AMERICAN CHEMICAL INSTITUTE

Positive Medical Agents

1855. [AMERICAN CHEMICAL INSTITUTE]. POSITIVE MEDICAL AGENTS: Being a Treatise on the New Alkaloid, Resinoid and Concentrated Preparations of Indigenous and Foreign Medical Plants. New York: Charles B. Norton, 1855. 8vo. 304pp. Brown cloth, blindstamped to front and back and stamped in gilt to spine. Ex-library with stamps to front pastedown and title page. Bookplate and ownership in ink to ffep. Corners lightly bumped. Spine chipped at heel and crown. Interior somewhat toned with light dampstaining. .

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JACQUIN, Nikolaus Joseph, Baron von

Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Historia in Qua Ad Linnaeanum Systema

1763. CURIOUS FLORA OF THE WEST INDIES JACQUIN, Nikolaus Joseph, Baron von ("Nicolai Josephi Jacquin"). SELECTARUM STIRPIUM AMERICANARUM HISTORIA IN QUA AD LINNAEANUM SYSTEMA DETERMINATAE DESCRIPTAEQUE SISTUNTUR PLANTAE ILLAE, QUAS IN INSULIS MARTINICA, JAMAICA, DOMINGO, ALIIQUE, ET IN VICINIAE CONTINENTIS PARTE, OBSERVAVIT RARIORES; ADJECTIS ICONIBUS IN SOLO NATALI DELINEATIS. Vindobonae [Vienna], ex officina Krausiana, 1763. First edition. a-b4, c-c2, [1] - 284, [1] leaf, 184 engraved plates plus frontispiece: Frontis. plates 1-183, plate 37 with additional plate 37*. Complete. Six plates (86, 179-183) are double-page. Jacquin (1727-1818) studied medicine and was court physician to Empress Maria Theresa. He became enamored of the Schoenbrunn gardens, and was appointed by Francis I as a member of an expedition to the West Indies 1755-1759, gathering botanical specimens. This book, together with his Enumeratio systematica plantarum (1760) was among the first books using the Linnaean binomial system of taxonomy by someone other than Linnaeus or his pupils, and is the first recorded nomenclature of many of these plants. Linnaeus himself, upon hearing of the expedition, began a lifelong correspondence with Jacquin. Frontispiece to plates is an ornate design with a West Indian man and woman, holding a map of the West Indies (bordered by Mexico, N. Grenada and Florida), surrounded by Caribbean flora and seashells, with a bird in flight overhead. The banner above them reads "Selectarum Stirpium Americanarum Icones". quarter leather, spine mostly missing with modern gilt morocco spine label, front board and ffep detached, rear hinge cracked. Dampstaining to bottom edge throughout, not affecting most images. A few plates have neat light pencil annotations (binomial taxonomy). Ffep adhered to front pastedown at bottomn edge. Ex-library with minimal markings, some in ms. Johnston, Jr. 463; Nissen 979,Pritzel 362, Sabin 35521, As is. .

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JAMES, Robert

Pharmacopoeia Universalis: Or, a New Universal English Dispensatory

1752. JAMES, R[obert]. PHARMACOPOEIA UNIVERSALIS: OR, A NEW UNIVERSAL ENGLISH DISPENSATORY. Containing, I. An account of all the natural and artificial implements and instruments of pharmacy .. II. Dissertations on the various classes of simples .. III. Catalogues of all the medicinal simples .. IV. The preparations and combinations of drugs .. With a Copious INDEX to the Whole. London, Printed for J. Hodges, 1752. Second edition, "with very large and useful additions, and improvements." viii, 758, [36] pp. Text printed in double columns and the index in triple columns. 20 x 12.5 cm. Octavo, old and worn calf, repaired. Early nineteenth-century ink ownership of Henry Morgan, of Cardiff, on front pastedown and title-page. Ex library, with a few ink stamps (front pastedown, half-title, and page v), a label on rear pastedown, and evidence of a shelf label on spine. The upper board has been re-hinged and is a replacement that doesn't match the original (lower) board. However, it is a serviceable job that doesn't draw attention. Rear endpapers renewed. The text is clean; and the volume is very good overall. From the title-page, the text contains "all the compositions directed in the London and Edinburgh Pharmacopoeias; together with others selected from the most celebrated writers in pharmacy and physic." (Wellcome III, p. 343). .

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KINGZETT, C. T.

