81 2215 Mathematics Brouwer L E J 
- Owner's entry on title-p. Wrs. waterst. and dam. at backstrip.
= Rare. Contains the lectures "De onbetrouwbaarheid der logische principes", "Het wezen der meetkunde" and "Intuitionisme en formalisme".
81 2216 Mathematics Ceulen L van 
- Contents parlty waterstained in lower half; first few leaves loose(ning); bookblock almost loose. Vellum soiled/ stained and wrinkled.
= Hoogendoorn, Ceu 05, 1.1. Bierens de Haan 839; Simoni C85; DSB III, p.181. The second of the two major works by Van Ceulen, published 5 years after his death by his widow. Probably written only in part with an educational purpose for use at the university of Leyden at which Van Ceulen taught, it should primarily be seen as a theoretical work on the fundamentals of arithmetics and geometry (see C. Vlek, Ludolf van Ceulens Arithmetische en Geometrische Fondamenten, master's thesis available online). SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE LIII.
81 2217 Mathematics Clermont 
81 2217 Mathematics Clermont 
- First 2 blank lvs. w. sm. hole/ inkstain; owner's entry on first blank and title-p. Extremities sl. worn; upper joint splitting. Good copy.
= Rare ed. of this popular work on practical geometry by the French mathematician and military engineer Clermont, with plates depicting i.a. fortifications and architectural constructions. Not in Poggendorff; cf. Spaulding/ Karpinski 208 (1st ed. Strasb., 1693).
81 2218 Mathematics Coutereels J 
- First few quires sl. dogeared; title-p. duststained in outer margin; occas. sl. waterstained. Vellum duststained and browned.
= Rare edition. Hoogendoorn p.260, 22; cf. Bierens de Haan 977.
81 2219 Mathematics Dedekind R 
- Both vols. w. owner's entry in pen and ink on htitle. First vol. wr. sl. frayed; 2nd vol. wr. dam. (detached) and strengthened w. tape along outer margins.
= Second editions of Dedekind's important works on set theory. His epochal 1872 publication, Stetigkeit und irrationale Zahlen, gave the first rigorous definition of the system of real numbers, laying the foundation for much of modern day real analysis and point-set topology. Was sind und was sollen die Zahlen, his follow-up work, elaborates on his attempts "to derive a purely logical foundation for arithmetic, and devised a number of axioms that formally and exactly represented the logical concept of whole numbers" (DSB). Extremely rare, even in the 2nd edition. Poggendorf I, p.534; DSB IV, p.1-5.
81 2220 Mathematics Le Gendre F 
81 2220 Mathematics Le Gendre F 
- Spine-ends chipped. = Goldsmiths 11138.
Harroy, J. Traite de géometrie pratique sur le terrain, contenant le calcul, la mesure, le partage des terrains & la réduction des mesures. Liege, J.A. Gerlache, 1780, (12),178,(2)p., 18 fold. engr. plates, contemp. cat's paw calf w. gilt spine.
- Endpapers browned along edges; owner's entry of T.J.V. Baron de Heusch on title.
ADDED: 1 other.
81 2221 Mathematics Schmidt J J 
- One plate sl. creased. Binding rubbed.
81 2222 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
81 2222 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Lacks htitle of part 2; occas. sl. water-/ dampstained/ fingersoiled. Vellum sl. soiled.
= Title from general htitle. Cf. Krivatsy 1187 (first ed. Utr., 1651, same contents); BMN I, p.57; Hirsch I, p.441. The second edition of this popular medicinal manual by the erudite Van Beverwijck, friend of the poet J. Cats, whose poems are found throughout the book. Among his remarkable observations we find the description of silicosis (gin-drinker's liver), artificial teeth and epileptic children due to alcoholism.
81 2223 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
81 2223 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Sl. yellowed/ agetoned; partly sl. water-/ dampstained; a few lvs. w. restored margins.
= Krivatsy 1188; Bibl. Med. Neerl. I, p.57; Hirsch I, p.441. The third edition of this popular medicinal manual by the erudite Van Beverwijck, friend of the poet J. Cats, whose poems are found throughout the book. Among his remarkable observations we find the description of silicosis (gin-drinker's liver), artificial teeth and epileptic children due to alcoholism. The work also contains a chapter on tobacco (Arents 261, with reproduction of the fine half-p. engr. of Dutch smokers).
