The best books : a reader's guide to the choice of the best available books (about 50,000) in every department of science, art and literature, with the dates of the first and last editions, and the price, size and publisher's name of each book : a contribution towards systematic bibliography / by William Swan Sonnenschein.
- Sonnenschein William Swan, 1855-1931.
- Date:
- 1891
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Credit: The best books : a reader's guide to the choice of the best available books (about 50,000) in every department of science, art and literature, with the dates of the first and last editions, and the price, size and publisher's name of each book : a contribution towards systematic bibliography / by William Swan Sonnenschein. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Derbyshire : Barrow s 470 ; Flora 527 ; Folklore 143 ; Geol. 509; Pottery, 663 ; 'I'opogr. 318-9. Dermatology: 571-2. Dervishes ; 8i. Dervventwater : Floating Island 326. Descartes, Rene : 163. Descent : Doctrine of 513-6. Deschamps, Eustache : 997. Designs and Designing : Decorative 662 ; Kiigineering 602 ; Furniture 636 ; .Steam Engines 602 ; Textile Fabrics 640. Desks, School : 303. Desmids : 52?. Desmoulins, Camille : 441. Desportes, Philippe : 999. Destiny, Human : 114-16. Determinants : 490. Determinism : 114. Detroit : History 366. Deuteronomy : 26, 23-25 : Authentic. 118. De\il-lore: 125-6; Christian 116. Dcvonport : Bibliography 319. Devonshire: Anc. Crosses 470; Church Bells 474 ; Birds and Manims. 549 ; Cli- mate 590 ; Dialect 950 ; Flora 528 : Folklore 144 ; Geneal. 479; Mineral. 50S ; Plant Names 519 : Rocks 509 ; Topogr. 319. Devotional Literatiu-e : T02-4 ; Rom.- Cath. 86. Dewey, Dr. O. : 82. Dextrine: Manufacture 631. Diabetes : 569 ; Homoeop. Treatm. 593. Diagnosis: Medio. 564-fi ; Surg. 574. Dialects : Brit. 948-52 ; French,Old 788-9 ; Mod. 989-90; Gerjn. 939-40; Greek Anc. 870-1 : Ital., Anc. 906-7, Mod. 970-1 ; Portug. 974; Provenc. 977 ; Rh;eto-Rom. 973 ; Span. 974. ' Diamond Necklace, Story of the 439. Diamonds : ns objets dc vcrtu 665 ; Geolog. 507 ; Diamond Fld.s. of South Africa 358, of Brazil 372. Diarrhoea : 570 ; Homoeop. 593. ]Jiatoms : 522. Dibdin, Dr. T. F.: 716. Dick, Robert: 628. Dickens, Charles : 723, 716. Dictys and Dares : 739. Ai6a,\Tj Ttx)v 6<u6eKa 'AttootoAu)*/ : 53. Diderot, Denis : 163, 716. Diestenveg, Adolf. ; 283. Diet: 588 ; for Children 583 ; in Gout 571 ; Homreop. 593—r'. also Foods. Diez, Friedrich : 968. Differ. Calculus : 491-2 ; Equations 492. Digamma: 867. Digestive Organs : Diseases 569-70 ; Surg. 579 ; in Children 583 ; Homoeopathy 593- Dilapidations: Law203. Dining and Dinners : Art of 662 ; Cookery 681-2; Room 683. Dinka : Philology 854. Dinocerata: 553. Diocesan Histories : British 59. Diocletian : Persecutions of 49. Diodorus Siculus : 887. Dionysiak Myth: 131. Dionysius Halicarnassns : 887. Diophanlos of Alexandria : 875. Diphtheria : 568 ; Tracheotomy in 576. Directors of Pub. Comps. : Liabil. 