Medicine

First edition.
Minor marginal tears to the front cover without consequence.

First edition on ordinary paper.

First edition.
One small nick in the margin to upper cover.

First edition.
Preface by Dr Léon Vannier.
Spine faded.

First edition, with service de presse stamp on the second cover.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Research on the physiological state, moral faculties, diseases of advanced age, the most reliable and best tested means of sustaining and prolonging vital activity at this period of existence.
Spine slightly cracked with a slight angular lack at head, some very occasional small worming, otherwise fine interior condition.

First edition.
Illustrated, a very good copy.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by C. Saintpierre on the first cover.
Small tears to head and foot of spine, three small angular lacks affecting the covers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with four raised bands showing traces of rubbing decorated with gilt dots, initials at foot, traces of rubbing on joints, covers with small restoration at foot preserved, edges rubbed, contemporary binding.
In frontispiece, a photographic portrait of Louis Pasteur.
Small angular lack on one binding endpaper, bookplate pasted to verso of front board, copy free from foxing.

Edition illustrated with plates by L. Froelich.
Navy blue shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with gilt floral motifs, paper boards, corners slightly bumped, contemporary binding.
Some light foxing of no consequence.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Autograph inscription from Georges Judel.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Small lacks to head and foot of spine, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Rare.

First edition.
Cover detached.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
A good copy.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies.
A good copy.
Rare.

Second edition totally reworked.
Illustrated with 128 illustrations.

Second edition, revised and enlarged.
A small tear with slight loss at head of spine, otherwise handsome copy.

First edition.
Tears and marginal lacks to front cover, rear cover lacking, pale corner dampstain affecting title and half-title pages.
Rare.

First editions.
Half green sheep. Smooth spine with black title labels. Rubbing. Upper headcap weakened with a tear to lower joint. Edges mostly worn.
Modern obstetrics was born at the end of the 19th century, a consequence of the hygienist movement, qualified midwives multiplied, and new buildings dedicated to childbirth as well. Details of the memoirs, articles and theses contained in this volume:
- Note historique sur les Chamberlen de Londres et sur l'invention du forceps by Dr A. Mattei. Paris. J. Boyer. 1873. 8pp.
- Des procidences de membres comme complication des présentations de l'extrémité céphalique by Dr Louis Rubé. Paris. Parent. 1872. 80pp. Autograph inscription from the author.
- De l'innocuité relative des accouchements chez les primipares agées by Alexandre Coccio. Paris. Delahaye. 1875. 64pp.
- Lymphatiques utériens et parallèle entre la lymphagite et la phlébite utérine by J. Fioupe. Paris, Baillère. 1876. 82pp. One table.
- Des paralysies traumatiques es membres inférieurs consécutives à l'accouchement labprieux by L. A. Lefèvre. Paris. Delahaye. 1876. 58pp.
- Influence de la tension artérielle puerpérale sur la marche des maladies by Dr Léon Dumas. Paris. Delahaye. 1878. 39pp. fig.
- De l'opération césarienne en cas de tumeurs fibreuses utérines remplissant l'excavation pervienne by Dr H. Cazin. Paris. Delahaye. 1875. 30pp.
- Contribution à la pratique des accouchements by Victor Emile Hottenier. Paris. Delahaye. 1876. 52pp. One folding table. Edition repeated twice, the second with autograph inscription from the author.
- De la rupture prématurée
spontanée des membranes de l'oeuf. Thèse pour le doctorat de médecine by Louis Roulin. Sens. Duchemin. 1878. 83pp.
- Mémoire de la céphalotripsie intra-cranienne par la méthose de M. le Dr F. Guyon. Son exposé, sa critique by Dr Nicolas Kalindero. Paris. Alexandre Coccoz. 1870. 60pp. Text repeated twice.
- Les conférences des professeurs hyernaux et amabile sur le forceps-scie et le traitement des fistules vésico-vaginales, faites au congrès des sciences médicales à Bruxelles by E. Putegnat. Paris. Delahaye. Bruxelles. Manceaux. 1876. 19pp.
- Dans quels cas est-il indiqué de provoquer l'avortement. Thèse présentée au concours pour l'agrégation le 22 juillet 1875 by A. De Sqoyre. Paris. Delahaye. 1875. 205pp.
- Des contre-indications de la version dans la présentation de l'épaule et des moyens qui peuvent remplacer cette opération. Thèse présentée au concours pour l'agrégation by Dr A. Pinard. Paris, Baillère. 1875. 140pp.

Fourth edition.
Foxing to the covers, internally very good.

New edition augmented with new chapters.
Illustrations.

First edition.

Second edition.
Work illustrated with plates.
Spine restored, small angular tears with slight lacks to boards, two pale marginal dampstains affecting the first few pages, foxing.
Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this thesis defended for the university doctorate degree.
Spine and boards marginally faded, otherwise a handsome and rare copy.

First edition.
Tears and small lacks to spine, corner lacks and worming to boards, worming to endpapers, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Autograph inscription from F. Dr. Cottin to his cousin Paul Cottin.
Furthermore, our copy includes manuscript corrections by the author in the text.
Work illustrated with 5 plates and figures.
A tear at head of spine, a small lack at foot, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

Sixth edition, revised and corrected.
Work adorned with 92 in-text figures and 6 plates drawn from nature reproduced in chromotypography.
Covers marginally sunned without consequence, a scratch on the front cover, handsome interior condition.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Spine and covers slightly and marginally faded, small stains on the covers, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Spine slightly faded, a pale angular dampstain affecting the last leaves.

