BRANDES, H.W.

Lehrbuch der höhern Geometrie, in analytischer Darstellung.

Leipzig, Kummer, 1822. - 1824. 4to. In 2 vols. W. 16 fold. engr. pls. Contemp. dark paste paper brds., w. paper spine labels. (1 volume overall outer hinges and edges rubbed; the 2nd volume less so.). (VIII, 336; XII, 364, II pp.). DSB vol. II, 420 - 421: Poggendorff vol. I, pp. 277 - 278: Brandes (1777 - 1834) was professor of physics and mathematics. His books were widely read.: Comp. Houzeau & Lancaster: Comp. Pannekoek, pp. 419 - 421: He is best remembered for his studies of Meteors.

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Book number: 906

Keywords: 19th c comets stars astronomy analytical geometry W67

BRANDT, Caspar

Historie van het leeven des Heeren Huig de Groot, beschreven tot den aanvang van zyn Gezantschap wegens de Koninginne en Kroone van Zweden aan 't Hof van Vrankryk: ... En vervolgt tot zyn doodt door Adriaan van Cattenburgh. Met een Aanhangsel der zelve Historie, & c. Tweede druk.

Dordrecht, Amsterdam, Joannes van Braam, Adriaan Wor, en de erve van Gerard Onder de Linden, 1732. Folio. W. engr. front. title, identical engr. vignettes on both printed titles ['A. Zeeman fecit 1724'], engr. full page dedication ['J.C.Philips inv. et fecit 1727'], fine engr. portrait ['door J. Houbraken naar 't Origineel van M. Mierevelt...'] of Hugo de Groot, 1 engr. portr of Maria Reigersbergen by the same, 1 engr full page plate of de Groot's tomb ['R.Verhulst inv. J.C.Philips fecit.'],3 engr. textill. [p. 15, depicting de Groot age 15 by De Gheyn; p. 417-418 medallions; ]. Contemp. full dutch blindst. vellum, title in ink on spine. Some unimportant surface soiling to edges and lower cover. [*1-*5 in 2, A-Z4, 2A-2Z4, 3A-3L4 [+3L4], X1, A-Z4, 2A-2Z4, 3A-3K4, 3L3; a-i4, k1, a2-f2, g1]]. (XXVIII [incl. engr. pls./portr. etc.], 456, II [half title, verso blank], II [same half title, verso blank], II [printed title 'Vervolg'], 454, (1-2), 3-74, XXVI [index] pp.). (Last part a number of lvs. a small vague watersp. to blank margin, nothing serious.). A very good copy.

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Book number: 8632

ORDONNANTIE Op 't stuck van den Brandt

Ordonnantie by Burgermeesteren ende vroedschap der Stadt Utrecht gemaeckt Op 't stuck van den Brandt.

Utrecht, Gepubliceert van den Stadt-huyse, 1663. W. engr. titlepage. Pamphlet, unbound. (18 pp.). Rules and regulations for the Utrecht fire brigade. Rare 17th c. ordinance

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BRANGWYN, Frank.- Old man with satchel.- Engrs.-

Small engraving of an old, bearded man carrying a satchel on his back

Etching. end of the 19th, beginning of 20th century. Meas. appr. 6 x 7 cm engraved surface on the full sheet. Good clear plate marks with very ample margins. Thieme Becker vol. IV, pp. 538 - 539: Brangwyn, Sir Frank, born in Brssels 1867, died Ditchling 1956. Cooperated with William Morris, designing tapestries. Influenced by De Groux and Millet.

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Book number: 9024

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BRAUN, Werner von.- Rocketry.- Portrait.- signed dedication

Fine original portrait photograph of Werner von Braun w. autopgraph dedication and signature at top left. Dedicated to Thomas Betz.

