ARNTZENIUS, P.N.- POLARI CASE.-

Procès de Constant Polari, condamné le 8 mars 1834, par la Cour d'Assises de la Hollande, (partie méridionale) pour cause de vol des diamans et joyeux de S.A. et R. Madame la Princesse d'Orange... Première [seconde] partie... AND 2) Idem, Procès de Constant Polari...

La Haye et Bruxelles, Libr. éd., lithographe, fondeur en caractères Th. Lejeune, 1835. Thick 8vo. 2 parts in 1 vol. Vol. I w. engr. portr., vol. II w. fold. lith. view of the Royal Palace. Cont. hlf. dark green mor. over pebbled cloth brds., spine giltruled w. single lines, title giltlettered. (Corners some rubb.). (IV, 628, XII pp.). (Both printed titles in the center a name in ink cut out, leaving a rectangular opening in the paper meas. appr. 1 cm x 7.5 cm.; Throughout occasional light browning and foxing.). (pp. 471 - 555 a faint watersp. lower blank righthand corner.). A survey of all legal documents, beginning with the indictment of 32 pages by Junius van Hemert, 'Avocat-Général', pertaining to the case of Constant Polari, also known as 'Carara', aged 53, born in Wicq (Switzerland), who was accused of stealing a large number of diamonds, pearls and other precious stones from the palace at Bruxelles, on the night of 25 - 26 september 1829. A survey of all process documents, including the indictment, a survey of the stolen pieces, all legal letters to and from legal council, all interrogations, the sentencing and verdict. Polari was found guilty of the crime and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment, he was also publicly displayed and humiliated for the duration of half an hour, having to carry a sign around his neck stating the crime.

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Keywords: criminology criminal law History Dutch gems bdrb

WOODCUTS.- Rumanian Folk Art.-

Rumanian Folk Art. A collection of 18 20th century original woodblock prints.

No place, no publisher. no date (ab. ??). Folio. W. 18 original woodcuts from the original blocks. In half cloth album. The 18 woodblock prints are mostly of a religious nature, one Hebrew. Printed in a very small number of copies.

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ASTRUC, J.

L'Art d'accoucher réduit à ses principes, où l'on expose les pratiques les plus sûres et les usitées dans les différentes espèces d'accouchements.

Paris, P.G. Cavelier, 1766. 8vo. Contemp. clf, edges rubb., corners sl.worn. (LXXXVIII, 356 pp.). (Lower inner hinge splitting.). Pogg.I, 71: Hirsch I, 230/1: Bayle &Thill.II, 215/20: Fassbender 315: Important work for its historical introduction. First edition.

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Book number: 2264

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ASTRUC, J.

L'art d'accoucher réduit à ses principes.

Paris, P. Cavelier, 1771. Hlf. clf. (old style. spine label present).(XL, 312 pp.). (wormholed extens. at the beg. and the end). The author publ. 1761/5 this most authoritative gynaecologic work of the 18th cent. Comp. G&M 6019

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Book number: 2267

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ASTRUC, J.

Tractatus Pathologicus.

Genevae, Apud Haer. Cramer & Fratres Philibert, 1743. Sm 8vo. W. small woodc. printer's device on title. W. woodc. head- and tailpiece. Contemp. full mottl. clf., spine elaborate floral gilttooling, title shield gone, but unobtrusive. (Slight rubbing of corners.; lower cover some abrasions of leather.). [*4, A-O8, P4]. (VIII, 232 pp.). (All edges red.). (Fine original marbled endp.). (W. green silken reading ribbon.). Astruc's course on pathology printed in the year that '... he was elected regent doctor of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, the first time that this exceptional honour was awarded to a doctor from a provincial medical school...' [see DSB vol. I, p. 322]: A very good copy. DSB vol. I, pp. 322 - 324: 'Astruc was a born teacher, extremely methodical and clear in his instruction. In a series of courses lasting six years he covered all phases of medicine: anatomy, physiology, psychology, gerontology, pathology, therapy, venereology, gynecology, neurology and pediatrics. ... highly appreciated courses... His place in the history of medicine was somewhat behind Haller, Morgagni and Boerhaave, rather than ahead of them.': Mettler, p. 253 a.o.pl.: Bayle & Thillaye, vol. II, pp. 215 - 220: Blake p. 22: Long, pp. 65 - 66: 'A celebrated Montpellier graduate, J.Astruc (1684 - 1766), professor of anatomy in Paris and later personal physician to Kings of France and Poland, wrote important treatises on tumours and venereal diseases, as well as 'Tractatus Pathologicus', with miscellaneous observations, and a book on diseases of women.':

