ORNITHOLOGY.- GOULD.- Common Bunting

Handcol. lith. of 'Common Bunting Emberiza miliaria; (Linn.) 'Gors'

London, 1832. - 1837. Folio. Meas. appr. 56 x 37. Handcol. lith. 'Drawn from nature & on stone by J. & E. Gould Printed by C.Hullmandel'. From 'The Birds of Europe'

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BURAT, A.

Cours d'exploitation des mines.

Paris, J.Baudry, 1871. In 2 vols. (1 vol. text in 8vo and 1 atlas volume in 4to.). W. 88 pls., mostly folding. Nice contemp. half green mor., over green marbled brds. (II, 539, 8 pp.). Very good and clean copy. Poggendorff III, 215: The atlas presents the technically best and latest methods of the mining industry, as used in the most important European mines. The plates are of a highly accurate nature.

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Book number: 352

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BURDACH, C.F.- De Foetu.- 1828

De Foetu Hmano adnotationes anatomicae quibus praemissis viro perillustri Samuel Thomae de Soemmering... Accedit Tabulae Aenea.

Lipsiae, Prostat apud Leopoldum Voss, 1828. Folio. W. W. 1 aquatint engr. plate at the end. ['F.W.Linger jun. sc. Berlin 1828']. Early 20th c. cloth brds., upper cover w. part of the original printed cover laid down. [Ex Library, deaccessioned stamps on verso of printed title and idem verso engr. plate.). (Ex bibliotheca Richard Wegner, w. his bookplate on upper paste down.).

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Book number: 11055

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BURDELL, H.& J.

Observations on the structure, physiology, anatomy and diseases of the teeth.

New York, Gould & Newman, 1838. 2 parts in I. w. 8 ills. Gilt cl. (Top of spine dam., upper cover spot.) (96 pp.) Weinberger, 27: Asbell 47 'Note' It is valuable above almost any manual of the kind...' : N.W. University, 19: Crowley 1774: In its original gilt cl. binding.

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Book number: 1590

Keywords: tandheelkunde dentistry medicine Doos6

BURE, Guill. Fr. de

Bibliographie Instructive: ou Traité de la connoissance des livres rares et singuliers. Contenant un catalogue raisonné de la plus grande partie de ces livres précieux, ... depuis l'invention de l'imprimerie,... la maniere de distinguer les Éditions originales, d'avec les contrefaites, avec une description typographique... Volume de Théologie [Belles-Lettres I-II; Histoire I-III].

Paris, Chez Guillaume Francois de Bure le Jeune, Libraire, Quai des Augustins., 1763. - 1765, 1768. In 6 (of 7) vols. 8vo. Fine contemp. full marbled clf., spines elaborately gilttooled. (All edges red.). 6 of the 7 volumes of the main series. 3 suppl. vols. were published up to 1782. Without vol. II, Jurisprudence et sciences et arts (2192 nrs).; Present: Vol. I Theology, 904 items; Vols. 3 and 4 Belles lettres, 4159 items; Vols. 5, 6 & 7 Histoire, 6140 items.;

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BUREAU, Noel.- Circus.-

Cirque. Poèmes en prose et bois gravés précédés d'une préface-parade par Henri Hertz

Paris, Éditions de la Giraffe [sur les presses de Marcel Seheur 24 Avril 1933], 1933. 4to. W. 15 original full page woodcuts by Hertz and a number of small woodcut vignettes and endpieces. Original limp paper covers w. letterpress dustjacket. Text on dustjacket printed in orange brown. (Along the upper front edge of the dustjacket a few small tears / chips.). (38 lvs.). (For the greater part uncut, unopened.). (Lower blank margin of a few lvs. some vague lightbrown spot / foxing, unimportant.). (Limited ediiton). Printed in a limited edition of 140 copies. 60 copies on 'Arches a la Forme' for the subscribers, 20 for the author, 10 for the Press [Totals 90]. A further edition on 'Arches blanc' of 50 copies numbered 91 - 140. This is copy 94: Toole Stott vol. II, 3474: Delannoy, 13:

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Book number: 8132

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BUREAU, Th.

Handboek voor vuurmakers en machinisten, inhoudende de Beschrijving der Fabriekstoomtuigen, hunne Geleiding, hunne Ontstellingen en de Toevallen, waaraan zij onderhevig zijn, ... 2e Uitgaaf. Met 111 figuren, waarvan 72 in den tekst en 5 platen.