195. Discipline : School 302. Discomycetes : 523. Discopliorae: 556. Discoverers : Lives 308-9 ; Afr. 353 ; Amer. 361 ; Austral. 377 ; Polar 381. Discovery, The : Cruise of 381. Discovery: Legal 227 ; Scientif. Philos. of 488. Disease : 564 ; Sex in 564. Disestablishment and Discndou ment : 98. Dislocations: Surgeiy 575. Dispensaries : Medical 591. Disraeli, Benj.—z;. Beaconsficld. ,, Isaac : 717, 716. Dissection : Animal 534; Human 560-1. Dissent and Dissenters : 68-88. Distillation : Alcohol 631 ; Coal Tar 630 ; Vinegar 631. Distress : Law 203, 202, District Visiting: loi. Ditches : Natural History 536. Dits : French 995. Dittes, Friedrich : 283. Divining Rod : 123. Divination : 125. Divinity of Christ: nr. Divorce : Law 205-6 ; Court 222. Doane, Bp. G. W. : 66. Dobell, Sydney: 723. Dock : Engineering 598. Doctors : Lives 558. Documents : Deciphering 259. Doddridge, Dr. P.: 60. Dog : Anecd. 536 ; Breeds, Diseases, etc. 691-2 ; Entozoa 572 ; Law 217. Dogmatic Theology : 109-10. Dolomite Mountains : 339. DolopntJios: 996. Dolphins : 553. Domicile : Law 197. Dominic, St. and Dominican Monks : 54. Domesday Book : 409. Domestic Animals : Anat. and Dis. 533 ; ,, Economy : 680-6. ,, Medicine, Surgery and Hygiene : 592; Homceop. 583. ,, Relations : 197. ,, Servants : 681. Dominoes : Game 70a. Donatello : 656. Doncaster : History and Topogr. 327. Donne, Dean J. : 59. ' Dora, Sister': 94. Dore, Gustavo : 652. Dorians : History 394, 395. Doric : Dialect 871. Dorking : I'opography 325. Dorne, John : 727. Dorsetshire : Birds 549 ; Celtic Renis. 463, 470; Church Plate 665 ; Geol. 509 ; Pedigrees 479 ; Spiders 540 ; Topogr. 319. Dost Mohammed : 344. Dove, River : 695. Down, County : Dial. 952 ; Topogr. 332. Doyle, Richard : 649. Draa Oasis : 355. Dragon-Flies : 541. Dragons : in Mythology 127. Dragoons, ist : History 428. Drainage: Gener. 600 [Law 209]: Farm and Land 615; House 634; j\Iine 641. Drake, Sir P'rancis : 308. Drama : Art 678 [Atnateur 700] ; Hist, of Stage 678-9 ; Lives of Actors [Brit. 679-80, Fch. 679, 731]. Dramatic Literature : History, Brit. 715-6, Fch., Old 997, Mod. 1000 (Gk., Anc. 873, Rom. (Anc.) 909 : Lives—c. Biography, Literary ; Works, Brit. 774-9: Danisli and Norw. 779-80,: Fch., Old 997, Middle looo-i, Mod.' 7S0, Germ. 780, Gk. (Anc.) 880-6, Jtal. 780, Rom. (Anc.) 918-20, Sansc. 823-4, Span. 780 ; ^lystery elc. Plays 781. ,, Singing : 677. Draper : Trade 640. Draughts: Game 700. Dravidian : Philology and Liter. 843-5. Drawing : Art 657 8 ; Architects 670 ; Building 633 ; Carpenters 635 ; Engi- neering 602 ; lustrum. 290 ; Milit. 609 ; Topogr. 600. ,, Room: 683; Amusements 700. Dreams : 79. Dress: Arts 682 ; Fancy 682 ; Hygiene 589 : Making 683—2*. a/so Costume. Drill—V. Gymnasticj. Drink : Hygienic and Medic. Aspects 588; Law 209 ; Temperance and Intemp. 250-1. Drinking Songs : 758. Driving : 6S7. Dropsy : 569. Drowning: Med. Jurisprud. 