[Rarebooks] FA: Uncommon 18th-19th Century SCIENCE, MEDICINE, NATURAL HISTORY, etc.

Tue May 8 13:22:09 EDT 2007

On eBay this week, some uncommon books, mostly 18th and 19th century, 
relating to Science, Medicine, Natural History and other subjects. No 
reserves, low opening bids, ending Sunday, May 13. They can be found at 
the URL below or by searching under the seller name arch_in_la.

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZarchQ5finQ5fla

Many thanks,
Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A.

John Quincy: LEXICON PHYSICO-MEDICUM : or, A New Medicinal Dictionary; 
Explaining the Difficult Terms used in the several Branches of the 
Profession, and in such Parts of Natural Philosophy as are introductory 
thereto : with An Account of the Things Signified by such Terms... 
London: Printed for T. Longman, 1743...

WATER CURES - CARLSBAD Karlovy Vary SPA - 1648 - Rare
J.S. Strobelberger: Doctor Johann Stephan Strobelbergers Kaiserlichen 
Bad-Medici, &c. Kurtze Instruction und Bad Regiment. Wie das Käiser 
Carls Bad sampt guter Diaet zu gebrauchen. Nurnberg: Jeremia Dumlern, 
1648. A pioneering work promoting the water cure at the famous Bohemian 
spa of Carlsbad... A very nice copy indeed of an extremely uncommon, if 
not downright rare, title: a search of OCLC WorldCat finds only one 
copy in any library....

GEORGIUS AGRICOLA Herbert Hoover DE RE METALLICA - 1912 First Edition
Georgius Agricola [Herbert Hoover, translator]: DE RE METALLICA : 
Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 : with Biographical 
Introduction, Annotations and Appendices upon the Development of Mining 
Methods, Metallurgical Processes, Geology, Mineralogy & Mining Law, 
from the earliest times to the 16th Century. By Herbert Clark Hoover... 
and Lou Henry Hoover... London : Published for the Translators by the 
Mining Magazine, 1912. First Edition. Profusely illustrated with 
woodcuts throughout, many full-page, one folding... A Renaissance 
classic of mining, metallurgy, and technology, first published in 1556, 
which for 200 years remained the bible on the subject, here transformed 
into a modern classic by the Hoovers' skillful translation — the first 
into English — and their voluminous notes and appendices...

Rare Legal Title - 	SCANDALOUS DIVORCE TRIAL - Early Soft Porn Classic
The Case of Impotency Debated, in the late Famous Tryal at Paris; 
Between the Marquis de Gesvres, (son to the Duke de Tresmes, present 
Governor of Paris) and Mademoiselle de Mascranny his Lady, who, after 
three Years Marriage, commenc'd a Suit against him for Impotency... 
London, Printed for E. Curll, at the Dial and Bible against St. 
Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street, 1714. First Edition. Volume I (of II) 
only. The first volume of the first edition of the first great 
commercial success of Edmund Curll, the "Unspeakable Curll," Grub 
Street publisher, scandal peddler, copyright pirate, forger and 
pornographer...

SIR JOSEPH BANKS - Peter Pindar - THOMAS ROWLANDSON
Peter Pindar [John Wolcot:] Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of 
Morocco. A Tale. London : Printed for G. Kearsley, at Johnson’s Head, 
no. 46, Fleet Street, 1788. With a frontispiece by Thomas Rowlandson...

R[ichard] Turner: An Easy Introduction to the Arts and Sciences : Being 
a Short, but Comprehensive System of Useful and Polite Learning. 
Divided into Lessons. Illustrated with Cuts, and adapted to the Use of 
Schools and Academies... The Third Edition. With considerable Additions 
and Improvements; particularly an Abridgement of Natural History, with 
upwards of twenty new Cuts; Sequel of Physics, or Natural Philosophy; 
the present State of Electricity, &c. &c. London: S. Crowder, 1791. 
Illustrated with 8 hand-colored plates and numerous woodcuts in the 
text...

Dunglison NEW REMEDIES & Parker SYPHILITIC DISEASES 1839
Robley Dunglison: New Remedies : The Method of Preparing and 
Administering Them; Their Effects on the Healthy and Diseased Economy, 
&c. [BOUND WITH:] Langston Parker: The Modern Treatment of Syphilitic 
Diseases, both Primary and Secondary. Comprising an Account of the New 
Remedies, with Numerous Formulae, for their Preparation, and Mode of 
Administration. Philadelphia: Adam Waldie, 1840. First Am. Edition...

GORDON'S SALLUST [Sallustius Crispus] 1744
The Works of Sallust, Translated into English. With Political 
Discourses upon that Author. To which is added, a Translation of 
Cicero's Four Orations against Catiline. [Translated by Thomas Gordon]. 
Printed in London for T. Woodward, and J. Peele, sold by J. Osborn at 
the Golden Bell in Pater-noster Row, 1744. First Edition. A handsome, 
fresh copy...

Hermanni Witsii [Hermann Witsius:] AEGYPTIACA, ET DEKAPHYLON. Sive, de 
Aegyptiacorum Sacrorum cum Hebraicis collatione Libri Tres. Et de Decem 
Tribubus Israelis Liber Singularis. Accessit Diatribe de Legione 
Fulminatrice Christianorum, sub Imperatore Marco Aurelio Antonino. 
[Bound with:] MELETEMATA LEIDENSIA. Quibus continentur Prælectiones De 
Vita Et Rebus Gestis Pauli Apostoli. Nec non Dissertationum 
Exegeticarum. Duodecas. Denique Commentarius In Epistolam Judæ 
Apostoli. Basileae [Basel]: Rudolphum Im-Hoff, 1739. Full period vellum 
stamped in blind; title in contemporary hand on spine; title-pages 
printed in red and black; wood-engraved vignettes, head- and 
tail-pieces....

1838 RIDING & SIDE-SADDLE TITLE - Scarce
The Young Lady's Equestrian Manual. London: Whitehead, 1838.  First 
edition in book form... The original 1838 edition, not the facsimile 
edition published in 2000. Very uncommon: we find no copies available 
in any online bookseller databank and a WorldCat search turns up only 
six copies in libraries in the U.S...

and more...