81 2224 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- Partly foxed and waterst. (also affecting the plate); sl. yellowed. Binding dried/ worn and w. some dam. spots.
= Cf. Albert/ Norton/ Hurtes 257; cf. Waller 1211.
81 2225 Medicine Degner J H 
- Waterst. and wormholed at the beginning and end. Calf dam. at top of spine and along edges.
= BMN I, p.65; Wellcome II, p.441. Account of the dysentery epidemic which hit Nijmegen in 1736.
81 2226 Medicine Disdier F M 
- Contemp. owner's entries on verso first free endpaper, title-p. and final free endpaper, and on first two leaves after the final printed leaf. Corners and lower joint sl. worn.
= Rare work on bandaging. No copy traced in the BN.
81 2227 Medicine Flu P C 
81 2228 Medicine Froriep A 
- Spine-ends dam; ticket on frontcover. Contents fine.
= First edition of this groundbreaking work on craniocerebral topography.
81 2229 Medicine Helvetius J F 
- Lacks first free endpaper; a few annots. Good copy.
= The three other parts are titled: [Part 2] Xistus Herbarum, Dat is Lustige wandel-weg der Cruyden ((10),54p.); [Part 3] Berillus Medicus: Dat is: Een Edele Gesteente van de Medicyne, Waer in te sien is, wat kruyden en gewassen yder maent in't jaer voortbrenght, ende wat by het insamelen van de selve is in acht te nemen ((10),32p.); [Part 4] Morborum: Dat is: Der Kranckheden dood ((12),68p.). BMN I,73; Hirsch-H. III, 174; Ferguson I, 384. Lindeboom, pp.827-828. The author studied at Harderwijk, where he graduated with a thesis on "De Peste", and became court physician of the Prince of Orange. He is best known for his alchemical work Vitulus Aureus (The Golden Calf).
81 2230 Medicine Hovorka O von and Kronfeld A 
- Hinges strengthened. Otherwise a fine copy.
= Bibl. Walleriana 13740; Garrison/ Morton 6455: "Most authoritative work so far available on the subject".
81/2231 Medicine De kwynende Amsterdamse heel konst 
81/2231 Medicine De kwynende Amsterdamse heel konst 
- Page numbering occas. erratic, but complete; soiled/ waterstained in upper margin; bookplates (i.a. of R. Cordes) on upper pastedown.
= BMN I, p.38: "Het 1e dl. bevat 35, het 2e dl. 9 twist- en spotschriften over de in 1731 afgezette overlieden van het chirurgijns-gilde te Amsterdam." Rare.
Daelmans, E. De Nieuw-Hervormde Genees-konst, Gebouwt op de Gronden van het Alcali en Acidum, Waar in kortelijk, volgens de Gronden van de hedendaagse Nieuwe Practyk, alle Ziekten, met weinig omslag Genesen worden. Amst., Jan ten Hoorn, 1689, 2nd ed., (8),197,(2)p., woodcut title-vignette, contemp. calf w. modern repaired spine, sm. 8vo.
- Sl. later (1749) and modern annots. and library stamps on title-p.; new endpapers. Spine restored w. modern calf.
= Cf. Krivatsy 3041 (mentioning the 1st ed.); Lindeboom p.396-397.
81 2232 Medicine Leune J C F 
- Library stamps on title; ticket on inside frontwr. Otherwise a fine copy.
= First Dutch translation of "Entwicklung der Gall'schen Theorie über das Gehirn" (1803). Franz Joseph Gall (1758-1828) was a German anatomist, physiologist, pioneer in ascribing cerebral functions to various areas of the brain (localization), and creator of phrenology, or the practice of divining individual intellect and personality from an examination of skull shape. According to Gall the surface of the skull faithfully reflects the relative development of the various regions of the brain. Hirsch III, 758/9; BMN I, 108.
81 2233 Medicine Malpighi M 
81 2233 Medicine Malpighi M 
- First 2 textleaves browned; waterstained in lower half of the page (especially affecting the first few quires (incl. frontisp. and fold. plates)), later on receding and then sl. increasing towards the end; lacks first free endpaper. Spine restored w. use of orig. backstrip.
= Wellcome IV, p.38; Nissen, ZBI 2657.
81 2234 Medicine Maygrier J P 
81 2234 Medicine Maygrier J P 
- Some occas. foxing. Good copy. = BMN I, p.339; Fasbender 319.