Nature's Hygiene: A Series of Essays on Popular Scientific Subjects

1880. KINGZETT, C. T. NATURE'S HYGIENE: A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON POPULAR SCIENTIFIC SUBJECTS WITH SEPCIAL REFERENCE TO THE CHEMISTRY AND HYGIENE OF THE EUCALYPTUS AND THE PINE. London: Balliere, Tindall and Cox, 1880. viii + 192 pp. 8vo. maroon cloth with gilt spine lettering and black decoartivecover border. Ex-library with usual markings. Faint dampstain to top edge of front board, light soil to cloth. Disinfectant properties of pine and eucalyptus; malaria and eucalyptus treatment; oxygen, ozone and peroxide of hydrogen in nature; contagious disease and antiseptics; more. .

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KNOOP, Johann Hermann

Fructologia, of Beschryving Der Vrugtbomen En Vrugten

1763. KNOOP, Johann Hermann. FRUCTOLOGIA, OF BESCHRYVING DER VRUGTBOMEN EN VRUGTEN DIE MEN IN DE HOVEN PLANT EN ONDERHOUD: Waar by derzelver differente Benamingen, Groey-plaatzen, Voortteeling, Cultuur, en Huishoudelyk Gebruik, als mede het Confyten en meer andere Toebereidingen der Vrugten, enz. nauwkeurig aangewezen worden.. Leeuwarden: Gedrukt by Abraham Ferwerda en Gerrit Tresling, boekverkopers, 1763. First edition, with unfolded plates. 19 hand-colored engraved plates of fruits and berries numbered I - XIX. The title is printed within a red border. Folio. *2,A-Kk2. 37 x 26 cm. [4],132 pp. Page 36 is misnumbered 43. In a later (perhaps early twentieth-century) binding of green cloth-backed marbled boards which is worn at the crown. The bookblock is split immediately after the title-page and is starting in a couple of other places; and the first five plates are sprung and laid-in at the appropriate places. The color has been applied heavily to some plates. Text leaves and plates are clean and very good overall, showing only some occasional light toning or light foxing. But, because of the split bookblock, it is offered as is. Johann Hermann Knoop (1700-1769) was a teacher in mathematics and head gardener to the Dowager Princess of Orange at Marienburg, near Leeuwarden. (Brunet 3.861; Johnston, Cleveland..Collections 465). .

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LEMERY, Nicolas

Dictionaire Ou Traite Universel Des Drogues Simples

1727. LEMERY, Nicolas. DICTIONAIRE OU TRAITE UNIVERSEL DES DROGUES SIMPLES. Rotterdam: Jean Hofhout, 1727. Quarto. [xx], 590, [58] pp. + 25 ff. Fourth edition, with corrections and many additions by the author. Contains twelve large folding plates, each with 16 individual engravings of plants, corals, and a little hippo. Nicolas Lemery (1645-1715), "the most celebrated pharmacist of France in the 17th century," gave popular and fashionable lectures on chemistry and pharmacy at his store in Paris until 1683, when he had to leave France for religious reasons. He was allowed to continue his practice only after converting to Catholicism in 1686, and then published the first edition of this "Dictionaire" in 1697. Early calf, spine gilt in five compartments, quite rubbed, and worn at head of spine. Faint damp mark to top edge, not affecting printed area. Fore-edge speckled, spotting edge of some plates, also not affecting print. Library markings. On the whole a good copy. (Haller p. 579; Pritzel 4211; LaWall pp. 276, 303-5; Ferguson II, p. 21). .

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LEMERY, Nicolas

Pharmacopoeia Lemeriana Contracta: Lemery's Universal Pharmacopoeia Ab

1700. LEMERY, Nicolas. PHARMACOPOEIA LEMERIANA CONTRACTA: LEMERY'S UNIVERSAL PHARMACOPOEIA ABRIDG'D, in a collection of recepe's and observations compar'd with the London and with Bates's Dispensatories, and also with Charas's Royal Pharmacy: to which are added some remedies recommended by the members of the French Royal Academy of Science, most collected out of the history of that society lately published by John Baptista du Hamel. London: Printed for Walter Kettilby, 1700. Small 12mo. 14 x 7.8 cm. [12], 167, [1] pp. A list of errata is printed at the bottom of p. 167, with a publisher's advertisement on the verso; however, this copy is bound without the index (12 unnumbered pages signed I6) that should follow. In a much worn, contemporary Cambridge-style calf binding, with a red morocco spine label. The upper joint has been carefully strengthened at some point in time with Japanese tissue, and there is shallow loss at heel and crown. Contemporary ink ownership (Tho. Knight, 1707) on verso of ffep. with a Latin proverb and exhortation ("Contra vim mortis, non est modicamen in Hortis; -- Fides in Christum") on recto of rear free endpaper. The name `Boyl [sic] Godfrey' is also written in an early/contemporary hand on the ffep. (Boyle Godfrey, 1683-1753, was the eldest son of Ambrose Godfrey Hanckwitz, who was assistant to Robert Boyle for a time, after whom he named his son. Much to his father's annoyance, Boyle Godfrey became an alchemist and ruined himself financially in the prosecution of costly and futile experiments.--DNB) There are many small `pointing fingers' drawn in ink in margins for emphasis, with some occasional light pencil underlining in text. Ex library, with ink stamp on front pastedown, title-page and pages [1], 1, 50-51, and perforated stamp on title-page and page 1. Rare. (BMC 547.b.32; Bradley III, p. 251; Wing L1042). .