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ASTRUC, J.

Traité des maladies des femmes..

Paris, Chez P. Guillaume Cavelier, 1761. Sm 8vo. 4 parts. in 2 vols. [of 6 parts in 3 vols., parts 5 & 6 missing.) W. small woodc. printer's device on title. W. woodc. head- and tailpiece. Contemp. full mottl. clf., spine elaborate floral gilttooling. [...]. (...pp.). collation on request. DSB vol. I, pp. 322 - 324: 'Astruc was a born teacher, extremely methodical and clear in his instruction. In a series of courses lasting six years he covered all phases of medicine: anatomy, physiology, psychology, gerontology, pathology, therapy, venereology, gynecology, neurology and pediatrics. ... highly appreciated courses... His place in the history of medicine was somewhat behind Haller, Morgagni and Boerhaave, rather than ahead of them.': Mettler, p. 253 a.o.pl.: Bayle & Thillaye, vol. II, pp. 215 - 220: Blake p. 22: Long, pp. 65 - 66: 'A celebrated Montpellier graduate, J.Astruc (1684 - 1766), professor of anatomy in Paris and later personal physician to Kings of France and Poland, wrote important treatises on tumours and venereal diseases, as well as 'Tractatus Pathologicus', with miscellaneous observations, and a book on diseases of women.':

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AUBERT, H.

Physiologie der Netzhaut.

Breslau, Verlag von E.Morgenstern (fr. Aug. Schulz & Co.), 1865. 8vo. W. 67 woodc. ills. Original full publ. cloth, outer hinges some imperf. ., spine 1 or 2 small imperf. [n6, 1 - 49 in 8, 50 in 1]. (XIII, 394 pp.). Title dated 1865. Preface dated september 1864. Closing bracket ')' on title after 'fr. Aug. Schulz & Co.' present. Hirsch I, p. 238: Poggendorff III, p. 49: Albert, e.a., Source Book, item 26.2: 'His richly illustrated "Physiology of the retina" describes physiological elements of vision, including the senses of light, color, and space, as well as binocular and stereoscopic vision.': Becker Coll., item 107: 'This work contains Aubert's research on and physiological descriptions of the adaptations of the eye to darkness.': Boring, pp. 103/4: 'The phenomena of dark and light adaptation were not well understood until Auber took them in hand in 1865 and Aubert accomplished the first thorough experimental measurement of the zonal changes (of the retina) ... more nearly a piece of the "new psychology", ... he was noted for his basic research on visual adaptation, and on indirect vision, the demonstration that Weber's fraction in vision varies in intensity ... (p. 422). [This publication] challenged the Weber-Fechner Law.': Hirschberg para 1145: Rothschuh, Entwicklungsgeschichte, 1854: Systematic investigations on dark accomodation. Concept of accomodation.

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Book number: 11322

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AUBERT, H.

Physiologie der Netzhaut.

