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Collection of 70 offprints on trematodes

By: N/A

Price: $150.00

Publisher: 1923 - 1994

Seller ID: 1059

SPANNING THE 20TH CENTURY, 71 SCARCE OFFPRINTS ON THE BIOLOGY AND TAXONOMY OF TREMATODES PARASITIZING DIVERSE VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES. 71 offprints, 1 in Spanish, 4 in French, 66 in English; some with wrappers, some not (as issued), many illustrated, author or previous owner inscription or handstamp to several covers, otherwise unmarked and very good. The papers cover the biology of the trematodes, including anatomy, physiology, reproduction, embryology, metabolism, and life cycle. A number report descriptions of new species and other aspects of taxonomy. The variety of hosts includes fi...
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Anatomical Models and Preparations, Catalog No. 26

By: N/A

Price: $75.00

Publisher: Cincinnati, Max Wocher & Son Co.: ca. 1900

Seller ID: 1039

SCARCE CATALOG OF ANATOMICAL MODELS BY OHIO MEDICAL SUPPLY COMPANY ESTABLISHED IN 1837--ITEMS REFLECT AMERICAN SOCIETY AT TURN-OF-CENTURY. 9 inches tall gray library card covers, brown cloth spine, library sticker and autograph title to cover, bookplate of Scientific Library, United States Patent Office, handstamp of U.S. Patent Office covered by withdrawn stamp on original paper catalog cover, 31 pp, black & white illustrations; cover corners worn, light soiling to pages, good +. FOREWORD: Universities, Medical Colleges, High Schools, Nurses' Schools, Museums and all Institutions where Anatom...
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Seaside Studies in Natural History. Marine Animals of Massachusetts Bay: Radiates

By: Agassiz EC;Agassiz A;

Price: $500.00

Publisher: Boston, Ticknor and Fields: 1865

Seller ID: 200

1865 FIRST EDITION ALEXANDER AGASSIZ SIGNED ASSOCIATION COPY OF AMERICAN MARINE BIOLOGY BOOK WITH DARWIN CONNECTION. 8 3/4 inch hardcover,vi, 155 pages, original dark green cloth binding, blindstamped covers, gilt title to spine, inscribed front endpaper to 'Prof Jeffries Wyman, with the regards of Alex Agassiz'. 185 fine wood engravings throughout the text. Spine ends frayed, spine dulled, 1/4 inch chip to bottom corner of free endpaper, otherwise unmarked and overall very good. The 1871 edition is cited by Darwin in his reading notebook. Alexander's father, Louis, had become a passionate ant...
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The development of Lepidosteus TOGETHER WITH 4 other offprints on embryology and comparative anatomy of fish from the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College

By: Agassiz, Alexander, Nickerson, W. S., Eigenmann, C.H., Holbrook, A. T. and Ayers, H.

Price: $50.00

Publisher: American Academy of Arts and Sciences: 1878

Seller ID: 1056

1878-1894 FIVE OFFPRINTS ON EMBRYOLOGY AND COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF FISHES FROM THE HEYDAY OF THE HARVARD MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY UNDER ALEXANDER AGASSIZ. Five offprintes 9 1/2 inches tall, in printed paper covers, darkened covers with handstamps and/or inscriptions of previous owners, some edges chipped, contents very good. No. 1 published in Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Nos. 2-5 published in the Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Nos. 2, 3, 5 contain laid-in printed leaflet, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass./ with ...
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Image for Academicarum Annotationum. Liber Primus. Continet anatomica, physiologica, zoographica, phytographica; Liber Secundus Continet anatomica, physiologica, pathologica; Liber Tertius, Continet anatomica, physiologica, pathologica, zoographica; Liber Quartus Continet anatomica, physiologica, pathologica