Gent, H.Hoste, Boekhandelaar-uitgever, Veldstraat, 43, 1873. 8vo. W. 111 figs. & ills. [of which 72 in the text] & 5 folding tables at the end [3 of which w. a tear on fold, rest.]. Contemp. half brown mor., over marbled brds., spine in compartments, w. title shield, giltlettered. Compartments w. heraldic lily. (Edges of covers rubbed, corners rubbed / dam.). [n2, 1-13 in 8s]. (IV, 207, I (Blank) pp.). (From quire 6 onwards light to sometimes medium yellowing / browning; plates w. foxed spots.). (Bookplate recto half title, of which lower left hand margin partialy removed.). Good copy of this rare manual for 'fire - lighters' and 'engine drivers', w. detailed descriptions of the workings of all sorts of steam engines [for weaving mills, agriculture, mining business, railroads, shipping etc.] and how to maintain them and keep them in good working order. Also the elementary introduction of the physics involved in steam engines. Macines manufactured by Corliss, Inglis and Spencer.

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BURGERS, J.M

Het atoommodel van Rutherford-Bohr.

Haarlem, Loosjes, 1918. 4to. Orig. pr. wrs. bookblock split. (XX, 265 pp.). (Spine damaged.). Thesis of the assistant of Ehrenfest who became prof. of hydro- and aerodynamica at the Technical University Delft

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Book number: 5119

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BURGGRAVE, J.PH.

Burggravens, Dann derer Med. Doct. & Phys. Christoph. le Cerf und Joh. Christian. Senckenbergs daselbst Bedencken, von dem Gehalt und denen Kräften des Fachinger Sauer-Wassers, ohnfern der Stadt Dietz.

No place, no publisher, 1749. Sn 8vo. W. 1 woodc. ill. [a measuring device resembling a thermometer, p. 5 (A3recto).]. 19th c. half cloth over marbled brds. [=protective cover]. Inside the original pamphlet, w. orange paper spine. [A8, B4]. (23, I (blank) pp.). (Some pp. lightly soiled, some yellowing.). Not found in Blake, Duveen, Wellcome;

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BURMANNUS, P.-

Justini historiae Philippicae, Variantes lectiones.

Lugduni Batavorum, S. Luchtmans, 1722. 12mo. Contemp. full panelled clf., elaborately blindtooled. Giltlettered on upper cover 'Scholae Haganae'. Supralibros on both covers [see note below] consisting of 3 handtools: 1. a stork, resting on 2) a small fern, above which 3) a crown enclosed by a 'wiegevoet' or bow . [..]. (a few minor imperf.). (XXVI, 443, LVIII = index pp.). Binding originating from the 1st or 2nd Stadhouderlijke Binderij The Hague. See Storm van Leeuwen, Dutch decorated bookbindings, vol. III.

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Book number: 9909

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BURROWS, G. M.

Commentaries on the causes, forms, symptoms, and treatment, moral and medical of insanity.

London, Underwood, 1828. 8vo. W. 1 fold. table [between p. 512-513]. Contemp. hlf. grey-green lozenge patterned half cl., over black paper brds., spine gilt. [A7, B-Z8, Aa-Yy8, Zz6]. (XIV (of XVI., hlf. title not present), 716 pp.). (Upper inner hinge strenghthened w. Japan paper). (Bookplate on upper paste down: 'Private Library of Dr. S.E.Lawton'). First English edition. Very good copy. Hunter & MacAlpine, pp. 777-783, a.o.pl.: 'Although not a 'System of insanity - a task which no one seems to have accomplished' contemporary reviewers rated it 'the most elaborate and complete treatise...in the English language', it was reprinted in America and translated into German and a second edition was prepared but never finished. The book brought fame and the 'frequent introduction of foreign physicians ...who were commisioned by their respective governments to inspect the hospitals for the insane in Engeland' : Wellcome II, p. 277: Norman Coll., comp. item 379 [discussing Burrows' 'Inquiry' (1820) and the 'Cult of curability' to which Burrows added because of his claims that 80 - 90 % of his mental patients in his private asylum were cured. 'The cult of curabilty was an extreme reaction to the earlier belief that insanity was beyond help. .. it inspired a marked oncrease in the construction of state mental hospitals.':

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Book number: 2089

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CABANIS, P.J.G.

Coup d'Oeil sur les Révolutions et sur la Réforme de la Médecine.

