Search Results: Titles starting with O from Biomed Rare Books

Paris: Jean Guinard, 1650. Second edition.
SCARCE 1650 PRINTING OF DESCARTES' LAST PUBLISHED WORK--ON THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL RESULTING FROM OUR ANIMAL SPIRITS.
6 1/4 inches tall volume, vellum binding, [2], [46], 286 pp, browning to covers and page edges, old water stains top edge, scattered light foxing, very good minus.
RENE DESCARTES (1596 – 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Many elements of Descartes' philosophy have precedents in late Aristotelianism, the revived Stoicism of the 16th century, or in earlier philosophers like Augustine. In his natural philosophy, he differed from the schools on two major points: first, he rejected the splitting of corporeal substance into matter and form; second, he rejected any appeal to final ends, divine or natural, in explaining natural phenomena. In PASSIONS OF THE SOUL (Les passions de l'âme), the last of Descartes' published work, completed… Read More

Paris: G. Masson, 1895. First edition.
SCARCE EARLY MONOGRAPH ON ANATOMY OF THE ORANGUTAN WITH SUPERB LITHOGRAPHS OF BELOVED RESIDENTS OF PARIS ZOO.
24x32 cm folio hardcover, 3/4 leather binding, spine with gilt compartments and gilt title, marbled paper covered boards, marbled endpapers, bookplate of academic physician to front paste-down, pp. 32-118, 5 full page lithographic plates, 2 are color portraits of two orangutans represented also in text-figures. Corners bumped, title page has abrasions from removal of inscriptions and 3x6 cm repaired area to right edge not affecting text, top 1-2 cn corner of 2 rear endpapers missing. Text and plates unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. This important early monograph on the orangutan documents the internal and external anatomy of two primates from the zoological garden in the Bois de Boulogne. In addition to the fine lithographic plates, there are superb drawings in the text of Maurice and Max in life at the zoo, all by museum illustrator… Read More

Paris: Ancienne Maison Quantin, Librairies-Imprimeries Reunis, 1895. First printing. LIMITED FRENCH EDITION SUMPTUOUS COLLECTION OF STORIES ILLUSTRATED WITH ORIGINAL ETCHINGS, LITHOGRAPHS, AND PHOTOGRAVURES INCLUDES "THE END OF BOOKS"--PREDICTING TODAY'S eBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS. 12 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 green pebbled leather binding, gilt rules, marbled paper covered boards, decorative gilt title to spine, marbled endpapers, 2x2.5 inch photographic bookplate to front free endpaper, "Ex. Lib. E. C. 1895," original art deco color lithographed paper covers by Auriol bound in, title page with hand colored vignette by Robida and facing limitation notice (volume 467 of 1000 printed on Japanese vellum), iv, 230 pp, colophon (printed on presses of the former Quantin, Paris, November 27, 1894). 17 plates (comprising 2 original etchings by Robida and 15 photogravures or lithographs including 4 handcolored), 170 figures in text. Wear to cover edges and corners, binding tight, light browning to pages, text and… Read More

Montpellier: La Veuve Gontier et Faure, 1770. 1770 SCARCE MONOGRAPH BY SURGEON FROM MONTPELLIER ON THE BENEFITS OF TOPICAL LEAD PREPARATIONS FOR VENEREAL AND UROLOGIC DISORDERS, INCLUDING NEONATAL INFECTION. Two hardcover volumes 6 1/2 inches tall, full leather binding, spines with gilt compartments, gilt red leather labels, marbled edges and endpapers, Vol I, x, 278; Vol. II, 327, [8], corners bumped, light wear to covers, book label of Vauchey-Verry to front paste-down of each volume, bindings tight, pages age-toned, unmarked, very good. French language. THOMAS GOULARD (1697–1784) was a French surgeon and anatomist in Montpellier who specialized in genitourinary disorders. He compounded "eau blanche", a mixture containing lead oxyacetate, known as "extract of Saturn", its topical application allegedly effective in the treatment of wounds, burns, and local inflammation. He developed a significant reputation in France for his Oeuvres de Chirurgie de Mr. Goulard, a monograph that went through 7… Read More

London: H.K. Lewis & Co. Ltd., 1952. First edition. COLLECTION OF ILLUSTRATED ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SYNDROMES BY NOTED BRITISH DERMATOLOGIST ASSOCIATED WITH NUMEROUS EPONYMS--SIGNED BY HIM, WTH ALS TO DR. JOHN KRAFCHUK. 10 inches tall hardcover, yellow paper covered boards, printed cover, with hand stamp lower right corner of John D. Krafchuk, M.D. Inscribed and signed on front flyleaf "with kind regards and best wishes, F. Parkes Weber"; 72 pp with numerous photographic balck & white figures. Covers lightly browned, spine edges worn, binding tight, very good in custom archival mylar cover. LAID IN: ALS (dictated/signed) from author to Prof. Krafchuk, also return address and handwritten note indicating letter from FPW. Contents include: Osler's love for obscure diseases; The humming man; Death and doctors: Epigrams and art in regard to the relation of death to the medical sciences. FREDERICK PARKS WEBER (1863 – 1962) was an English dermatologist and author who practiced medicine in London. Weber was… Read More

