ink inscription on half title, "a mon collegue Monsieur Land. Caneaux comme un bien sincere hommage et la haute commendation de l'auteur, Pouchet". xxxi, 476 pp, folding table, 477-479 (table of contents), 48 pp (publisher's catalogue). Scattered light foxing, browning to catalogue pages, very good in custom archival mylar cover. TOGETHER WITH Folio 23x30 cm hardcover atlas volume, printed paper covered boards, [iv], 30 pp text descriptions of plates, followed by 20 hand-colored fine engraved plates with tissue guards. The plates depict sperm, eggs, and early embryonic development of vertebrates including rabbits, pigs, hens, and frogs. Also shown are human sperm and ovulation, along with a folding plate of a stillborn fetus with placenta delivered after the birth of a healthy infant. Covers… Read More

Chicago: Univeristy of Chicago Press, 1986. First printing.
MONUMENTAL BIOGRAPHY OF SEWALL WRIGHT--SIGNED BY HIM, WITH NOTICE FROM JAMES CROW OF MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR WRIGHT AND OFFPRINT OF WRIGHT'S LAST PAPER.
17X24 cm hardcover, blue cloth binding, gilt title to spine, signature of Alan Robertson 1987 top of front free endpaper, frontis photographic portrait of Wright, inscribed and signed on title page, "With best regards, Sewall Wright." i-xvi, 545 pp, references, publications of Sewall Wright, index. Corners bumped, very good in very good minus dust jacket with small edge tears, in protective mylar sleeve. Laid in notice of memorial service for Sewall Wright, March 1988, Madison WI, from James F. Crow on University of Wisconsin letterhead, "Sewall Wright died March 3; he was 98 years old last December 21. ... Only a few hours before his death he was looking to the future, signing his name to a check for next month's rent and wondering whether reprints of his latest article (American Naturalist,… Read More

New York: E. B. Treat & Co., 1900. First edition. 1900 COLLECTION OF 30 CASES OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE BY CHRISTIAN SCIENCE HEALERS--SIGNED BY AUTHOR, AN ATTORNEY LECTURER AT BELLEVUE HOSPITAL. 8 1/4 inches tall hardcover, tan cloth binding, printed decorative title to cover, inscribed and signed by author on front flyleaf, frontis photograph of child's gangrenous foot treated by a "healer", 194 pp, spine darkened, corners lightly bumped, very good. WILLIAM ARCHER PURRINGTON (1852 - 1926) was Lecturer in the University and Bellevue Hospital Medical College, upon Law in Relation to Medical Practice.

London: The Linnean Society of London, 1898. First edition. 1898 SCARCE MONOGRAPH ON OWL ANATOMY WITH FINE COLLOTYPE AND LITHOGRAPHIC PLATES. 12 inches tall hardbound, recent blue paper covered boards, blue cloth spine, paper title label to cover, Part I--Pterylography, pp 223-2751 collotype and 5 lithographic plates; Part II--Osteology, pp 1-46, 2 lithographic plates, unmarked and very good. WILLIAM PLANE PYCRAFT (1868 – 1942) was an English osteologist and zoologist. He became a keen observer of all living things, but devoted himself specially to birds. After leaving school, he desired to follow natural history as a profession, and started as a private pupil with the curator of the Leicester Museum, where he learned the art of preserving and preparing animals for study and exhibition. In 1892 he was introduced to Prof, (afterwards Sir) Ray Lankester, who invited him to be his assistant in making preparations for the Oxford University Museum.