New edition.
Three tears to the covers, internally good. Rare.

First edition.
Publisher's full brick-red percale binding, smooth spine. Handsome copy.

First edition on ordinary paper.
Autograph inscription by the author.
A minor split at foot of spine without consequence, scarce.

First edition. Illustrated with 4 hand-colored plates and 11 figs.
Later half black shagreen binding. Spine with false raised bands. Cold and gilt fillets. Between the title and editorial information, a 3 cm rectangle has been cut out, certainly to remove a bookplate. At foot: Collège de France. 2 library labels on spine.
Barkow (1798-1873) was professor of anatomy at the University of Breslau. His publications were justly renowned, notably for their illustrations. His correspondence with Darwin is well known. The work deals with the arterial system in mammals.

The first edition published in a small number of copies of this thesis submitted for the degree of doctor of medicine.
Autograph inscription from A. Petit on verso of front board.
Small lack to head of spine, foxing and minimal corner lacks to front board, occasional light foxing.
Rare.

The first edition published in a small number of copies of this thesis submitted for the degree of doctor of medicine.
Minimal corner foxing of no consequence to the boards, otherwise handsome copy.
Rare.

First edition.
Small worming to boards, light foxing to interior.
Rare.

First edition of this thesis submitted for the degree of doctor of medicine.
Autograph inscription from L. Dr Pojolat,
Dampstaining with water damage affecting the first pages, marginal dampstaining more lightly affecting the following leaves.
Rare.

First edition of this thesis defended to obtain the degree of doctor of medicine.
Autograph inscription by Léon-Auguste Roustan in pencil.
Two very slight lacks at head and foot of spine, minimal corner bumps to boards, very small light worming to rear board, interior in handsome condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by R.G. Berthe, work illustrated with 2 figures.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of this thesis defended at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris for the obtaining of the doctorate in medicine.
Autograph inscription from H. Champeaux.
Gift inscription from the dedicatee on the front cover, small tears with slight lacks to spine.
Rare, handsome interior condition.

First edition of this thesis submitted to the Faculty of Medicine of Paris for the degree of Doctor of Medicine.
Autograph inscription from A. Petit.
Minor tears to spine of no consequence, small holes to front cover, minimal wormhole of no significance, small stains to back cover.
Rare but in this condition.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 66 figures and 4 portraits.
A pale dampstain affecting the spine and marginally the front board, as well as the very first pages.

First edition.
Copy presented in its original wrappers, title label pasted to spine with small lack at foot and slight corner lacks of no significance to covers, pale corner dampstain affecting the last two leaves of the table of contents, otherwise very fresh interior nearly free from foxing.

First edition.
Spine cracked with twosmall tears without lack, internally good.
Rare.

First edition.
A very slight marginal dampstain at head of first board, small creases of no importance to second board, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Autograph inscription from Dr Joal.
A small spot of no consequence to the front board, boards lightly and marginally faded without significance.
Rare.

First edition of this thesis presented at the Montpellier School of Medicine in order to obtain the degree of doctor.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Endpapers darkened, otherwise a rare and handsome copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with 35 in-text engravings.
Some foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Occasional small foxing.
Rare.

Third edition of this memoir read in 1828 at a conference.
Half pink cloth binding, smooth spine with small traces of rubbing, gilt title and author's name, very light paper lacks without consequence on the first cover, contemporary binding.
Autograph inscription from J. Richond des Brus to a colleague, a four-line manuscript annotation by the author in his bibliography.
Two architectural sketches in pencil on the binding's endpapers, probably drawn by the dedicatee.
Rare copy.

Second edition with some parts in first edition as it was revised and enlarged.
Spine and boards faded and worn, fine interior condition almost entirely free from foxing.
Rare.

First edition, false statement of one thousand on the second cover.
Autograph inscription by A. Lumière, handsome copy.

Statement of third edition, the original being from 1817.
Illustrated with 24 plates depicting blind people engaged in manual work. In original wrappers, under its contemporary pink paper. Lacks to both lower corners. Scattered foxing. The author was in charge of the institute for young blind people in Paris. He provides, in this important work, precise and technical means of instructing the blind and educating them in manual work, reading and music, with the aid of other senses. But above all the book allows for a reconsideration of the status of blind people and social reintegration of individuals previously marginalized by their disability.

First edition.
Autograph inscription by S. Voronoff to a colleague.
Work illustrated with 38 plates, some photographic.
Spine faded with small stains also affecting the margins of the rear board, handsome interior condition.

First edition of the French translation by Auguste Ollivier and annotated by J.M. Charcot.
Publisher's full purple cloth binding, smooth spine lightly faded, place, date and publisher's name gilt at foot, blind-stamped borders on boards decorated with central floral motifs, two corners slightly bumped.
Work illustrated with 26 figures in the text and 8 plates, 4 of which are in color.
Some foxing, one joint with minor traces of wear.