Breslau, Verlag von E.Morgenstern (fr. Aug. Schulz & Co), 1865. 8vo. W. 67 woodc. ills. Rebound in modern cloth, the original printed wrs. preserved and mounted. [n6, 1 - 49 in 8, 50 in 1]. (XIII, 394 pp.). Title dated 1865. Preface dated september 1864. Closing barcket ')' after 'fr Aug. Schulz & Co.' present. Hirsch I, p. 238: Poggendorff III, p. 49: Albert, e.a., Source Book, item 26.2: 'His richly illustrated "Physiology of the retina" describes physiological elements of vision, including the senses of light, color, and space, as well as binocular and stereoscopic vision.': Becker Coll., item 107: 'This work contains Aubert's research on and physiological descriptions of the adaptations of the eye to darkness.': Boring, pp. 103/4: 'The phenomena of dark and light adaptation were not well understood until Auber took them in hand in 1865 and Aubert accomplished the first thorough experimental measurement of the zonal changes (of the retina) ... more nearly a piece of the "new psychology", ... he was noted for his basic research on visual adaptation, and on indirect vision, the demonstration that Weber's fraction in vision varies in intensity ... (p. 422). [This publication] challenged the Weber-Fechner Law.': Hirschberg para 1145: Rothschuh, Entwicklungsgeschichte, 1854: Systematic investigations on dark accomodation. Concept of accomodation.

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Book number: 9561

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AUBERT, H.

Physiologie der Netzhaut. Erste Hälfte. Mit 30 Figuren in Holzschnitt.

Breslau, Verlag von E.Morgenstern (fr. Aug. Schulz & Co., 1864. 8vo. W. 67 woodc. ills. Contemp. half cloth, over printed brds., covers some age darkening and discol. [n3, 1 - 11 in 8, 12 in 5]. (VI, 186 pp.). (Libr. st. on upper cover, half title.). (Some light foxing here and there.). No preface and a publishing date of 1864! The closing bracket ')' after 'fr Aug. Schulz & Co.' not present. In all probabaility this first part or 'Erste Hälfte', belongs to a limited number of presentation copies sent out before the 1865 dated edition by the author to friends and institutions, this copy ending up in the Dutch 'Gasthuis voor Ooglijders'[deaccessioned].: Hirsch I, p. 238: Poggendorff III, p. 49: Albert, e.a., Source Book, item 26.2: 'His richly illustrated "Physiology of the retina" describes physiological elements of vision, including the senses of light, color, and space, as well as binocular and stereoscopic vision.': Becker Coll., item 107: 'This work contains Aubert's research on and physiological descriptions of the adaptations of the eye to darkness.': Boring, pp. 103/4: 'The phenomena of dark and light adaptation were not well understood until Auber took them in hand in 1865 and Aubert accomplished the first thorough experimental measurement of the zonal changes (of the retina) ... more nearly a piece of the "new psychology", ... he was noted for his basic research on visual adaptation, and on indirect vision, the demonstration that Weber's fraction in vision varies in intensity ... (p. 422). [This publication] challenged the Weber-Fechner Law.': Hirschberg para 1145: Rothschuh, Entwicklungsgeschichte, 1854: Systematic investigations on dark accomodation. Concept of accomodation.

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Book number: 9562

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AUBERT, H.

Physiologie der Netzhaut.

Breslau, Verlag von E.Morgenstern (fr. Aug. Schulz & Co.), 1865. 8vo. W. 67 woodc. ills. Original half black blind- and giltst. publ. cloth. over dark blue marbled brds., spine 1 or 2 small imperf. [n6, 1 - 49 in 8, 50 in 1]. (XIII, 394 pp.). Title dated 1865. Preface dated september 1864. Closing bracket ')' on title after 'fr. Aug. Schulz & Co.' present. Hirsch I, p. 238: Poggendorff III, p. 49: Albert, e.a., Source Book, item 26.2: 'His richly illustrated "Physiology of the retina" describes physiological elements of vision, including the senses of light, color, and space, as well as binocular and stereoscopic vision.': Becker Coll., item 107: 'This work contains Aubert's research on and physiological descriptions of the adaptations of the eye to darkness.': Boring, pp. 103/4: 'The phenomena of dark and light adaptation were not well understood until Auber took them in hand in 1865 and Aubert accomplished the first thorough experimental measurement of the zonal changes (of the retina) ... more nearly a piece of the "new psychology", ... he was noted for his basic research on visual adaptation, and on indirect vision, the demonstration that Weber's fraction in vision varies in intensity ... (p. 422). [This publication] challenged the Weber-Fechner Law.': Hirschberg para 1145: Rothschuh, Entwicklungsgeschichte, 1854: Systematic investigations on dark accomodation. Concept of accomodation.