Academicarum Annotationum. Liber Primus. Continet anatomica, physiologica, zoographica, phytographica; Liber Secundus Continet anatomica, physiologica, pathologica; Liber Tertius, Continet anatomica, physiologica, pathologica, zoographica; Liber Quartus Continet anatomica, physiologica, pathologica

By: Albinus, Bernhard Siegfried

Price: $1,500.00

Publisher: Leiden, Verbeek: 1754

Seller ID: 845

28 EXQUISITE COPPER PLATES OF ANATOMIC DETAILS BY DUTCH PHYSICIAN BERNHARD SIEGFRIED ALBINUS, ENGRAVED BY CONTEMPORARY ARTIST, JAN WANDELAAR IN 1754. 10 inches tall hardcover, 1/2 leather binding, brown speckled paper covered boards, spine with raised bands, gilt title to spine, containing 4 books. 2 leaves, Book I, 96, 99-104 pp, 1 leaf, 7 plates; Book II, 114 pp, 7 plates; 1Book III, 120 pp, 7 plates; Book IV, 118 pp, 7 plates, colophon. Covers heavily worn, spine edges cracked, hinges holding, binding tight, pages age-toned, light foxing to first and last pages, plates crisp and clean, very...
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The Laws of Health

By: Alcott WA;

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Boston, John P. Jewett and Co.: 1857

Seller ID: 124

1857 PRE-CIVIL WAR BOOK ON HYGIENE FOR FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS: HOW TO STAY HEALTHY. 8 inches tall hardcover, x, 424 pages, original brown cloth binding, blindstamped design on covers, gilt title on spine, pencil signature and inscription of 'E. C. Gaines, Bethel, Mi, Sept 1858 / Phyllis bought this'. Minimal chipping top of spine, scattered light foxing, small stain to edge of later pages, otherwise unmarked and very good. CONTENTS: Growth and Renovation; Muscular Motion; Rest and Sleep; Digestion and Nutrition; The Circulation of the Blood; Breathing and Ventilation; The Laws of the Skin and of...
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Description of Australian, Cape, and other hydroids, mostly new, from the collection of Miss H. Gatty

By: Allman, George James

Price: $30.00

Publisher: London, Journal of the Linnean Society: 1885

Seller ID: 1058

1885 MONOGRAPH ON HYDROIDS FROM THE COLLECTION OF MISS H. GATTY WITH 20 FINE LITHOGRAPHED PLATES. 8 3/4 inches tall issue (November 30, 1885) of The Journal of the Linnean Society, printed pink paper covers, comprising pp 132 - 161 and 20 plates (No. 7 - 26). Handstamp of Aquatic Research Institute to cover, edges worn and soiled, contents unmarked and very good. GEORGE JAMES ALLMAN FRS FRSE (1812 - 1898) was an Irish ecologist, botanist and zoologist who served as Emeritus Professor of Natural History at Edinburgh University in Scotland. In 1843 he graduated in medicine at Trinity College, Du...
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The biology of the Weddell and crabeater seals, with a study of the comparative behaviour of the Pinnipedia

By: Bertram, G.C.L.

Price: $25.00

Publisher: London, British Museum: 1940

Seller ID: 703

SIGNED BY AUTHOR--ANATOMY AND BEHAVIOR OF SEALS: ILLUSTRATED REPORT OF AN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION IN THE 1930s. 12 1/4 inches tall volume, orange printed paper covers, inscribed and signed by author top of cover, 139 pp, 42 figures, 10 photographic plates, corners curled, binding tight, text unmarked, good+. GEORGE COLIN LAWDER BERTRAM (1911 - 2001) Joined a three-man Cambridge Expedition to Scoresby Sound, East Greenland, transported there and back by Dr Jean-Baptiste Charcot in his ship Pourquoi-Pas?. This was followed by nine months studying coral reefs in the Red Sea, prior to accepting a pla...
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Renal Function. Transactions of the First Conference, October 20-21, 1949, New York, N.Y.