No date [appr. 1960 - 1970?]. Original black & white portrait photograph meas. appr. 20.5 x 26.6 cm. Upper lefthand corner w. 4 line dedication in ink and signed by von Braun 'To / Thomas Betz / Sincerely - / Werner von Braun/ The photograph taken w. Werner von Braun in front of a model [Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville Ala[bama], quasi demonstrating the model of the earth's globe. In the background 2 framed pictures of rocket launches. The location of the museum where von Braun is posing for this picture is undoubtedly the Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama, location of the George Marshall Space Flight Center, so named in 1960 and in fact the beginning of NASA. Von Braun and appr. 100 of his rocket scientists struck a deal with the Americans towards the end of the Second World War. They had been working on the V2 rocket in Peenemuende and in september 1945 were given every opportunity to continue their research and development, first at Fort Bliss Texas and from 1950 onwards in Redstone, Alabama. January 31st 1958 Von Braun was responsible for the launch of America's first satelite from Huntsville, the "Explorer I". Von Braun became director of GMSFC in 1960 and remained there until 1970. The photograph taken in this period. Thomas Betz not identified [yet].

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Book number: 10368

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BRAUNE, W. & O.FISCHER

Die Bewegungen des Kniegelenks nach einer neuen Methode am lebenden Menschen gemessen.

Leipzig, S. Hirzel, 1891. W. 19 pls. and 16 ills. Pr.wr., dam. & chipped. (IV, 76 pp.) uncut, unopened. (Abh. math.-phys. Cl.Kon.Sächs.Ges.d. Wiss. Vol. 17,part 12). G&M 637: "Investigation of the mechanics of motion on mathematical lines": Not in Winnett Orr.

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Book number: 6389

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BRAUNE, Wilhelm

Topographisch-Anatomischer Atlas nach durchschnitten an gefrornen Cadavern.

Leipzig, Verlag von Veit & Comp., 1875. large in 4to. W. 31 black and white (photo) lithogr. pls. & 50 woodcuts in the text. Original pr. wrs., clothbacked spine. (218, II pp.). (Uncut.). A reprinted version in a smaller size of the famous 1872 atlas. Comp. G&M 424 (on the first ed. 1872) : 'Fine illustrations of frozen sections.': Hirsch vol. I, p. 685: Braune (1831 - 1892) was professor of topographical anatomy at Leipzig.': Comp. Choulant, p. 409: 'A classic work, representing sections of the male and female body in three planes, from preparations made with a special freezing mixture of Braune's invention. The drawings were first made on tracing paper over a thin layer of ice covering delineated structures.': Bedford library, 854 note. Very good copy.

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Book number: 1034

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BRAVO, FR.- Fr. GUERRA [ed. & Commentary].-

Opera Medicinalia. (Mexico, P. Ocharte, 1570). W. ill. Added a commentary booklet with a biographical and bibliographical introduction by Fr. Guerra. Reprinted by photo-lithography by Warren & son.

London, Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1970. 8vo. In 2 vols. in vellum slipcase (bindings by Zaehnsdorf Ltd.). The commentary volume by Francisco Guerra, contains 8 pls. (The edition is limited to 250 copies of which this is nr. 26, numbered in ink on verso of the printed title of the commentary volume.). G&M 5372: '....the first medical book published in the New World, it includes references to native drugs and to parturation and its complication. Original description of tabardillo (Spanish or Mexican typhus.)' Price, Wellcome, Americana M. 24. 'The work contains four occasional essays on typhys, venesection in pleurisy, the doctrine of critical day and the nature of sarsaparilla. The extremely crude woodcuts are said to be the first medical illustrations published in America. Reprint in 250 copies only. Hand-made paper made at Hayle Mill, Maidstone, Kent, by Barcham Green Ltd.

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Book number: 4247

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BREASTED, J.H.- Edwin Smith Papyrus

Edwin Smith Surgical Papyrus. Published in facsimile and hieroglyphic transliteration with translation and commentary by James Henry Breasted in 2 vols. Vol. I Hieroglyphic transliteration and commentary. Vol. II (Atlas) Facsimile plates and line for line hieroglyphic transliteration.

Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 1930. In 2 vols. Textvol. in large 4to. W. 8 pls. Atlasvol. in Folio. W. 22 facs. pls. on the left and 22 plates of transliteration in red and black to the right , partly fold.). Original 'two tone' (a dark and a light shade of brown) cloth, giltlettered spines. (XXIV, 596, 8 pls.; XIII introductory text, I (blank), I (title), I (blank) followed by 44 pls. numbered 1 - 22 & 1a - 22a). A very good copy: G&M 5547: 'Edwin Smith, pioneer Egyptologist, purchased at Luxor in 1862 the papyrus which bears his name. It is now in the possession of the New York Historical Society. The original text was written about 3000 B.C. and the present manuscript is a copy dating about 1600 B.C. It is the oldest known surgical treatise and consists entirely of case reports; it describes 47 different cases of injuries and afflictions of the head, nose and mouth, together with methods of bandaging.': Winnett Orr, 166:

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Book number: 6378

Keywords: classical paleopathology paleoanthropology anatomy egyptology hieroglyphics Medicine Egypt mummies studies surgery Z25folio

BREDA, J.G.S. van

Oratio. De educatione vere liberali, et historiae naturalis studio, inprisis ad illam conducente.

Leeuwarden, J.W. Brouwer, 1818. 4to. Very nice dissertation or oration binding in contemp. long grained red mor., spine gilt. Covers double giltruled border, 1 single line, 1 dotted line. Edges of covers gilttooled w. leaf ornaments [n2, A-F4 (F2,3,4 blank)]. (E3 signed on verso E2). (IV, 41, VII (blank) pp.). (All edges gilt.). (2 libr. st. on printed title. Ex Bibliotheca KB Den Haag 'verwijderd' / deaccessioned). B.d.H. 40: NNBW, I, 457/8: v. Breda laid the scientific foundation for the geological knowledge of the ancient Netherlands, proving, that our diluvium was not only of Scandinavian origin. He was professor of botany, chemistry and pharmacy at the university of Franeker from October 1816 onwards.: DMB, c 246 - 248: The above oration was van Breda's inaugural address at the Franeker Athenaeum. He married Frederica Camper, daughter of Gilles Camper [son of Petrus Camper]. He was appointed professor of botany, zoology and comparartive anatomy in Ghent in 1822, professor of Geology at Leiden 1831, moved to Haarlem in 1839. Successor of van Marum as secretary of the HMW ['Hollandsche Mij. der Wetenschappen'] and director of Teyler's in 1839. 'According to his biographer Matthes he laid the scientific foundation for the geological knowledge of the Netherlands in old time... Prominent foreign scientists, such as Humboldt and Cuvier, were [among] his correspondents and friends.': Van Breda edited Linnaeus's 'Philosophia Botanica' in the 1820ties.

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BREETVELT, Dolf.- Abstracte compositie

Compositie. Overwegend bruin, rood-bruin, aarde kleuren, met een paar lichte toetsen in rood, geel, wit.

Ca. 1955- 1958? Abstracte compositie, olieverf op doek, gesigneerd r.o. 'Breetvelt'. In oorspronkelijke eenvoudige blank houten omlijsting. Afmetingen doek 60 x 50 cm. Dolf Breetvelt [1892 - 1975] heeft zijn opleiding gehad aan de Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten in Den Haag. Breetvelt werkte als tekenleraar in Nederlands Indië, waar hij vanaf 1920 woonde. Na zijn terugkeer in Nederland in 1938 en na de oorlogstijd werd hij lid van 'Vrij Beelden' in 1949 en legde zich toe op abstract werk. Groepstentoonstellingen in Fodor en een belangrijk lid van de Amsterdamse kunstwereld. Solo tentoonstelling in 1963 in Fodor. Zie o.a. Rob Delvigne's 'Dolf Breetvelt, modernist in Indië en Nederland'

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Book number: 12324

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BRESCHET, G.

Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques de l'organe de l 'ouie et sur l'audition, dans l'homme et les animaux vertébrés. ... Deuxième édition, à laquelle on a ajouté l 'histoire du plexus nerveux du tympan. Avec treize planches gravees.

