Rare and antique medicine books, anatomy plates & antique surgery treatises, rare medical textbooks, medical discoveries, antique medicine

First edition of this offprint from the Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France, printed in a small number of copies.
Rare pamphlet illustrated with 3 figures in the text.
Handsome copy.

First editions (reissue for the first volume).
Full grey cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, front covers preserved.
First volume: vertebrates. Illustrated with 4 plates at rear.
Second volume: Annelida. First part: coleoptera.
Third volume: annelida. Second part: orthoptera.
Fourth volume (one fascicle): Branch II: Annelida. Sub-branch I: articulated. Class I. Insects. Order III: Hemiptera.
Autograph inscription signed by Ernest Olivier on the second volume.
Handsome set.
Rare collection.

First edition for each of the volumes.
Half brown sheep binding, spine with four raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Handsome copy.
Rare collection.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies.
Signed autograph inscription by Jacques Berriat Saint-Prix.
Illustrated pamphlet with black and color figures in-text.
Rare.

First edition published in a small number of copies.
Illustrated pamphlet with photographs in the text.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
A small lack marginal to head of upper cover.
Rare.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 252 figures in text and on plates.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition.
Brochure illustrated with 4 figures in the text and 7 plates at the end.
Two lacks at head and foot of spine, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Revue française d'entomologie.
Brochure illustrated with 131 figures in the text.
Rare and handsome copy.

First edition of this report of the round table organized by the Entomological Society of France in Paris on May 28, 1975.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Illustrated pamphlet with 248 figures in the text.
A small tear of no significance at the head of the first cover of the first fascicle.
Handsome set.

First edition for each of the volumes.
Half red sheep binding, spine with four raised bands with light scratches of no consequence, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Works illustrated with figures in the text.
Rare gathering of these entomological texts printed in small numbers.
Handsome set.

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, spine with four raised bands, gilt initials at foot, marbled paper boards with very light surface wear of no consequence, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with 199 figures in the text as well as 10 plates in photogravure and phototype.
Handsome copy.

Second edition.
Work illustrated with 11 four-color plates as well as 24 heliogravure plates.
Fine copy.

Fourth edition.
Publisher's bottle green cardboard binding, smooth spine recovered with blue paper by a previous owner, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Work illustrated with 848 figures in the text.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full mouse-grey boards, smooth spine.
Illustrated with 40 colored plates at the end and 66 figures in the text.
A handsome copy.

First edition printed in a very small number of copies.
Account of the excursion by Dr Peyronnet, contribution to the fauna of myriapods of the Fanges forest by J. Chalande and list of coleoptera collected by L. Gavoy.
Rare and handsome pamphlet presented with plain yellow wrappers.

First edition of the supplement.
Signed autograph inscription by the author.
Spine slightly cracked, handsome interior condition.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition.
Spine faded, first cover detached, boards with marginal tears and some small lacks, pleasant interior condition.

First edition.
Half mint shagreen binding, spine slightly faded with four raised bands decorated with cold fillets and gilt fleuron, minor rubbing to spine, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Work illustrated with 1235 figures in the text.
Light marginal dampstain of no consequence affecting the first few pages, diminishing throughout.

Fourth edition, with some parts in first edition, after the first edition published in 1810; illustrated with 5 figures.
Contemporary full brown glazed marbled calf bindings. Smooth spines decorated with typographical motifs and gilt friezes. Red morocco title labels, olive morocco volume labels. Gilt dotted frames and frieze on covers, yellow edges. Headcaps slightly rubbed, small scuffs on covers. Some light foxing of no great concern, a lack not touching the text at foot of page 456 of the first volume.
Drawing inspiration from the form used by Demoustier in Les Lettres sur la mythologie, Martin proposes an educational work on the sciences; moreover the pedagogical model...

First edition, rare.
Half hazel calf. Smooth spine decorated with four fleurons and fillets. Red morocco title label. Scattered foxing. Darkened lacks at head and tail.
Members of the weevil family (Curculionidae) are small phytophagous insects belonging to the order Coleoptera. Synoptic table, description of the different varieties of these beetles.
Armorial bookplate of D. de Romant. Library stamp of the Société Linéenne du nord.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full boards, spine faded and clumsily restored with a cream adhesive piece, boards soiled and with scratches and corner losses, corners heavily bumped.
Two dampstains at beginning and end of volume, a small tear without loss on pages 17-18, some foxing.
Our copy is complete with its 10 color plates at rear.
Precious autograph inscription signed by Antoine Jean Coquebert to (Georges) Cuvier.
Rare copy lacking volumes II and III, offered as is but with prestigious provenance.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards.
Issues illustrated with figures in the text.
Rare gathering of these two complete years.
Light foxing mainly marginal, handsome copy.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards.
Issues illustrated with figures in the text.
Rare gathering of these two complete years.
Minor foxing mainly marginal, handsome copy.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards.
Issues illustrated with figures in the text.
Rare gathering of these two complete years.
Minor foxing mainly marginal, handsome copy.