587. Druggist : Trade 631. Druidism : 133: Churches 464. Drummond, Thos. : 596 ; \Vm. of Haw- thornden : 720. Drury Lane : Theatre 678. Druses : 12, 92. Dryden, John : 720, 716,717 ; Bibliog. 703. Dry-rot in Timber : 523. Dualla: Philology S54; Dublin, City of: Cuthed. 669 ; Topogr. 332 ; Univ. 276. Duck: Alanagemt. 621 ; Nat. Hist. 547; Decoys 6pr. Duelling; History 399. Duff, Rev. Alexander: 93. Dumas, Alexandre : 732. Du Maurier George : 716. Dumb : Education of 300. Dumbartonshire : Topography 329. Dumfries : Topography 329. Duncan, John : 628. Dundee: Topography 330. ., Visct. [Claverhouse] : 432. Dundonald, loth Earl of : 426. Dunfermline : History of 329. ,, Earl of: 432. Dunstan, St. : 408. Duprti, Giovanni: 656. Durand, Maj.-Gen. Sir H. M. : 424. Diirer, Albrecht: 653, 648. Durham : Birds 549 ; Diocesan Hist. 59 ; Flora 52S : Geol. 509 ; Pedigrees 479 ; Registers and Wills 481 ; Topogr. 319. Dutch—7/. Holland. ,, Guiana : Geography, e^c. 373. Duty : Christian 100-1 ; Legal 181 ; Moral 174-5. Dwarfs: Lives 123. Dyaks of Borneo : 349. Dyeing : Art and Trade 632. Dynamics : 493-4. Dynamos : 605-6. Dysmenorrhosa : 582. Dyspepsia : 569-70. Eadie, Dr. J. : 65. Eagles : 551. Ear: Anat. 560; D'.seases 57S ; Homoeop. Treatment 594. Ear-Wigs : 542-3. Earthenware—7>. Pottery. I Earthquakes : 502-3. Earthworms : 539. Easements : Law 213. East Indies—i'. Indies, East. Eastbourne : Flora 528. Eastern : Churches 56-7 [Hj'mns 102] ; Question 344-5. F.astlake, Sir Charles : 650. Ecarte : Game 698. Ecclesiastes: 29, 23-5. Ecclesiastical—v. Cliurch. Ecclesiology : 38. Echinodermata : 538 ; Embryol. 535. Eclectic Philosophers : 160. Eclogues, Collection ; Gk. 875 : Lat. 911. Economic Botany : 614 ; Entomology and Ornithology 614-5. Economy: Domestic 680-6; Political (Natnl.) 233-45 ; Social 246-53. Ecuador : Hepaticae 524 ; Topogr. 373. Eczema : 572. Eddas, The : 942. Edgar Family : 480. Edgeworth, I\Iaria : 721, 717. Edinburgh : Citizens 329 ; Epitaphs 473 ; Geol. 510 ; High School 276 ; History, etc. 270-303; Masonic Lodges 79; Militia, History of 428 ; Stage 679 ; Topography, etc. 329 ; Univ. 276. Edinburgh Reviewers: 717. Editlia, St.: 964. Education : Law 281-2 ; Moral 293 : Musi- cal 675 ; Physical 291-2 ; Theology 95 ; of Voice 677 : of Women 299. Educational Work among Poor ; 300-1. Edward: i., ii., 410-ii ; iii. 411-13; vi.i 413-5 [Puritans under 74] ; the Ulack Prince 412 ; the Confessor 408. ! ,, Thomas : 628. Edwardes, Maj.-Gen. Sir H. : 424. Edwards, Jonathan: 717. Efik Philology : 854. Egerliinder : Dialect 039. Eggs, Birds'—■. Birds. Egypt: Antiq. 467-S ; Art 646, 645 : Cam- paign agst. 427 ; Coins 475 : Coptic Churches 57 : Costume 484 ; Ethnol. 354 ; Fauna [Birds 551, 556] ; Folklore 128 ; as Health Resort 590 ; History, .\nc. 392, Mod. 452] ; Human Cninia 534 ; Irrigat. 601 j Missions 91; Nat. Hist, of Egyptns. 532 ; Pedagogy 272 ; Phallic Worship 127 ; Philol., Inscrs., etc. 798-9 ; Pyramids 467-8 ; Religion, Anc. 9, 7-8, 148, comp. w Xty. 120; Scarabaei 665 ; Soudan (Topogr.) 