1735 - 2048 NATURAL HISTORY, MEDICINE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
- Stamp of the New York Historical Society on title; first and final leaf yellowed/ sl. browned due to former binding.
= Lindeboom 478; Wellcome II, p.190; Partington II, p.744: "(...) this treatise is more correct than the Latin original."; Duveen p.641-642: "(...) beautifully printed edition (...)"; Cole 168: "The first essentially unabridged and correct English translation of the 1732 Elementa was made by Timothy Dallowe, a former pupil of Boerhaave's. It includes a few variations approved by the author." The plates depicting apparatus and furnaces. Two of the plates are signed J. Mynde.
- Contemp. owner's entry on first title and upper pastedown ("Francisce Teine(?)"); occas. annotations in blank margins; final lvs. dam. in outer blank margin; occas. sl. yellowed. Leather over backcover loosening; foot of spine and corners wormholed; lacks part of letterpiece.
= Ad 1: Lindeboom 43; Hertzberger 125; Bibl. Walleriana 1202. Ad 2: Lindeboom 146; Hertzberger 30; Bibl. Walleriana 1193. Ad 3: Lindeboom 286; Hertzberger 147; Bibl. Walleriana 1214.
- Sl. dampstained in upper (mostly) blank margin; occas. sl. yellowed. Otherwise fine.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 60: "The lectures which Boerhaave gave the first on June 23, 1701, were called: Institutiones Medicae. The book bearing this title is based on these lectures"; Hertzberger 126; Wellcome II, p.188; this edition not in Bibl. Walleriana.
- Wrapper plasticized
= Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Bibl. Walleriana 1210; Hertzberger 52; Wellcome II, p.189; Lindeboom 180: "Love was a medical student yet, when he undertook this translation, some mistakes he made indicate that the students did not always understand the latin teaching entirely. For example he renders the word vomica, which means ulcer (in the lung), as vomiting!".
- First vol. partly dampstained; both vols. trifle foxed. Corners showing; covers sl. scratched.
= Lindeboom 480; Hertzberger 104; cf. Wellcome II, p.190 (2nd ed. 1741).
- Sl. waterstained in upper and lower (mostly) blank margins. Binding soiled.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 520; Hertzberger 175.
- Owner's entry and a library stamp on title (shining through on 2 following pages). Otherwise contents fine.
= Rare edition of a compilation on venereal diseases by Boerhaave's pupils based on his lectures. Only 1 copy in STCN. Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Bibl. Walleriana 1220; Hertzberger 71; Lindeboom 387; Proksch I, p.35; this edition not in Wellcome.
- Joints starting; chipped at foot of spine.
= Lindeboom 390; Hertzberger 72; Proksch I, p.35. Boerhaave's lecture on venereal diseases.
AND 1 other edition of the same work (Lindeboom 385).
- Occas. sl. foxed. Restored binding.
= The rare first edition of these famous lectures on nervous diseases, based on the notes taken by van Swieten among others. Lindeboom 421; BMN, p.248; Hertzberger 185.
- Sl. yellowed and foxed; 2 stamps and owner's entry on title. Joints splitting; chipped at top of spine; lower corner frontcover lacks portion of leather; backcover partly discoloured.
= Lindeboom 424; BMN I, p.248; Hertzberger 186; Wellcome II, p.191.
- Upper margin occas. sl. dampstained. Backstrips worn.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 106: "After Boerhaave's death several authors published books under this or a similar title. Haller, probably Boerhaave's most gifted and productive pupil, edited the lectures given by Boerhaave and taken down by his pupils. Afterwards, a few professors built up their lectures as an explanation of Boerhaave's Institutiones, and published them later. Boerhaave's teaching books proved for a long time to be a most suitable aid to professors teaching medicine. Boerhaave's books were used for this purpose even at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century (...)."; Wellcome II, p.190; Hertzberger 201.
- Fine set.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 111: "After Boerhaave's death several authors published books under this or a similar title. Haller, probably Boerhaave's most gifted and productive pupil, edited the lectures given by Boerhaave and taken down by his pupils. Afterwards, a few professors built up their lectures as an explanation of Boerhaave's Institutiones, and published them later. Boerhaave's teaching books proved for a long time to be a most suitable aid to professors teaching medicine. Boerhaave's books were used for this purpose even at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th century (...)."; Wellcome II, p.190; Hertzberger 208.