By: Bradley, Stanley E., Pitts, Robert F., Oliver, Jean, Binkley, Francis, Taggart, John V., Berliner, Robert and Wesson, Laurence G., Jr.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: New York, josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation: 1950

Seller ID: 927

HISTORIC FIRST CONFERENCE ON AMERICAN KIDNEY PHYSIOLOGY WITH PAPERS BY LEADERS IN THE FIELD. 9 inches tall hardcover, green cloth binding, previous owner signature front flyleaf and on table of contents, color frontis of fish kidney tubule with accumulated phenol red, 172 pp, illustrations; abrasions to top cover edges and spine, light foxing to first and last pages, binding tight, text pages unmarked, very good minus. STANLEY E. BRADLEY (1913 - 1999) was Bard Professor Emeritus of Medicine and chairman of the Department of Medicine at Columbia University from 1959 to 1970. A native of South C...
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Image for Myographia Nova: or, a Graphical Description of all the Muscles in Humane Body, as they arise in Dissection, together with an Accurate and Concise Discourse of the Heart and its Use; as also of the Circulation of the Blood, and the Parts of which the Sanguinary Mass is Made and Framed. Written by the late Learned Dr. Lower

Myographia Nova: or, a Graphical Description of all the Muscles in Humane Body, as they arise in Dissection, together with an Accurate and Concise Discourse of the Heart and its Use; as also of the Circulation of the Blood, and the Parts of which the Sanguinary Mass is Made and Framed. Written by the late Learned Dr. Lower

By: Browne J

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, Medicina Rara Ltd.: 1697

Seller ID: 49

SUMPTUOUS DELUXE FOLIO FULL LEATHER BINDING OF FINE PRINTING FACSIMILE OF RARE 17TH CENTURY MUSCLE ANATOMY. 8 x 12 1/2 inches tall full leather binding, gilt border to cover, spine with raised bands, gilt title, top edge gilt, 109 pages, 37 plates, fine condition. In ivory paper covered slipcase lightly soiled with crayon mark on one side. Editions Medicina Rara Ltd., plates made from the original 1697 London edition. The paper is permanent, natural Curtis Rag, bearing the watermark of Medicina Rara. 300 copies bound in full leather numbered in roman numerals (deluxe binding) of which this is ...
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The Bridgewater Treatises: On the Power, Wisdom, and Goodness of God, as Manifested in the Creation

By: Chalmers, T., Kidd, J., Whewell, W., Bell, C., Roget, P.M., Buckland, W., Kirby, W. and Prout, W.

Price: $1,000.00

Publisher: London, William Pickering: 1837

Seller ID: 336

FINE BINDING, ILLUSTRATED 1830s EARLY EDITION COMPLETE 12 VOLUMES OF BRIDGEWATER TREATISES WRITTEN BY BRITISH SCIENTISTS IN RESPONSE TO GROWING SECULAR VIEW OF LIFE. 8 3/4 inches tall set of 8 works bound in 12, bound in full calf gilt with double gilt rules, spines with raised bands and twin black leather gilt labels, marbled endpapers and edges. Numerous plates, illustrations. Armorial bookplate of Abel Smith, Woodhall Park, front paste-down of each volume. Spines and boards rubbed, light foxing to endpapers, bindings tight, text clean and bright. Individual volumes: 1. Chalmers, T.: The Ada...
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Sea-Lilies and Feather-Stars

By: Clark, Austin H.

Price: $15.00

Publisher: Washington, Smithsonian Institution: 1921

Seller ID: 1057

1921 MONOGRAPH ON CRINOIDS ILLUSTRATED WITH 16 FINE PLATES, BY NOTED SMITHSONIAN MARINE BIOLOGIST AND EVOLUTIONIST. 9 1/2 inches tall monograph, printed paper covers, 43 pp, 16 plates, cover edges chipped, unmarked and very good. AUSTIN HOBART CLARK (1880 - 1954) was an American marine biologist. In 1901, Clark organized a scientific expedition to Isla Margarita in Venezuela. From 1903 to 1905, he conducted research in the Antilles. From 1906 to 1907, he led a scientific team aboard the 1882 USS Albatross. In 1908, he took a post at the National Museum of Natural History, which he held until h...
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A History of Comparative Anatomy from Aristotle to the Eighteenth Century

By: Cole, F.J.