Paris [and London], J.B. Baillière, Libraire de l'académie Royale de Médecine, rue de l'école de médecine, Londres, Même Maison, 219, Regent Street, 1836. 4to. W. 13 engr. (pl. 4 a mezzotint engr.) pls. (of which 6 fold.). ['Chazal Del. P. Duménil Direxit' & 'Dessiné par Jos. Dinkel, Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu' & 'Dessiné par Chazal Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu']. In a contemp. hlf. brown mor., over marbled brds., spine ends, corners and edges some light rubb.). Hh - ....]. ]. (229) - 523, I (blank) pp.). (First and last few lvs. some scattered foxing, also in a few of the plates, pp. 267 - 277 more visible.). (Offprint / periodical publication?). A good copy. Guyot & Guyot, Liste Litt. philocophe, pp. 286 & 400: DSB vol. II, pp. 442 - 443: 'His great and methodical capacity for work was particularly applied to the study of human anatomy, comparative anatomy, and the natural sciences. ... Breschet became known through his work on the veins of the spine and the human skull, his contributions to the knowledge of the auditory system in vertebrates, and his knowledge of the arterial plexuses of the Cetacea, showing their adaptation for diving ...': Pappas, D., 'Otology's great moments, p. 25 - 25, and ill. 45: 'Anatomical studies were undertaken and developed in all parts of Europe. A few decades after the completion of Scarpa's work on the labyrinth, it was elaborated upon and surpassed by Breschet, who originated such terms as helicotrema and octoconia.': Politzer, History of Otology, vol. I, pp. 225 - 227: 'Gilbert Breschet (1784 [=1783] - 1845), who succeeded Cruveilhier as professor of Anatomy in Paris, ... He advanced the knowledge of the morphology of the membranous labyrinth significantly . Breschet's accurate description of the shape and relative location of the elliptical and round sacs (utricle and saccule) ... surpasses that of Scarpa. Breschet also deserves credit for the introduction of a uniform rational nomenclature of the individual labyrinthine structures.':

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BRESCHET, G.

Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur l'organe de l'ouïe des poissons. B.u.w. 2) IDEM, Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques sur l'organe de l'audition chez les Oiseaux, ... B.u.w. 3) IDEM, Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques de l'organe de l 'ouie et sur l'audition, dans l'homme et les animaux vertébrés. ... Deuxième édition, à laquelle on a ajouté l 'histoire du plexus nerveux du tympan. Avec treize planches gravees.

Paris, Paris [and London], Imprimerie Royale; J.B. Baillière, Libraire de l'académie Royale de Médecine, rue de l'école de médecine, Londres, Même Maison, 219, Regent Street, 1838. - 1836, 1836. 4to. [appr. 20 x 25 cm]. [ad 2 small 4to, meas. 16 x 24 cm; uncut]. 3 parts in 1 vol. Ad 1) w. 17 (fold.) lith. pls. [unsigned]. Ad 2) w. 8 (fold.) lith. pls. ['A.Chazal del. Lith. de C.Adrien. E. de Laplante Lapide inc']. Ad 3) w. 13 engr. (pl. 4 a mezzotint engr.) pls. (of which 6 fold.). ['Chazal Del. P. Duménil Direxit' & 'Dessiné par Jos. Dinkel, Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu' & 'Dessiné par Chazal Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu']. 19th c. half brown mor., over marbled brds., spine gilt. [n1, 1 - 16 in 4s, 17 in 2]. [n2, 1 - 3 in 8s, 4 in 4, X1]. [n2, 1 - 37 in 4s]. ]. (II, VI, 126 pp.). (IV, 58, II (blank) pp.). (IV, 295, I (contents) pp.). (Bookplate on upper paste down 'Otto Oren Fisher'; autograph inscr. in ink by former owner R. Quain on verso first free endp.; w. his signature in ink on the first printed tile.). (Text and pls. some light occasional foxing.). A very good copy containing all three important papers by Breschet on the auditory organs in fishes, birds and man / vertebrates. Guyot & Guyot, Liste Litt. philocophe, pp. 286 & 400: DSB vol. II, pp. 442 - 443: 'His great and methodical capacity for work was particularly applied to the study of human anatomy, comparative anatomy, and the natural sciences. ... Breschet became known through his work on the veins of the spine and the human skull, his contributions to the knowledge of the auditory system in vertebrates, and his knowledge of the arterial plexuses of the Cetacea, showing their adaptation for diving ...': Pappas, D., 'Otology's great moments, p. 25 - 25, and ill. 45: 'Anatomical studies were undertaken and developed in all parts of Europe. A few decades after the completion of Scarpa's work on the labyrinth, it was elaborated upon and surpassed by Breschet, who originated such terms as helicotrema and octoconia.': Politzer, History of Otology, vol. I, pp. 225 - 227: 'Gilbert Breschet (1784 [=1783] - 1845), who succeeded Cruveilhier as professor of Anatomy in Paris, ... He advanced the knowledge of the morphology of the membranous labyrinth significantly . Breschet's accurate description of the shape and relative location of the elliptical and round sacs (utricle and saccule) ... surpasses that of Scarpa. Breschet also deserves credit for the introduction of a uniform rational nomenclature of the individual labyrinthine structures.':

