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1841PW1034New York:: Independently published 1841. 1841. 12mo. 291 pp. 6 woodcut plates and other woodcut figures; title with small hole ffep present in fragment. Lightly foxed. Original quarter mauve cloth blue-green boards; upper joint and all edges repaired with kozo. Ownership signature of William Salmon MD title. Good. An early manual of sex pregnancy midwifery and child-rearing. Features some illustrations of human monsters twins in the womb a woman with four arms a fully-hairy child see: "Of monsters and monstrous births". Much less technical than those intended for the physicians of the time this pseudonymously written book was intended for common consumption. Independently published, 1841. hardcover books
1892031684London: Printed By Order of the Trustees of the British Museum 1892. 3d and Revised Edition. Edited by F. G. Kenyon. lxviii 229p. green cloth ex libris. Printed By Order of the Trustees of the British Museum unknown books
1820PW1033London:: Miller Law and Carter no date c. 1820. 1820. Small 12mo. iv 5-10 15-310 2 pp. LACKS FRONTISPIECE ENGRAVING OF ARISTOTLE AND PP. 11-14; offsetting to title a few signatures partly sprung lacks ffep. Original full mottled calf; upper joint reinforced with kozo. As is. "A New and improved edition." Containing: His complete masterpiece; his experienced midwife; his book of problems; and his last legacy. / An early manual of sex pregnancy midwifery and child-rearing. Much less technical than those intended for the physicians of the time this pseudonymously written book was intended for common consumption. Location: Royal College of Surgeons of England. Miller, Law, and Carter, [no date] c. 1820. unknown books
1886259367Parisiis: Sumptibus et Typis P. Lethielleux 1886. Hard Cover. near Very Good binding/no dust jacket. A. Silvestro Mauro. Binding soundwith closed tear to top spine and moderate bumping to extremities; library number to spine no other markings to binding; previous owner stamp to front free endpaper otherwise no markings to text. Text shows even toning. near Very Good binding / no dust jacket. Sumptibus et Typis P. Lethielleux unknown books
1886259369Parisiis: Sumptibus et Typis P. Lethielleux 1886. Hard Cover. Very Good binding/no dust jacket. A. Silvestro Mauro. Binding soundwith light bumping to extremities; library number and sticker to spine no other markings to binding; previous owner stamps to front free endpaper and faint pencil mark to page one otherwise no markings to text. Small closed tear to page one. Text shows even toning. Very Good binding / no dust jacket. Sumptibus et Typis P. Lethielleux unknown books
1819309238Oxford: Printed for R. Pearson; sold by Messrs. Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown 1819. iv 272 pp. Baxter Printer Oxford. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary boards contemp. cloth spine. VG. iv 272 pp. Baxter Printer Oxford. 1 vols. 8vo. Printed for R. Pearson; sold by Messrs. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown unknown books
186448191London: Smith Elder and Co. 65 Cornhill 1864. 1st Edition. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamping. Bevelled boards. Square & tight. Modest binding wear. Hinges professionally restored. Prior owner signatures. A solid VG copy. x 2 404 pp including Index. 8vo. 9" x 5-3/4" <br/><br/> Smith, Elder and Co., 65, Cornhill hardcover books
1802247954Lipsiae. : Gerhardum Fleischerum. 1802. 19th century full brown morocco raised bands gilt spine title marbled endpapers. . Very good marginal coffee stain to top edge of last five leaves. . 8vo. Greek and Latin text Latin commentary. Gerhardum Fleischerum. hardcover books
1837297885Oxford: Oxf 1837. hardcover. very good-. Aristotelis Opera Tomus X. 427 pages with text in Greek. 8vo original red cloth worn at ends and corners lightly bumped; paper spine label partially eradicated. Oxford: Oxford University Press 1837. Very good.<br/><br/> Oxf unknown books
1891136383London: Trustees of The British Museum 1891. Second Edition. Hardbound. VG with no faults. Elephant folio 21" x 16.25" in olive green cloth and gilt title on cover and spine. Thin. vi pp. followed by 22 autotype plates of the papyrus sheets in real size. This is the second volume of this publication very seldom found. It contains the plate illustrations. There is a note in the preface to the second edition that some of the fragments on plates 19 and 20 have been re-arranged based on newly examined evidence and that some of the negatives for the other plates were redone. Scarce. The translation of these fragments was published with commentary in a smaller separate octavo volume of around 200 pages. Sadly this volume is not included. Trustees of The British Museum hardcover books
1816019269Oxford: Printed for Grant and Matthewson 1816. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First thus edition. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. xii 157 pages of text. Newly rebound quarter cloth with leather gilt-lettered spine label and marbled paper-covered boards. The first and final several pages have minor foxing and toning/staining to the edges and the title page has a tiny chip at the bottom edge. Engraved armorial bookplate preserved and reattached to the new inside front cover: W.B.A. Hales. The text is clean and unmarked. Mainly a reprinting of the 1686 First Edition Wing A3695 comprised of three books rather than four. First thus edition. Printed for Grant and Matthewson Hardcover books
1807019227London: Printed for the Translator.by Robert Wilks 1807. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. First Edition. Quarto 4to. iv 844 pages of text. Newly rebound in quarter leather with raised bands on spine and marbled paper-covered boards. The title page and several pages have minor creasing/wrinkling. The final page of text is signed by the translator Thomas Taylor. According to Lowndes this is the 2nd work in a 10 volume publication from 1806-1812 of Aristotle's Works. Only 50 copies of each was printed at the expense of William Meredith Esq. There is foxing scattered lightly throughout the text. Previous owner's engraved armorial bookplate was lifted and affixed to the inside front cover: William Page Thomas Phillips. Logic. Ammonius Saccas of Alexandria; Porphyry ca.234 - ca.305; Simplicius of Cilicia. First edition. Printed for the Translator...by Robert Wilks Hardcover books
18128308London: Printed for the Translator by Robert Wilks 1812. Mixed. 1/2 morocco. Very good. Lg. 4to. 8 vols. Uniformly bound by "J. MacKenzie Binder to the King" in contemporary half maroon morocco ornately gilt over marbled boards. A.e.g. Extremities a bit rubbed but all are in very good condition. Boldly signed by Taylor in ink at the end of the first volume. All of the volumes with the bookplate of Frances Mary Richardson Currer 1785-1861 called the "head of all female book collectors in Europe" by T. F. Dibdin. Eight of the ten volumes of the complete translation of Aristotle's works from the original Greek into English. Only 50 sets were printed and today they seldom appear for sale. There are some sets which have 11 volumes. These contain both the first edition of THE METAPHYSICS which Taylor translated in 1801 and printed in the same large quarto format and the second edition of the METAPHYSICS with significant added material revised for "The Works" in 1812. Our set offered contains the 1801 first edition as listed below. Lacking from our set are the volumes titled "The Physics" and "The Treatises on the Heavens etc." The eight volumes present in this set are the following: 1. The Organon. 1807 2. The Treatises on the Soul. 1808 3. The History of Animals. 1809 4. The Treatises on the Parts and Progressive Motion of Animals etc. 1810 5. The Rhetoric. 1811 6. The Great and Eudemian Ethics. 1811 7. A Dissertation on the Philosophy of Aristotle. 1812 8. The Metaphysics first edition of 1801. Printed for the Translator by Robert Wilks unknown books