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Li Shizhen æ�Žæ™‚ç��原; translated by Shirai KÅ�tarÅ� 白井å-‰å¤ªéƒŽ, Suzuki Masaumi 鈴æoe¨çoeŸæµ·ç›£, et al.

(Shinchå« Kå�Tei) Kokuyaku Honzå� Kå�Moku (新註校定) åoe‹è­¯æOe¬è�‰ç¶±ç›® (Also Honså� Kå�Moku), 15 Vols

1973. (ShinchÅ« KÅ�tei) Kokuyaku HonzÅ� KÅ�moku (新註校定) åoe‹è­¯æoe¬è�‰ç
¶ ±ç›® (also HonsÅ� KÅ�moku), 15 vols [Bencao Gangmu - Materia Medica], by Li Shizhen æ�Žæ™‚ç��原; translated by Shirai KÅ�tarÅ� 白井å-‰å¤ªéƒŽ, Suzuki Masaumi 鈴æoe¨çoeŸæµ·ç›£, et al Shunyodo 春陽堂, publisher ShÅ�wa 48 [1973] 15 volumes, bound Western-style in decorated cloth over boards in slipcases. The late 16th century Chinese "Materia Medica" Bencao Gangmu was originally written by botanist Li Shizhen æ�Žæ™‚ç��原 (1518-1593) and imported into Japan by the early 17th century. The first Japanese edition HonzÅ� KÅ�moku æoe¬è�‰ç
¶ ±ç›® appeared in 1637, the definitive enlarged Japanese edition in 1714, with native Japanese plants added. The Edo era versions were printed in classical Chinese with diacritical marks (kanbun 漢文) to aid the Japanese reader. This set at hand was translated into modern postwar Japanese and is thus useful to a contemporary Japanese audience. The binding decorations are after designs by the famous artist Tsuda SeifÅ« 津田é�’楓 (1880-1978), here still in excellent, clean condition. Complete. One of the most important guides to the medicinal uses of plants in East Asia. .

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MARTYN, Thomas

Thirty-Eight Plates with Explanations

MARTYN, Thomas. THIRTY-EIGHT PLATES WITH EXPLANATIONS intended to illustrate Linnaeus' System of Vegetables, and particularly adapted to the Letters on the Elements of Botany. London: B. White and Son, 1788. First edition. Octavo. vi, 72 pp. + XXXVIII ff. Published after requests by some readers for illustrations to Martyn's Letters on the Elements of Botany (1785, Pritzel 5927). The 38 copper plates, drawn and engraved by F. P. Nodder, are beautifully hand-colored. Martyn mentions Nodder in his Advertisement (pp.iii-iv), and gave him a place on the title-page of later editions (1799 and 1817). Thomas Martyn, like his father before him, was Professor of Botany at Cambridge, holding the position for 63 years. Light spot to Plate XXIII, otherwise internally fine, in very worn leather-backed boards with detached front cover. (Pritzel 5928; Nissen 1292). Ill.: Nodder, F.P.

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MATTSON, Morris

American Vegetable Practice

1841. MATTSON, Morris. THE AMERICAN VEGETABLE PRACTICE, OR A NEW AND IMPROVED GUIDE TO HEALTH, DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES. Boston: Daniel L. Hale, 1841. Illustrated with ten black and white medical illustrations and 26 full-page colored botanical illustrations, all called for. Two volumes in one. xii, 706 pp. 8vo. brown leather, worn along edges with front hinge starting. Ex-library, with all of the usual marks. Leaf at page 369 is torn and is missing approximately a half sheet of text. One black and white plate, is chipped and torn slightly at margins, effecting only a small part of the illustration. Text and prints show occasional spotting; however, prints remain bright and vividly illustrate a wealth of practical botanical and medical knowledge from the 19th century. As is. .