Paris, de l'impr. de Crapelet; Chez Crapart, Caille et Ravier, Libraires, rue Pavée Saint-André-des-Arcs, no 12. An XII - 1804. 8vo. In the original pink plain paper covers, w. the original paper titleshield. Spine some discol. [n6, A - Z8, Aa - Dd8, Ee3]. (XII, 438 pp.). (Uncut., large paper copy). (Some unimportant light foxing.; quire O medium browning.). Very nice original condition. DSB

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Book number: 10193

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CAESAR, Joh. Simon.- Americana.- Pennsylvania.- 1816

Der Geschwinde Intreßen=Rechner, oder die Berechnung der Intreßen von 1 Schilling bis zu 1000 Pfunden, und von 25 Cents bis zu 1000 Thalern, zu 6 pro Cent, von einem Tage bis zum ganzen Jahr.

Reading [Pennsylvania], gedruckt und zu haben bey Johann Ritter und Comp., 1816. 8vo. Original quarter. clf. over marbled brds., covers edges and corners rubbed / bumped, marbled paper partially gone at righthand side of upper cover. Some age darkening. Nice original condition. [n1 [blank], n2,3 [Printed title & preface, recto only], B4 - F4]. (II (blank), III (title and preface), I (blank), XL (Interest tables)pp.). (Paper throughout medium browning and light foxing, as is usual with these booklets; righthand margin a small [35 x 7 mm] lightcol. waterspot, nothing serious or detracting.). Arndt 2184 (w. illustration of titlepage): Curious Americanum printed and published by Ritter of Reading Pennsylvania, offering a conversion table for interest calculations from'Pfunde, Schillinge, Pens' and 'Thaler' to cents at a rate of 6%, for the use of immigrant German settlers. Rare. On verso of printed title the claim laid down by John Simon Caesar to be recognized as the author of this publication, a copy of which deposited 'in this office'. District of Pennsylvania, signed in letterpress at bottom 'D.Caldwell, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania'. The preface by the author consists of a 1 page 'Kurze Anweisung' [short introduction] on how to use the interest calculator and its tables. The example given at the end of the page ['798'] has an error, which is corrected by hand in ink to '698', 6 Pounds, 9 Shillings, 8 pence.

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Book number: 10221

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CAESAR, John Simon.- Americana.- Pennsylvania.- 1816

The Ready Calculator of Interest, or Tables, shewing by inspection the interest of any sum, from 1 Shilling to 1000 Pounds and from 25 Cents to 1000 Dollars, at the rate of 6 Per Cent, For any time, from one Day to one Year.

Reading [Pennsylvania], Printed & Sold by John Ritter & Co., 1816. 8vo. Original quarter. clf. over marbled brds., covers edges and corners rubbed / bumped, marbled paper intact. Some age darkening. Nice original condition. [n1 [blank], (A2)[Printed title & preface, recto only], B4 - F4]. (III (title and preface), I (blank), XL (Interest tables) pp.). (Paper throughout medium browning and medium foxing, as is usual with these booklets.). Arndt 2184 (w. illustration of titlepage): Curious Americanum printed and published by Ritter of Reading Pennsylvania, offering a conversion table for interest calculations from shillings to pounds and cents to dollars at a rate of 6%, for the use of immigrant German settlers. Rare. On verso of printed title the claim laid down by John Simon Caesar to be recognized as the author of this publication, a copy of which deposited 'in this office'. District of Pennsylvania, signed in letterpress at bottom 'D.Caldwell, Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania'. The preface by the author consists of a 1 page 'Short directions' on how to use the interest calculator and its tables.

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Book number: 10374

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CAGLIOSTRO.- (MARCELLO, S.A.).-

Leben und Thaten des Joseph Balsamo, sogenannten Grafen Cagliostro. Nebst einige Nachrichten über die Beschaffenheit und den Zustand der Freymaurersekten. Aus den Akten des 1790. in Rom wider ihn geführten Prozesses gehoben, ...

Zürich, Orell, Gessner u. Füszli u,. Comp., 1791. 8vo. Original paper brds., paper spine label lower part preserved. (XII, 171 pp.). (Some vague waterst.; even light browning). (All edges red.). (libr. stamp and paper collector's ticket 'Carl G. Schmidt in Weipert' on pr. title.). Good original condition. Holzman - Bohatta vol. VI, 6229: VII, 6345: Comp. Rosenthal, 4242: Most part of this biography is dedicated to Cagliostro's freemasonry membership (from p. 54 on).Translated from the proceedings of the 1790 trial against him in Rome.

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