2323 - 2571 NATURAL HISTORY, HORSES AND HORSEMANSHIP, HUNTING, MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY etc.
80 2463 Medicine Alpinus P 
80 2463 Medicine Alpinus P 
- Engr. armorial bookplate on verso first free endpaper; occas. sl. yellowed. Top of spine chipped; corners showing.
= Provenance: the collection of G.A. Lindeboom w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. This ed. not in Wellcome. Lindeboom 533; Hertzberger 238; Garrison/ Morton 2194 (other edition): "A classical work on prognosis".
80 2464 Medicine Bernard C 
- Trifle foxed; bookplate of C. Julliard on upper pastedown. Joints splitting.
= Norman 206: "Intended as the prologue to a multi-volume work on the principles of experimental medicine (which was never published), Bernard's masterly justification and exposition of the use of the experimental method in studying life phenomena has remained a classic of both scientific and philosophical literature"; PMM 353; Bibl. Walleriana 951.
80 2465 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
80 2465 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).
80 2466 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
80 2466 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Ad 1: Lacks engraved title and p.205-220 (quire O, containing 3 full-p. ills.); erroneously paginated (p.284-295). Waterstained; bookblock loose; first and final few quires loose(ning). Vellum darkened and stained. Sold w.a.f.
= Ad 1: Krivatsy 1199; BMN p.290; Lindeboom, DMB p.130. Ad 2: Krivatsy 9103; cf. BMN p.87 (ed. 1630).
80 2467 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Lacks p.479-480 incl. 1 ill. Title-p. w. tear; 2 plates cut sl. short in right margin; occas. sl. stained/ soiled; final lvs. sl. wormholed in lower blank margin. Vellum soiled.
= Rare ed. BMN I, 387. Popular medicinal manual by the erudite Van Beverwijck, friend of the poet J. Cats, whose poems are found throughout the book. I.a. on the medicinal benefits of wine, beer, sugar, salt, and various herbs.
80 2468 Medicine Beverwijck J van 
- Frontispiece to first part loose; first 5 lvs. outer blank margin strengthened/ repaired; quire R misbound (but complete); lacks final free endpaper. Binding worn.
= BMN 1399 E22 (ed. 1636). A popular manual for a healthy life by the erudite Van Beverwijck, friend of the poet J. Cats. A seventeenth century Regimen Sanitatis Salernitatum. I.a. on the medicinal benefits of wine, beer, sugar and salt. Also various herbs.
80 2469 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2469 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2469 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2469 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- Paper over boards chafed. Contents fine.
= One of only 2 rare case-histories by H. Boerhaave. This history gives the description of a very large tumor in the mediastinum. Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 353: "The history related here is that of the Marquise de St. Auban, who had married a Countess van Wassenaer and dies from a mediastinal tumor"; Lindeboom, DMB p.184; Hertzberger 67; Wellcome II, p.190.
Idem. De morbis oculorum. Praelectiones publicae ex codicibus auditorum editae. Ed. A. von Haller. Göttingen, Officina Vandenhoeckiana, 1750, 2nd ed., (10),238p., fold. engr. plate, contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- Fine copy.
= Second edition of the series of public lectures on diseases of the eye (first lectured in 1701, first published after his death in 1746), Boerhaave describes its diseases and their treatments. It is held to have laid the foundation for practical ophthalmology in the 18th century. Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Source Book of Ophthalmology 256; Lindeboom 398: "For this second edition, adapted by Von Haller with the aid of his pupil Christian Ludwich Willich (Nordheim), a much more extensive dictation of Laurentius Heister was used. In the preface Haller urges the reader not to consult the editions appearing at Paris and Venice any longer"; Hertzberger 192.
Idem. Des Maladies des Yeux, à quoi l'on joint son introduction à la pratique clinique; les leçons sur la pierre; quelques descriptions des maladies et quelques consultations du même auteur. Paris, Briasson, 1749, 1st French ed., (8),371,(5)p., 4 engr. plates, contemp. gilt calf.
- Plates sl. mouldy. Upper joint splitting at foot of spine.
= Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on final blank. Source Book of Ophthalmology 255; Lindeboom 411: "After Boerhaave's death several pupils adapted their dictations of his annual lecture course for publication"; Hertzberger 194 (ed. Paris, Durand).
80 2470 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- Owner's entries on 3rd blank; partly sl. wormholed in lower blank margin.
= Rare ed. Lindeboom 179; Bibl. Walleriana 1191ff (other eds.).
80 2471 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2471 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- 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.
80 2472 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2472 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2472 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2472 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- 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.