- Last free endpaper w. contemp. ms. index; fold. plate strengthened on verso. Otherwise a fine copy.
= First Venetian edition of a compilation by Boerhaave's pupils based on his lectures on opthalmology. Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Hertzberger 190; Lindeboom 402; this edition not in Wellcome or Bibl. Walleriana.
- Inner margin of title strengthened w. scotch tape; vaguely waterstained.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 27: "Boerhaave was Rector Magnificus of the University in 1714. On its anniversary, February 1715, he laid down his dignity with a public address on the certitude of physics."; Hertzberger 23.
Idem. Introductio in praxin clinicam sive regulae generales in praxi clinica observandae quas praemisit. Ibid., P. Bonk, 1740, 24p., modern wr.
- Title laid down along inner margin; sl. foxed.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 428: "This little work comprises the introductory lectures given by Boerhaave, before admitting the students to his clinical demonstrations in the St. Caecilia Hospital."; Hertzberger 143.
- Sl. yellowed/ foxed.
= Lindeboom 317: "One of Boerhaave's pupils published an adaptation of his "Libellus de materie medica", greatly amplified from the lectures of his master. The succes of this spurious edition, followed by many reprints, shows clearly how much Boerhaave's teaching on the medical treatment of diseases was valued"; Hertzberger 216.
- Sl. browned. Binding heavily worn along extremities; leather over spine dried and cracked.
= First Dutch translation of the Tractatus de viribus medicamentorum. Lindeboom 333: "One of Boerhaave's pupils published an adaptation of his Libellus de materie medica, greatly amplified from the lectures of his master. The success of this spurious edition, followed by many reprints, shows clearly how much Boerhaave's teaching on the medical treatment of diseases was valued."; Hertzberger 227.
BOUND WITH: Pringle, J. Aenhangsel bestaende in: proefnemingen over de verrottinge, gelezen in verscheide zittingen van het Koninglyke Genootschap in Engeland. Dutch transl. Haarlem, J. Bosch, n.d., (2),138,(3)p.
- Occas. waterstained.
= Rare Dutch translation of a work on hygiene by English doctor J. Pringle.
AND a Latin edition of Tractatus de viribus medicamentorum (Venice, 1752, contemp. calf. Lindeboom 325).
- Title sl. browned. Otherwise fine.
= A friendly polemic on the anatomy of glands. Boerhaave's only anatomical treatise. Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Hertzberger 180; Lindeboom 341; Wellcome IV, p.600; not in Bibl. Walleriana.
= I. G.A. LINDEBOOM, Bibliographia Boerhaaviana. List of publications written or provided by H. Boerhaave or based upon his works and teaching; II. B.P.M. SCHULTE, Hermanni Boerhaave Praelectiones de Morbis Nervorum 1730-1735. Een medische studie (...); III. G.A. LINDEBOOM, Iconographia Boerhavii (folio); IV. IDEM, Boerhaave's Correspondence I; V. IDEM, Boerhaave's Correspondence II; VI. IDEM, Boerhaave and his Time and VIII. IDEM, Boerhaave's Correspondence III.
AND ±20 others, all (small) publications on H. Boerhaave, i.a. E. KEGEL-BRINKGREVE and A.M. LUYENDIJK-ELSHOUT (ed.), Boerhaave's orations (ibid., 1983, frontisp., orig. gilt cl.).
- Waterstained; library stamp on title ("Bibliotheca Bergamo"). Boards sl. soiled; 2 paper tickets on spine.
= Collection of 52 consultations on the basis of letters. Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 575 (erroneously dated 1734); Hertzberger 85.
- Trifle foxed. Remnants of paper ticket on spine of 1st vol.; backstrip of 2nd vol. w. large smudge.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. A Venetian edition of the re-edition by Haller based on Boerhaave's book on the Institutiones Medicae and on his lectures on this subject. Lindeboom 103: "Several others have based their works on Boerhaave's book on the Institutes or on his lectures on this subject. Sometimes it is difficult to discern between a translation or an adaptation. Sometimes some annotations were added; if many additions and commentaries were added, the result was often more a book based on Boerhaave's printed or verbal teaching"; Hertzberger 169.