Stockholm: Kongl. Boktryckeriet, 1883. First edition. 1883 MONOGRAPH ON DEEP SEA URCHINS BY NOTED SWEDISH MARINE BIOLOGIST--ILLUSTRATED WITH 21 VERY FINE LITHOGRAPHS. 12 inches tall folio hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, green cloth spine with paper title label, institutional handstamps bottom of title page, contemporary ink signature top of front paste-down, 95 pp, many figures in text, 21 fine lithographed plates; wear to corners and spine ends, binding tight, text and plates unmarked, very good. SVEN LUDVIG LOVEN (1809 - 1895) was a Swedish marine zoologist and malacologist. The Sven Loven Centre for Marine Sciences at both Kristineberg and Tjärnö are named in his honor. He was first Keeper then Director of the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm. He was also Professor of Natural History at Stockholm University. He was made an honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1881 and a Foreign Fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1885. The World Register of Marine Species… Read More

Christiania: Brogger & Christie, 1872, 1875. First editions. 1872 TWO ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPHS BY NORWEGIAN MARINE BIOLOGIST REVEAL DIVERSE LIFE AT FAR GREATER DEPTHS THAN PREVIOUSLY RECOGNIZED. Two folio volumes bound in paper covers. Vol I 23.5x29 cm with yellow printed covers, viii, 82 pp; 6 copper-engraved plates (soiled covers; spine reinforced with brown paper; ends of spine bumped; unopened; ex libris Aquatic Research Institute; good),; Vol. II 22.5x27.5 cm with brown plain paper covers, iv, 112 pp, 4 copper plates, 3 autographic plates (ex libris Aquatic Research Institute; very good) in archival folding box. GEORGE OSSIAN SARS (1837 - 1927) a Norwegian marine and freshwater biologist, joined the university at Christiana (now the University of Oslo) in 1857. He indulged his interest in natural history while studying medicine. Sars was a founding investigator of ichthyoplankton. In 1864, he was commissioned by the Norwegian government to investigate fisheries around the Norwegian coast. Sars'… Read More

1865. First edition.
1865 AN EARLY STUDY OF THE ASYMMETRIC MIGRATION OF EYES IN FLATFISH TO ONE SIDE OF THE BODY.
22x28 cm hardcover, marbled paper-covered boards, autograph paper title label to cover, cloth spine, handstamp of Library of R. Harry, Jr, paginated pp 263-296, scattered marginal pencil notes and underlinings, 4 engraved plates numbered 29-32 (bound out of order, partial color to first plate). Cover corners worn, corners bumped, browning to page edges, light foxing. Good association copy in custom archival mylar cover.
RAMSAY HEATLEY TRAQUAIR (1840 – 1912) was a Scottish naturalist and palaeontologist who became a leading expert on fossil fish. Traquair trained as a medical doctor, but his thesis was on aspects of fish anatomy. He held posts as Professor of Natural History and Professor of Zoology in England and Ireland, before returning to his native Edinburgh to take up a post at the Museum of Science and Art. He spent the remainder of his career at the Museum building up a renowned… Read More

London: Royal Society of London, 1851-1854. First edition. FIRST EDITION OF LANDMARK PAPERS DEMONSTRATING THE PROCESS OF FERTILIZATION OF THE VERTEBRATE EGG, AND EARLY EMBRYOGENESIS. 12 inches tall hardcover, recent 1/2 maroon cloth binding, marbled paper covers, gilt leather label to spine, new endpapers, list of sources of papers followed by bound extracts from 3 issues of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London: Vol 141, pp 169-242, Plate XIV (1851), Vol. 143, pp 233-290 (1853), Vol. 144, pp 229-244 (1854). Binding fine, text pages unmarked, plate margins darkened, small college library embossed stamp to bottom of plate, very good in custom archival mylar cover. GEORGE NEWPORT (1803-1854) Newport held the post of house surgeon to the Chichester Infirmary until January 1837, when he established himself in practice gradually declined; and when in 1847 he was awarded a pension from the civil list of £100 per annum for his contributions to natural history, he was able to devote… Read More

Chicago: The University of Chicago, 1905. First edition. 1905 E. G. CONKLIN--LANDMARK EARLY STUDY OF EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT WITH ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE BY PIONEER AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST AND EVOLUTIONIST--INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY HIM. 10 inches tall offprint, gray printed wraps, inscribed, "Dr. Robt W. Hall/ with the compliments/ of E.G. Conklin." pages 205-230 reprinted from Biological Bulletin Vol. VIII, March, 1905 with glossy actual gelatin silver photographic plate containing 24 photomicrographs of the first stages of the developing embryo of a marine invertebrate. Light browning of covers, edgewear, top of spine chipped, text and plate unmarked, very good. Conklin concludes, "These facts point to the conclusion that the complex organization of an egg, such as that of an ascidian, has not arisen through the 'reflection of adult characters upon the egg,' but rather that this organization is primary. Furthermore they seem to indicate that evolution has taken place, not through modifications of adult… Read More

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1939. First edition. FIRST EDITION MONOGRAPH ON THE PHYSIOLOGY OF OSMORGULATION IN FISH BY NOBEL LAUREATE AUGUST KROGH. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's red cloth binding, gilt title to spine, previous owner signature top of half-title, dated 8/4/49, [viii], 242 pp, 54 figures in text, Light wear to cover edges and corners, binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, very good in custom archival mylar cover. AUGUST KROGH (1874-1949), professor at Copenhagen University, received the 1920 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for discovering the causes of capillary constriction and expansion. In 1922 Krogh published his classic Anatomy and Physiology of Capillaries which showed that capillaries are regulated both by the nervous system and by hormonal secretions. A very distinguished physiologist, he studied gas exchange in living organisms, the effect of carbon dioxide on oxyhemoglobin dissociation in the blood, the quantitation of blood flow, the exchange of… Read More