First edition.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, marbled paper boards.
Issues illustrated with figures in the text.
Rare gathering of these two complete years.
Light foxing mainly marginal, handsome copy.

First edition for each volume.
Half black sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with triple blind fillets, black paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
The first text is complete with its two supplements bound at the end.
Handsome set.

First edition.
Illustrated brochure with 62 figures in the text.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half chocolate sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, original wrappers preserved.
Work illustrated with 11 plates at the end comprising 390 figures.
Handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Half burgundy sheep binding, smooth spine decorated with blind fillets, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Marginal lack at head of all pages in the volume without any damage to the text.

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Handsome copy.

First edition of each volume.
Half red sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Rare gathering of these texts.
Handsome copy.

First edition for each of the volumes.
Half sheep binding in red, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns.
Rare gathering of these texts.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half sheep binding in red, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, gilt initials at foot, marbled paper boards, blue paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Handsome copy.
Printed stamp and bibliophile's gift inscription at head of title page.

First edition in French.
Half-shagreen marbled binding, spine with five raised bands, green sheep title-label, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, bookplate pasted to verso of front board, contemporary binding.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Half red sheep binding, spine with five raised bands, marbled paper boards, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 190 figures in the text.
Some minor foxing of no consequence, handsome copy.

First edition, only the first was published.
Work published under the auspices of the Oceanographic Institute of Indochina.
Work illustrated with 50 superb color ichthyological plates hors-texte as well as 12 figures in the text.
Small marginal stains on spine and first cover, an angular fold mark at foot of second cover, handsome copy.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint from the Mémoires de la Société impériale d'émulation d'Abbeville.
A tiny repaired tear at foot of spine, handsome copy.
Printed dedication by the author at head of title page.
Rare pamphlet.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 2 plates drawn by Commander Peragallo.
Half old rose shagreen binding, smooth spine, title lettered lengthwise, original wrappers preserved

Edition illustrated with 258 engravings in text and full-page.
Half red shagreen binding, spine with five thin raised bands decorated with triple gilt compartments embellished with gilt floral and typographical motifs, slight rubbing traces on joints, triple blind-ruled frames on red paper boards, cream watered silk endpapers and pastedowns, all edges gilt.
Some foxing, printed library stamp on one endpaper.

First edition.
Half black cloth bindings, smooth spines decorated with gilt fillets, one spine reattached, some joints partly cracked, some original wrappers preserved, contemporary bindings.
Very rare head of collection.

First edition of the first 11 years.
Half black cloth bindings, smooth spines, original wrappers preserved, contemporary bindings.
Rare head of collection.

New edition illustrated with 110 illustrations by H. Giacomelli engraved on wood by J. Huyot.
Half red cloth binding with corners, smooth spine decorated with gilt floral motif, black shagreen title-label, minor rubbing traces on spine, marbled paper boards, front board stamped in center with the name of a school establishment.

First edition.
Half green cloth binding, smooth spine, marbled paper boards, previous owner's name gilt at head of front board, marbled paper boards, contemporary binding.
Printed stamp of the same owner on the title page.
Handsome and rare copy.

First edition.
Publisher's Bradel binding of brown cloth.
A good copy.

First edition.
Work decorated with 9 illustrated plates at rear.
Lacking boards and spine replaced by a modest temporary kraft paper cover, two tears with losses at foot of half-title and title pages, otherwise handsome copy.

First editions.
Half chocolate sheep binding, smooth spine slightly faded decorated with triple gilt fillets and showing minor rubbing, marbled paper boards with small scuffs, marbled endpavers and pastedowns, contemporary binding.
Works illustrated with 4 plates at rear.
Handsome set.

First edition.
Brown half shagreen, spine in six compartments with blindruled fillets.
A very good copy.

First edition without title page.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with blind fillets.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Brown half shagreen, spine in six compartments with blindruled fillets.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Brown half shagreen, spine in six compartments with blindruled fillets.
A very good copy.