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[MATERIA MEDICA]

Berlinisches Jahrbuch Fur Die Pharmacie Und Fur Die Damit Verbundenen

1795. [MATERIA MEDICA] BERLINISCHES JAHRBUCH FUR DIE PHARMACIE UND FUR DIE DAMIT VERBUNDENEN WISSENSCHAFTEN. Berlin: Ferdinand Oehmigke; G.H. Stoltze; Wilhelm Meissner, 1795-1840. A total of 22 vols. bound in 21. 1795-1802 (8 vols. bound in 7).With additional title: NEUES BERLINISCHES JAHRBUCH FUR DIE PHARMACIE. 1803-1806. With additional title: DEUTSCHES JAHRBUCH FUR DIE PHARMACIE, 1815-1818; 1822-1824; 1827-1829. (14 vols.) 12 mo. 15 with b/w frontis engraving of notable figures in the field of pharmacy. 30 plates (8 b/w, 22 color), mostly botanical illustrations. Mottled brown paper-covered boards with red leather title labels stamped in gilt to spine. Uniform blue leather labels stamped in gilt with the number "54" to spine. Paper library labels on spine covered over with brown ink. Moderate wear to extremities. One volume missing spine label, another has front hinge sprung. Overall , very good. .

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MILLSPAUGH, Charles F.

American Medicinal Plants; an Illustrated and Descriptive Guide

1887. CANNABIS MILLSPAUGH, Charles F. AMERICAN MEDICINAL PLANTS; AN ILLUSTRATED AND DESCRIPTIVE GUIDE TO THE AMERICAN PLANTS USED AS HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES; THEIR HISTORY, PREPARATION, CHEMSITRY, AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS. VOLS. I & II. New York and Philadelphia: Boericke & Tafel, 1887. First edition. xv, [3], 109 entries (paginated separately per plant), 109 plates; Vol II: entries 110 - 180, 70 plates (inclding attractive folding plate of Cannabis Sativa), [67] pp. Appendix. Index in Vol. II. Half leather stamped in gilt, black pebbled cloth boards with gilt titles and vignettes. Ex-library with usual markings, blocks intact, spine and rear board detached Vol. I, front cover and spine detached Vol. II. Some closed tears to text page edges, plates very good, occasional thumb soil to edges. Arranged by plant family. The only folding plate is the Cannabis plate in Vol. II. Complete. As is. .

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Satô Nobuhiro, author

Så�Moku Rokubu Kå�Shuhå� 　è�‰æOe¨å-­éƒ¨è€•ç¨®æ³•

1874. Satô Nobuhiro, author. SÅ�moku Rokubu KÅ�shuhÅ� 　è�‰æoe¨å-­éƒ¨è€•ç¨®æ³•. Izumiya Zenbei. Meiji 7 [1874]. 20 kan in 16 vols. 8 5/8"" x 6"". Original yellow covers and title labels, complete. Many (42pp) woodblock prints, some color printed with considerable skill. A compendium of botanical and agricultural knowledge. SatÅ� himself (a military historian, economist and agronomist) had died in late Edo, and the manuscript of the book at hand appears to have been completed by the late 1820s, but this Meiji 7 edition is said to be its first appearance in print. In very good condition throughout. A significant addition to any collection of Japanese botany and agriculture. .

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PARIS, John Ayrton

Pharmacologia or the History of Medicinal Substances

1820. PARIS, John Ayrton. PHARMACOLOGIA OR THE HISTORY OF MEDICINAL SUBSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO ESTABLISH THE ART OF PRESCRIBING AND OF COMPOSING EXTEMPORANEOUS FORMULAE UPON FIXED AND SCIENTIFIC PRINCIPLES; London: W. Phillips, 1820. Fourth edition, much enlarged. 578 pp. Quarto. Original paper-covered boards with old repair work to spine: a "new" cloth back was laid down some time ago to reattach the boards. Hand-lettered spine labels. Ex-Library, with ink-stamps to front endpaper and page 50. Text leaves are lightly foxed throughout and untrimmed. Good plus. .

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PERIODICALS

Annales Des Sciences Naturelles: Botanique

1845. [PERIODICALS]. ANNALES DES SCIENCES NATURELLES: BOTANIQUE. Paris: G. Masson. "Comprenant l'anatomie, la physiologie et la classification des vegetaux vivants et fossiles." 8vo, blue wrappers; ed. Decaisne. Some unopened edges; ex-library; monochrome plates. 1845: 3 ser, Tome 4 384 pp. + 15 plates 1846: 3 Ser, Tome 5 384 pp. + 9 plates (foxed); split spine, pp. 193-256 detached 1849: 3 Ser, Tome 12 380 pp + 4 pp + 15 plates (split spine) 1859: 4 Ser Tome 12 380 pp. + 4 pp + 22 plates. .

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