Sales catalogue 61: Davis & Orioli

Date:
20th century
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/31/3
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 61: Davis & Orioli. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    14 MEDICINE—continued. 181 Fracastorius (H.) Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus. Basle, Bebelius, 1536 £3 3s 8vo. Boards. Printer’s device. A very rare early edition of Fracastorius’ famous poem on syphilis. — Wi 4 182 Fracastorius (H.) Syphilis sive morbus Gallicus. London, J. Bowyer, 1720 £1 10s 4to. Contemporary calf, with gilt borders on sides. Fine portrait of Fracastorius by Vertue. Large paper copy of a finely printed book. This edition is dedicated to Dr. Mead. 183 Galen. Delli mezzi che si possono Lenere per conservarci la sanita Recato in questa lingua nostra da M. Giovanni Tarcagnota. Venice, M. Tramezzino, 1549 15s 8vo. Vellum. The Italian translation of De Tuenda Sanitate. 184 Galeotti (Martius) De Homine, with Geo. Merula’s In Librum de Homine Galeotti, and Galeotti’s Refutatio. Turin, Ioannes Angelus et Bernardinus de Sylva, 1517 £3 3s 4to. Old polished calf gilt. 3 books bound in 1. Fine woodcut on title of Galeotti with his pupils. Beautiful large woodcut initials. Galeotti was tutor to Matthew Corvin, King of Hungary, and is said to have taught at Bologna from 1462 to 1477. Very rare edition from a small provincial press of Galeotti’s well-known medical and anatomical work. 185 [Gautier (d’Agoty)] Myologie compléte en couleur et grandeur naturelle composée de l’essai et de la suite de l’essai d’anatomie. Paris, Gautier, Quillan Pere et Fils & Lamesle, 1746-48 £14 10s Folio. Contemporary half calf. 23 magnificent plates, some double-page, printed in colours. This is one of the earliest books containing anatomical plates printed in colours. The engraver was a pupil of l’admiral, the pupil of Le Blon, the inventor of engraving in colour. The explanatory text is by Duverney. The present copy contains 3 extra plates to the anatomy of the head. Cohen describes a copy as being complete with 20 plates, and all the copies we have seen had this number. Fine copy in perfect preservation. 186 Glaserus (Jo. Heur.) Tractatus posthu- mus de Cerebro, in quo hujus non fabricae tantum sed actiones omnes principes... explicantur. Basle, J. Bertschi & Frank- fort, Jo. Mich. Riidigers, 1680 30s 8vo. Boards. The author was successively Professor of Greek, Anatomy and Botany, at Basle, his native city. 187 Hancocke (John) Febr§J Magnum, or Common Water the best cure for fevers and probably for the Plague. The Fourth Edition. London, R. Halsey, 1723 10s 6d 8vo. Calf. 188 Harvey (W.) Exercitationes anatomica de motu Cordis et Sanguinis Circulatione... accessit dissertatio de Corde doct. Jacobi de Back. Rotterdam, A. Leers, 1671 £5 10s 12mo. Old calf, a very little worn at joints. Engraved front., dated 1661. Fine copy. 189 Harvey (William) Exercitations de Gen- eratione animalium. Amsterdam, J. Raves- teyn, 1662 £4 4s 12mo. Old calf, with arms in gilt on sides, which we have been unable to identify. Engraved title- page. A reprint of the edition of 1651, using the same plate for the title. VERY FINE Copy in an attractive binding. Keynes 39. de Padua, Fram- 190 Harvey (William) Exercitationes Generatione Animalium. botti, 1666 £5 5s: _Thick 12mo. Original vellum. Engraved title-page of Jupiter with an egg, symbolising ‘“ex ovo omnia.”’ Rare little edition of this famous work, which comes only next in impor- tance to the ‘‘ De Circulatione Sanguinis.’’ Extra- ordinarily fine copy. 191 [Hunter (J.)]. Abernethy (J.) Introduc- tory Lectures exhibiting some of Mr.. Hunter’s Opinions respecting Life and Diseases, delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons in 1814 and 1815. London, Longman, Hurst, etc., 1815.— (2) Physiological Lectures exhibiting a general view of Mr. Hunter’s Physiology delivered before the Royal College of Surgeons in 1817, ibid 1817 15s: 8vo. Original boards, a little worn, uncut. 192 Jukes (E.) On Indigestion and Cos- tiveness, a series of Hints to both Sexes. Fourth Edition. London, John Churchill, 1833 15s 8vo. Original boards, worn. 3 engraved plates, and many woodcuts in text representing instru- ments for washing the intestines. The author was the inventor of the stomach pump. Rare. Numer - ous medical notes on some blank pages by a con- temporary owner. 193 Kluge (A. F.) Versuch einer Darstellung des animalischer Magnetismusals Heil- mittel. Berlin, Realschalbuchandlung, 1818 10s 6d 8vo. Half calf. An important historical, biblio~ graphical and practical account of animal magne- tism. 194 Langham (William) The Garden of Health, containing the sundrie rare and hidden propertes of all kinds of Simples and Plants; together with the manner how they are to be used and applyed in Medicine ..-L.ondon, Thomas Harper, 1633 £6 6s 4to. Old calf, neatly rebacked. 4 prelim. leaves, 702 numb. pages, and 33 leaves of table. Black Letter. The book contains an account of the uses of every sort of herb and plant in illness. VERY RARE, as are all early English medical books, and especially in fine condition, as the present volume is. 195 Levret (André) Observations sur la cure radicale de plusieurs Polypes de la matrice, de la gorge et du nez. Paris, Delaguette, 1749 £1 Is Large 8vo. Old calf. 6 folding engraved plates of instruments at the end. Levret was the accoucheur to Madame la Dauphine, mother of Louis XVI., and was the author of vaious works on the use of forceps in obstetrics. His work in this field was very valuable indeed. 196 Maggio (Bart), Rota (Francisc), Ferro (Alph.), Botallo (Leon.) De Sclopettorum et Tormentariorum vulnerum natura et curatione, Libri IV. Venice, Guil. Valgrisi, 1566 £3 3s Thick 8vo. Old vellum. Some full-page and ° many smaller woodcuts in the text, chiefly of instruments and of ways of bandaging. The works of these four authors are some of the most im- portant early studies of gunshot wounds in existence. Maggi denied that all gunshot wounds were poisoned and advocated thé use of softroiled dressings:
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