First edition.
Half navy sheep binding, smooth spine rubbed with decorative cold double fillets, marbled paper boards.
Some minor interior foxing.

First edition without the title page.
Half brown shagreen binding, spine with five raised bands decorated with cold fillets.
Fine copy.

First edition published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Light tears and corner lacks to spine and boards.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Volume 1: Necrophages: Platypsillides, leptinides, silphides, anisotomides, clambides.
Volume 2: Colydiides, rhysodides, trogositides.
Handsome complete set in two volumes.
Library stamp to the foot of the front cover of the second volume.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 56 figures and 8 plates hors-texte.
Handsome copy retaining publisher's wraparound band.

First edition in French.
Work illustrated with 108 figures in the text.
Fine copy.

First edition in French based on the second German edition.
Publisher's full mint green cardboard binding, smooth spine, sea green paper endpapers and pastedowns.
Handsome copy.

Published the same year as the first edition.
Illustrated with 83 illustrations to text.
A good copy.

First edition.
Iconography and illustrations in and out of text.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Publisher's binding in full apple-green cloth, smooth spine.
Work illustrated with 118 illustrations.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 93 figures in the text.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Preface by H. Humbert.
Work illustrated with 16 photographic plates and complete with its 2 folding maps at the end.
Handsome copy.

First edition.
Spine and boards slightly and marginally sunned, handsome interior condition.
Rare.

First edition.
Publisher's full brown cardboard bindings, smooth spines, brown top edges.
Work illustrated with 725 figures hors-texte.
Fine copy.

First edition.
Illustrated with in-text and full-page figures.
Handsome copy.

First edition of this thesis presented to the Faculty of Sciences of Paris in order to obtain the degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences on February 24, 1883.
Spine restored, with handwritten title, and reinforced at head and foot with two adhesive pieces.
Handsome interior condition.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 6 plates.
Occasional foxing, printed stamp at foot of first board.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 2 plates.
Spine refreshed, restored and reinforced, worming and minor marginal lacks to boards, handsome interior condition.

First edition.
A good copy.

First edition.
Publisher's cream printed boards slightly soiled, lithographed frame and title at center of front board.
Work illustrated with sixty copperplate engravings drawn by Prêtre depicting more than three hundred and fifty genera of insects.
André-Marie-Constant Duméril (1774-1860) succeeded Lacépède in the chair of zoology at the Natural History Museum of Paris. Handsome copy in its publisher's boards. Lithographed title on front board within a fine frame. Some light foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Half red cloth binding.
This monograph, dedicated to Mulsant, is illustrated with 14 hors-texte plates.
Rare offprint from the Annales de la société linnéennes de Lyon.

First edition.
Copy in its original wrappers with small lacks to spine and covers, title label and author's name on spine.

Third edition with some parts in first edition as revised and corrected.
The first volume is part of the third printing of the third edition, the following volumes are part of the second printing.
Half red shagreen bindings, spines with five raised bands set with gilt fillets and showing minor rubbing on some volumes, spines decorated with gilt floral motifs, three joints with slight lacks at heads, blind fillet frames on red cardboard boards, boards of first volume discolored, contemporary bindings.
Work illustrated with figures in the text.
Some foxing.
Rare.

First edition.
Illustrated with 4 plates hors texte.
No spine, marginal lacks to the covers.

First edition, one of the rare copies on China paper of which no mention is made.
Work illustrated with 78 wood-engraved vignettes by A. Mesnel.
Rare and handsome copy.

The first edition, published in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Rare pamphlet illustrated with 2 photographic plates in its center.
A small tear at the head of the first cover, handsome copy.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Rare pamphlet illustrated with 2 plates with figures.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Rare and handsome pamphlet.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Rare and handsome brochure.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Rare and handsome brochure with the author's manuscript corrections in the text.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Rare and handsome pamphlet.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Rare and handsome pamphlet.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Rare and handsome pamphlet with manuscript corrections by the author in the text.

First edition printed in a small number of copies of this offprint.
Rare pamphlet presented without covers.
Inscribed by M. Karsakoff.

First edition.
Work illustrated with 2 engraved plates at the end.
Spine slightly sunned with small tears and minor lacks, light spotting and traces of corner creases without concern on the boards, some minor foxing to interior.
Rare.

First edition.
Work with one engraved plate at rear.
Unlettered spine faded and cracked, light foxing affecting mainly the edges.
Rare.