Consultationes medicae: sive sylloge epistolarum cum responsis Hermanni Boerhaave. The Hague, A. Johnson, 1743, (4),231,(1),34p., contemp. simple. boards.
- 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.
80 2473 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2473 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2473 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2473 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- Sl. dampstained in upper (mostly) blank margin; occas. sl. yellowed. Otherwise fine.
= Provenance: Lindeboom collection 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.
Idem. Praelectiones academicae de lue venerea. Franeker, J. Brouwer, 1751, (4),167,(1)p., modern hcalf, sm. 8vo.
- 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.
80 2474 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.
80 2475 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- 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.
80 2476 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2476 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2476 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- 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. Boerhaave's lecture on nervous diseases.
Idem. Praelectiones academicae de lue venerea, in quibus diri hujus morbi historia, origo, progressus, causae, symptomata, et curationis methodus. Leyden, C. de Pecker, 1762, (10),420,(4)p., engr. frontisp. portrait, contemp. hcalf w. mor. letterpiece, sm. 8vo.
- 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).
80 2477 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2477 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2477 Medicine Boerhaave H 
80 2477 Medicine Boerhaave H 
- 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.
Idem. Tractatus de viribus medicamentorum. Ed. B. Boudon. Paris, G. Cavelier, 1727, new 2nd ed., XXIV,(16),460,12,(74),14(advert.)p., contemp. vellum, sm. 8vo.
- 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.
80 2478 Medicine Boerhaave H Haller A 
80 2478 Medicine Boerhaave H Haller A 
- 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.
80 2479 Medicine Boerhaave H Methodus discendi artem medicam in duas partes divisa 
80 2479 Medicine Boerhaave H Methodus discendi artem medicam in duas partes divisa 
80 2479 Medicine Boerhaave H Methodus discendi artem medicam in duas partes divisa 
80 2479 Medicine Boerhaave H Methodus discendi artem medicam in duas partes divisa 
80 2479 Medicine Boerhaave H Methodus discendi artem medicam in duas partes divisa 
80 2479 Medicine Boerhaave H Methodus discendi artem medicam in duas partes divisa 
- Browned and occas. stained; owner's entries on first blank and title. Spine-ends chipped; upper corner showing
= Provenance: Lindeboom collection w. his bookplate on upper pastedown. Lindeboom 94 ("However, a book appeared in 1734 under a slightly different title, namely Methodus discendi artem medicam. This book has at times been attributed to Boerhaave but in my opinion this is a misconception"); Hertzberger 166; cf. Wellcome II, p.190 (ed. London 1744).
Marherr, P.A. Praelectiones in Hermanni Boerhaave institutiones medicas cum praefatione Cranzii. Vienna/ Leipsic, Rudolphus Graeffer, 1772, 3 vols., (10),548,(1); (4),636; (4),730,176,(4)p., 1 engr. and 2 ident woodcut title vignettes, contemp. unif. hcalf.
- Occas. foxed/ sl. yellowed and browned. Binding heavily worn/ dam.
= Hirsch IV, p.135; Hertzberger 253.
AND 1 other edition of the first work (Venice, 1747, 3 fold. engr. plates, contemp. simple boards. Lindeboom 97).
80 2480 Medicine Cushing H 
80 2480 Medicine Cushing H 
- Wrapper splitting. = Separate printing from XIII Concilium Ophthalmologicum 1929, Hollandia.
Idem. From A Surgeon's Journal 1915-1918. London, Constable & Co., 1936, XXI,(1),534p., photogr. frontisp., 34 plates, orig. giltlettered green cl.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown.
= Cushing, Bibliography 22; Norman 557. Same year as first edition but Norman calls for Boston imprint.
The Harvey Cushing Society. (Baltimore and Springfield), C.C. Thomas, 1939, 1st ed., XV,(1),108,(2)p., photogr. frontisp., orig. giltlettered green cl.
- Bookplate on upper pastedown and library stamps of Medical Library of Maryland on a few prelim. lvs.; newspaper clippings on Cushing's death tipped in on lower pastedown.
= Norman 560.
AND 3 others on H. Cushing, i.a. The Harvey Cushing Collection of Books and Manuscripts (New York, 1943, orig. giltlettered cl., 4to).
80 2481 Medicine Cushing H and Eisenhardt L 
80 2481 Medicine Cushing H and Eisenhardt L 
- Red stamp on first free endpaper; owner's entry on title covered w. tipp-ex.
= First edition of Cushing's last and greatest clinical monograph. Bibl. Walleriana 2253; Norman 558; Cushing, Bibliography 24.
80 2482 Medicine Daelmans E 
- 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.