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Book number: 996

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DISPENSATORIUM AUSTRIACO.-

Pharmacopoeia Austriaca, Ed. quinta.

Vienna, Caes. Reg. Aulae et Imperii Typographia, 1855. 4to. Bl.st. cloth. (Discol.). (VIII, 272 pp.). (Interleaved copy. W. annotations and corr. in ink and pencil. A few lvs. sp.).

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Book number: 4242

Keywords: pharmacopeia pharmacology materia medica

AUWERS, A. [J.G.F. von]

Bericht über die Beobachtung des Venus-Durchgangs vom 8. december 1874 in Luxor. [Aus den Abhandlungen der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877.]

Berlin, Buchdruckerei der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften (G.Vogt) Universitätsstrasse 8. In Commission bei F. Dümmler's Verlags-Buchhandlung (Harrwitz & Gossmann), 1878. 4to. Original light brown printed brds. (Spine ends some light imperf.; corners lightly bumped.). [n1, 1 - 23 in 4s]. (II, 184 pp.). (Offpr.). (Presentation copy.). (Inscr. in ink on upper cover). DSB I, 339/40: 'He made a great number of observations and calculations of planets, comets, and variable stars as early as 1857 - 1859 ... in 1866 Auwers was appointed astronomer of the Berlin Academy, where he displayed great scientific and organizational ability during the next 5 decades...Auwer's life work was the meticulous observation and calculation necessary to draw up star catalogues with highly accurate positions of stars... He also demonstrated his great organizational talents when he was in charge of the German expeditions that observed the transits of Venus in 1874 and 1882 in order to determine the sun's parallaxes. On the first expedition Auwers observed in Luxor...'. Presentation copy to E. [Carl Ernst Albrecht] Hartwig. [See DSB vol. VI, pp. 149 - 150; astronomer 1851 - 1923, leader of the German astronomical expedition for observing the transit of Venus at Bahia Blanca, Argentina in 1882 - 1883]. The first 40 pages of the publication deal with the preparations, plans and equipment for the expedition, followed by a history of the expedition. Also the work done at the Luxor station. This general introduction is followed by 7 appendices: I. 'Beobachtungen am Passagen Instrument zur Bestimmung der Ortszeit und des Azimuths'. II. 'Correctionen der einzelnen Chronometer'. III. 'Bestimmung der Länge der Station Luxor'. IV. 'Bestimmung der Polhöhe der Station Luxor'. V. 'Lage der einzelnen Beobachtungspuncte auf der Station Luxor und Anschluss derselben an Fixpuncte'. VI. 'Beobachtung der Venus Durchgangs'. VII. 'Die Grösse und Figur der Venus'.

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Book number: 7833

Keywords: astro cartography astrophysics astronomy passage doorgang Egypt association W64 bdrb science

AUWERS, A. [J.G.F. von]

Bericht über die Beobachtung des Venus-Durchgangs vom 8. december 1874 in Luxor. [Aus den Abhandlungen der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1877.]

