Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co

Date:
1933
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/40/36
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: R Lier & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A SPECIAL DISCOUNT OF 15 °/,. mg 101. REDI, Fr. Esperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali e6 par- ticolarmente a quelle che ci son portate dalle Indie. 3 leaves, 152 pp. With 6 engraved plates. Half vellum. Florence, 1686. Frs. 24. — Gamba, 816. Very interesting treatise of this celebrated naturalist, dealing especially with exotic plants. The plates represent the peppertree, vanilla, Chinachina, etc. - 102. REDI, Fr. (Collected works). Opere. 6 volumes. With 33 interesting copper-plates. 4to, Orig. boards. Naples, 1740-42. Frs. 75. — Gamba 836. Brunet IV, 1174. — Valuable edition of the collected works of this great scien- tist. Contains: Esperienze intorno alla generazione degl’insetti. Osservazioni intorno agli animali . viventi, che si trovano negli animali viventi. LEsperienze intorno a diverse cose naturali. Osserva- es _ zioni intorno alle vipere. Lettera intorno all’invenzione degli occhiali. Etc. Etc. — Two volumes ti waterstained, some wormholes. . 103. (RICETTARIO FOR POOR PEOPLE). Colleta de molte nobilis- sime ricette tratte da diversi eccellentissimi medici.... a comodita di poveri. | 4 leaves. With a nice and interesting woodcut border showing musical instru- ae ments and fauns. 16mo. Boards. No place, but Italy, about 15380. Frs. 42. — Rare like all the early editions of the popular collections of recipes. We mention: A cacciar via i calli delli piedi (against corns), per la milza, per far orinare, a uno che ayesse tosse (cough), a chi avesse turba la vista (eye-diseases), some recipes for women-diseases, etc. — The border very slightly shaved at the exterior margin. 104. RIOLAN, J. (the Younger). Schola anatomica novis et raris obser- vationibus illustrata. Adiuncta foetus humani historia, 3 leaves, 396 pp. Small 8vo. Vellum. Geneva, 1624. Frs. 30. — ‘* Riolan made many additions to anatomical knowledge ’’ (Singer). 105. ROSELLIUS, C. Thesaurus artificiosae memoriae, concionatoribus, philosophis, medicis perutilis. 16 leaves, 145 pp., 1 leaf. With abouth 25 full- page woodcuts mostly relating to mnemotechnics, and five woodcuts illustra- 2 ting the deaf-and-dumb-alphabet, one large folding plate and several smaller 9% woodcuts. 4to. Original vellum. Venice, 1579. Frs. 75. — a It is of a singular interest that this book contains five full-page woodcuts showing figures of b the deaf-and dumb alphabet. — Partly browned. ‘Two blank pieces of the title-page repaired. b Me ne Se Pe en % -— oC? ae 1 '? 2 3 106. ROSTINI, P. Trattato del mal francese, nel quale si discorre so- pra 234 sorti di esso male. 87 leaves. 8vo. Modern half vellum. Venice, 1559. Frs, 48. — Brunet IV, 1410. Proksch I, 101, (under Brassavola). Scarce and extensive book on syphilis, containing several allusions to America. Enumerates 234 cases of syphilis. 107. ROUSSET, Fr. Ysterotomokia. Opera C. Bauhini latine reddita. q Adiecta est J. Albosii Lithopaedii per annos XXIIX in utero contenti, historia. F 8 leaves, 272 pp., 3 leaves. With the large folding woodcut plate of em- bryological interest. 8vo. Half vellum. Basel, 1588. Frs. 165. — Very rare first Latin edition of the first important work on the Caesarean section, . Complete copies, as ours, with the appendix of Albosius and with the folding plate, are very rare. i Rousset was amongst the first to practise abdominal surgery and performed 15 Caesarean sections . successfully. Albosius’ treatise at the end describes a strange case of a petrified embryo. — Our § copy of this precious work is a very fine one. The very few extant copies of this book usually are in bad conditions. 4 s s s = 4 108. RUYSCH, Fr. Observationum anatomico-chirurgicarum centu- ' ria. Acc. Catalogus rariorum quae in museo Ruyschiano osservantur. Two parts. 8 leaves, 138 pp., 2 leaves, 120 pp. With 40 copperplates in the first part and 6 in the second, Amsterdam, 1691. — Thesaurus anatomicus I, II, a III, LV. 4 leaves, 62 pp., 1 leaf, 2 leaves, 98 pp., 2 leaves, 70 pp., 1 leaf, - 55 pp. With 13 copperplates. Amsterdam, 1701-04. Two different works bound _ -—— together. 4to. Original boards. Frs. 38. — PRICES IN SWISS FRANCS INCLUDING ALL INCIDENTAL EXPORT EXPENSES. 18) Sins
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