Price: $20.00

Publisher: London, Macmillan & Co. Ltd.: 1944

Seller ID: 736

1944 FIRST EDITION LANDMARK HISTORY OF COMPARATIVE ANATOMY WITH 200 ILLUSTRATIONS. 8 1/2 inches tall hardcover, publisher's green cloth binding, gilt title to spine, physician's bookplate to front paste-down, viii, 524 pp, 200 figures; corners bumped, gilt title bright, binding tight, front hinge starting, pages crisp and unmarked, very good. GARRISON-MORTON No. 356. FRANCIS JOSEPH COLE (1872 -bio 1959) was a lecturer in zoology at the University of Liverpool from 1897 until 1906, when he became Professor of Zoology at the University of Reading, the first holder of the post. He then began sett...
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Thyroid and Thymus, with 96 illustrations and 33 plates in color

By: Crotti, Andre

Price: $50.00

Publisher: Philadelphia, Lea and Febiger: 1918

Seller ID: 772

FIRST EDITION OF COMPREHENSIVE ILLUSTRATED EARLY 20TH CENTURY MONOGRAPH ON THYROID DISEASE. 10 3/4 inches tall hardcover, 3/4 black cloth with marbled boards, spine recently recased with black cloth, marbled endpapers, xiv, 567 pp, 96 illustrations in text and 33 color plates. cover edges, corners and covers worn, hinges starting, binding tight, text clean and unmarked, good+. ANDRE CROTTI (1873 - 1958) was born in Argentina, and earned his MD in Switzerland, He then moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he established a practice specializing in thyroid surgery. He served leadership roles in White C...
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The Giant Panda. A Morphological Study of Evolutionary Mechanisms

By: Davis, D. Dwight

Price: $100.00

Publisher: Chicago, Chicago Natural History Museum: 1964

Seller ID: 307

FIRST EDITION OF THE GIANT PANDA'S BIBLE-PROBABLY THE GREATEST WORK OF MODERN EVOLUTIONARY COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. 12 inches tall folio monograph, original printed heavy paper covers, 159 superb illustrations, some colored. Cover edges lightly age-toned, top edge soiled, rippling to lower corner of last pages, overall very good. In custom archival mylar cover. Extraordinary anatomical illustrations, detailing the structure and function of the radial sesmoid bone to strip bamboo (pp 98, 138, 180). Cited by SJ Gould in The Panda's Thumb, 1980: Fortunately, the giant panda has its bible, a monograph...
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Vertebrate Zoology. An Introduction to the Comparative Anatomy, Embryology, and Evolution of Chordate Animals, with an introduction by Julian S. Huxley

By: de Beer, G. R. and Huxley, Julian S.

Price: $30.00

Publisher: New York, The Macmillan Co.: 1928

Seller ID: 910

1928 FIRST EDITION LANDMARK ILLUSTRATED MONOGRAPH ON COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY BRINGS TOGETHER ANATOMY, EMBRYOLOGY, GENETICS AND EVOLUTION. 8 3/4 inches tall hardcover, publisher's green cloth binding, blindstamped covers, gilt title to spine, physician previous owner bookplate to front paste-down, bookseller's label (Old Corner Bookstore, Boston Mass) front flyleaf, xx, 505 pp, 185 illustrations in the text; front cover corner bumped, light foxing to first and last pages, gilt spine bright, binding tight, pages unmarked, very good. SIR GAVIN R. DE BEER (1899 - 1972) was a British evolutionary embry...
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Encyclopedie, Anatomie Plate XVII. The heart, after Mr. Senac; TOGETHER WITH Plate XVII No 2. Details of the heart, after Mr. Senac