Berlin, Buchdruckerei der Königl. Akademie der Wissenschaften (G.Vogt) Universitätsstrasse 8. In Commission bei F. Dümmler's Verlags-Buchhandlung (Harrwitz & Gossmann), 1878. 4to. Excellent original light brown printed wrs. [n1, 1 - 23 in 4s]. (II, 184 pp.). (Some light foxing.). DSB I, 339/40: 'He made a great number of observations and calculations of planets, comets, and variable stars as early as 1857 - 1859 ... in 1866 Auwers was appointed astronomer of the Berlin Academy, where he displayed great scientific and organizational ability during the next 5 decades...Auwer's life work was the meticulous observation and calculation necessary to draw up star catalogues with highly accurate positions of stars... He also demonstrated his great organizational talents when he was in charge of the German expeditions that observed the transits of Venus in 1874 and 1882 in order to determine the sun's parallaxes. On the first expedition Auwers observed in Luxor...'. The first 40 pages of the publication deal with the preparations, plans and equipment for the expedition, followed by a history of the expedition. Also the work done at the Luxor station. This general introduction is followed by 7 appendices: I. 'Beobachtungen am Passagen Instrument zur Bestimmung der Ortszeit und des Azimuths'. II. 'Correctionen der einzelnen Chronometer'. III. 'Bestimmung der Länge der Station Luxor'. IV. 'Bestimmung der Polhöhe der Station Luxor'. V. 'Lage der einzelnen Beobachtungspuncte auf der Station Luxor und Anschluss derselben an Fixpuncte'. VI. 'Beobachtung der Venus Durchgangs'. VII. 'Die Grösse und Figur der Venus'.

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Book number: 9246

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AUWERS, J.G.F. Arthur von

Untersuchungen uebfr [sic!] veraenderliche Eigenbewegungen. Ersther Theil. Bestimmung der Elemente der Procyonbahn und Untersuchung der fuer veraenderlich gehaltenen Eigenbewegungen von a Virginis, B Orionis und a Hydrae. Nebst einem die Reduction eines Theils der Beobachtungen an den Mittagsfernroehren von Greenwich und Palermo von 1765 bis 1810 enthaltenden Anhang. Inaugural Dissertation... AND: IDEM, Untersuchungen ... Zweiter Theil. Bestimmung der Elemente der Siriusbahn.

Koenigsberg, Druck der Universitäts-Buch-und Steindruckerei von E.J. Dalkowski, 1862. and Leipzig, Engelmann, 1868. 2 vols. 4to. The 1862 vol. in contemp. hlf. blue green cloth, over marbled brds., spine giltlettered. [n2, 1-12 in 4s]. (IV, 96 pp.).(Thesis). The second part [published in the series 'Publication der Astronomischen Gesellschaft. VII'] in original printed wrappers. [n3, 1-20 in 4s.]. (VI, 158, II [errata and impressum] pp.). (Uncut, unopened.). [2nd part ex bibliotheca Sternwart Leipzig, de accessioned / doublette]. Auwers dissertation. Rare. DSB I, 339: 'He made a great number of observations and calculations of planets, comets, and variable stars as early as 1857-1859, his first year at Göttingen University. ... He made heliometric observations of double stars, which led him to his dissertation 'Untersuchingen über veränderliche Eigenbewegungen (1862( [Here offered]. Bessel's assumption that certyain changes in the proper motions of the starts Sirius and Procyon are based on the presence of invisible companion stars had opened a new field in celestial mechanics. Auwers was able to derive the orbits for both Sirius and Procyon as weakly eccentric elipses, corresponding to the motion of of the visible principle stars around the center of graviuty of the double star system in forty or fifty years, respectively. A few years later it became possible also to observe theur very faint companions by optical means.... Auwers'lifework was the meticulous observation and calculation necessary to draw up star catalogs with highly accurate positions of the stars. ': NDB vol. I, p. 462: A second publication followed in 1868, Leipzig, which we add here in excellent original printed wrappers.

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AVERY, M. (Ed.)

The "exultet" rolls of South Italy.

Princeton, London, The Hague, Univ.Press. & Martinus Nijhoff, 1936. Folio. Text in original light col. limp paper covers, together w. Vol. II, a portfolio w. 206 plates. Original black publ. cloth portfolio, spine giltlett. (VI, 53 pp. text followed by plates with descriptive notes). All published.

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Book number: 8713

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