354 ; Topogr. 353-4, 42. 352. Egyptian : Question 260. Eighty-second Regiment : Hist, of 428. Equity : Law 199. Elasticity: Theory of 492. Elba : Napoleon in Elba 442. Elberfeld : Poor-Law System 249. Eldon, Lord : 422. Elean : Dialect 871 ; Inscr. S70. Eleatic Philosophy : 157. Elections : Agent 199 ; Law 198-9 ; Parlia- mentary Brit. 260, U.S. 263. Electoral System : 255-6. Electric Lighting : 432 ; Law 209. ,, Engineering : 605-6, Electricians : Lives 595-6. F.^lectricity : 495-6 ; Med. and Surg. 565 6 ; Homoeop. 583—v. also Magnetism. Electro-Metallurgy: 643. Electroplating : 637, 628. Electrotherapeutics : 565. Electrotypmg ; 638. Elegiac Poets, Collins : Gk. 876 ; Lat. 911 ; [History 909I. Elephant: Anat. 534 : Fos.sil 553 : Hunt- ing 686-7 • Natural History 553. Elephantiasis: 571. Eleu.sinian Mysteries: 131. Eleutherati : 542. Elgin, Earl of: Mission to China 345. Elginshire : Topography 329. Elijah : 27. Eliot, George : 723-4, 716, 717 ; Rev. Jolin 93 ; Sir J. 416. Elisha : 27. Elizabeth, Queen: 413-5 : Church under 58 ; Engl, in days of 316 ; Puritans under 74 ; Sailors 425, 308. ,, de Valois, Queen of Spain : 450. Elliptic Functions : 492. Ellis, Rev. William : 93. Elocution—I/. Oratory. Elphuistone, Adm. G. K. : 426. ,, Mountstuart : 424. Ely : Cathedral 663. Elzevirs and Elze\ ir Press : 711. Emblems : 104. Embroidery : 683 ; Church 98. Embryology : 533 : of Ctcuophorx 538 ; ilethods of Research 534 ; of Star- fish 538 : Turtle 556. Emerson, R. W. : 729, 715, 716, 717, 728. Emigration : 242. Emin Pacha : 353. Emmanuel, Victor : 446. Emotions and Will : 176 ; Education of 287 ; Expression of 516. Empedocles : 157. Employers' Liability : Law 199. Enamels : 665. Encyclopedias, General : 701. For Special Cyclos., see Subject Headiiigu Endemic Diseases : Locally 566. Energy : Conservation of 493 ; Electric 'I ransmissions of 605. Engadine : Topography 339. Engine : Fire 605 ; Gas 602 : Marine 612 : Steam 604-5. Engineering : Civil 596-600 ; Electrical 605-6 ; Farm 615 ; Field 596 ; Hist, of 595 ; Hydraulic 598 : Marine 612 : Alaterials 596 ; Mechanical 601-5 . Military 609 ; Mining 641 ; Railway 597 : Sanit. 600-1 ; Tramway 597. Engineers : Lives 595-6. England : -Vntiq. 463-4 : Archit. 667-9 •' Bibliogr. 703-5 : Christian Sects 67- 88 ; Co.Tching Tours 687 : Coins 476- 7 : Commerce 264 : Constitution 258- 9: Eccles. Hisl. and Biog. 57-61 : Education 275-7 Faun.i 555 [Birds 548-50, Coleopt. 542, Insect.I 540. (Juadruni. 553, Rept. 546, Spiders 540] : Flora 527-9 (Cryptog, 522-5, Phanerog. 526 : Trees 525]; Folklore 142-5 : (jeogr. and Topogr. 314-27 : Geol. 507-10: GjTJsies 860: Health Resorts 590 ; History 402-28 (Constit. and Polit. Hist. 258-9, Minor Wars 426-7I : Industries 628 ; Jews in 391 ; .XCIU](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21693985_0109.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