By: Diderot, Denis and d'Alembert, Jean

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Paris, Briasson: 1762

Seller ID: 990

Two original copper plate engravings on heavy paper, 9 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (8 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches platemark), light old water mark top corner of Plate XVII, not affecting image, both very good condition, in custom archival mylar cover; TOGETHER WITH photocopy of letterpress descriptive text (French language) pertaining to the engravings (letters on the anatomical figures are identified in the text). INTRODUCTION TO THE PLATES FOR ANATOMIE: Anatomy, that part of physics that provides knowledge of the human body, should appear with distinction in a Dictionary of the Sciences. It is primarily thr...
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Image for Encyclopedie, Anatomie Plate XVIII. Some parts of the lower abdomen, after Haller; TOGETHER WITH Plate XIX. Parts of the stomach, the liver & neighboring parts, after Kulm

Encyclopedie, Anatomie Plate XVIII. Some parts of the lower abdomen, after Haller; TOGETHER WITH Plate XIX. Parts of the stomach, the liver & neighboring parts, after Kulm

By: Diderot, Denis and d'Alembert, Jean

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Paris, Briasson: 1762

Seller ID: 991

Two original copper plate engravings on heavy paper, 9 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (8 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches platemark), both very good condition, in custom archival mylar cover; TOGETHER WITH photocopy of letterpress descriptive text (French language) pertaining to the engravings (letters on the anatomical figures are identified in the text). INTRODUCTION TO THE PLATES FOR ANATOMIE: Anatomy, that part of physics that provides knowledge of the human body, should appear with distinction in a Dictionary of the Sciences. It is primarily through the plates that it may be understood. Mr. Tarin, in charge of A...
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Encyclopedie, Anatomie Plate XV. The cavities of the brain and cerebellum, after Tarin

By: Diderot, Denis and d'Alembert, Jean

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Paris, Briasson: 1762

Seller ID: 979

1762 LARGE ANATOMIC ENGRAVING FROM FIRST EDITION OF DIDEROT'S ENCYCLOPEDIE - THE CAVITIES OF THE BRAIN AND CEREBELLUM. Original copper plate engraving on heavy paper, 9 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (8 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches platemark), inconspicuous 1/8 inch waterstain on third lumbar vertebra, very good condition, in custom archival mylar cover; TOGETHER WITH photocopy of letterpress descriptive text (French language) pertaining to the engraving (letters on the anatomical figures are identified in the text). INTRODUCTION TO THE PLATES FOR ANATOMIE: Anatomy, that part of physics that provides knowledge of...
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Image for Encyclopedie, Anatomie Plate XIII. Of the ear, after Duverney, Valsalva, Bidloo, & Ruisch; TOGETHER WITH Plate III No 2. The parietal bone in different states

Encyclopedie, Anatomie Plate XIII. Of the ear, after Duverney, Valsalva, Bidloo, & Ruisch; TOGETHER WITH Plate III No 2. The parietal bone in different states

By: Diderot, Denis and d'Alembert, Jean

Price: $200.00

Publisher: Paris, Briasson: 1762

Seller ID: 989

1762 TWO LARGE ANATOMIC ENGRAVINGS FROM FIRST EDITION OF DIDEROT'S ENCYCLOPEDIE - THE EAR, TEMPORAL AND PARIETAL BONES OF THE SKULL. Two original copper plate engravings on heavy paper, 9 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches (8 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches platemark), tiny hole lower corner of Plate IV No 2, not affecting image, both very good condition, in custom archival mylar cover; TOGETHER WITH photocopy of letterpress descriptive text (French language) pertaining to the engravings (letters on the anatomical figures are identified in the text). INTRODUCTION TO THE PLATES FOR ANATOMIE: Anatomy, that part of physics...
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