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BRESCHET, G.

Recherches anatomiques et physiologiques de l'organe de l 'ouie et sur l'audition, dans l'homme et les animaux vertébrés. ... Deuxième édition, à laquelle on a ajouté l 'histoire du plexus nerveux du tympan. Avec treize planches gravees.

Paris [and London], J.B. Baillière, Libraire de l'académie Royale de Médecine, rue de l'école de médecine, Londres, Même Maison, 219, Regent Street, 1836. 4to. W. 13 engr. (pl. 4 a mezzotint engr.) pls. (of which 6 fold.). ['Chazal Del. P. Duménil Direxit' & 'Dessiné par Jos. Dinkel, Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu' & 'Dessiné par Chazal Gravé par Ambroise Tardieu']. In a late 20th c. red cloth, spine w. black titleshield, giltlett. (The original pink printed wrs. bound in; upper wrapper some surface soiling.). [n2, 1 - 37 in 4s]. ]. (IV, 295, I (contents) pp.). A very good copy on excellent quality paper. Original printed wrappers preserved.Guyot & Guyot, Liste Litt. philocophe, pp. 286 & 400: DSB vol. II, pp. 442 - 443: 'His great and methodical capacity for work was particularly applied to the study of human anatomy, comparative anatomy, and the natural sciences. ... Breschet became known through his work on the veins of the spine and the human skull, his contributions to the knowledge of the auditory system in vertebrates, and his knowledge of the arterial plexuses of the Cetacea, showing their adaptation for diving ...': Pappas, D., 'Otology's great moments, p. 25 - 25, and ill. 45: 'Anatomical studies were undertaken and developed in all parts of Europe. A few decades after the completion of Scarpa's work on the labyrinth, it was elaborated upon and surpassed by Breschet, who originated such terms as helicotrema and octoconia.': Politzer, History of Otology, vol. I, pp. 225 - 227: 'Gilbert Breschet (1784 [=1783] - 1845), who succeeded Cruveilhier as professor of Anatomy in Paris, ... He advanced the knowledge of the morphology of the membranous labyrinth significantly . Breschet's accurate description of the shape and relative location of the elliptical and round sacs (utricle and saccule) ... surpasses that of Scarpa. Breschet also deserves credit for the introduction of a uniform rational nomenclature of the individual labyrinthine structures.':

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Book number: 9111

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BRESMAL, J.F.,

Description ou analise des eaux minérales ferrugineuses de la Fontaine de S. Gille proche...de Tongre.

Liège, J.-L. de Milst, 1701. 12vo. 18th cent. marbled wrs. (XX, 78, X pp.). Covers sl. dam. In the first of his 'discours IV' Bresmal puts forward and defends his theory that the mineral waters mentioned by Pliny were in fact the waters at Tongres. A translation of the latin version which had been published a year earlier (Leodii, De Milst, 1700).

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Book number: 3998

Keywords: chemistry water medicine spas balneology balneotherapie badkultuur W57