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180645461Stockholm 1806. Large folio oblong. 44 x 61 cm. Contemp. hcalf covers with marbled paper. Titlelabel in red and gilt pasted on frontcover. Wear to foot of spine otherwise fine. Engraved titlepage battle view engraved plate depicting the Carl Gustav on horseback in front of a battle scene and 11 engraved plates showing battlescenes after Dahlberg's drawings. All engravings in beautiful toned sepia aquatint. A few marginal brownspots. A very fine copy. <br/><br/><em>Very scarce first printing of this series of plates aiming at glorifying the Swedish victories showing battlescenes - Warsaw Carnova Columbi Guesne and the crossing of the Belt in Denmark - from the wars against Poland and Denmark 1655-58 in fine engravings by Skjöldebrand. </em> unknown
18640001111MELROSE MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA. Good. 1864. Manuscript. On offer are two original manuscript diaries dated 1864 and 1865 by 'Doctor' James W. Poland of Melrose Massachusetts. James W. Poland was a long time Baptist minister in Goffstown New Hampshire when in an attempt to treat himself for some ailment he came up with the formula for a medicine he called Dr. Poland's White Pine Compound. The medicine was a huge success and Dr. Poland found himself in a new career as a proprietary medicine maker. Eventually he also produced Dr. Poland's Cedar Plaster White Mountain Bitters Diarrhea Elixer Hair Preserver Poland's Magic Powders etc. At the time these diaries were written Dr. Poland had moved to Melrose Mass. and was active making some of these medicines especially the Magic Powders. He was selling on his own and also working for Dr. George W. Swett of the New England Botanic Depot in Boston. In 1864 he transferred the rights to some of his medicines to Swett. Dr. Poland's diary entries are short with a note of the weather his or his family's health problems travel mainly to Boston gardening activities purchases sales of the medicines and church activities once in a while he preached in Melrose at the Baptist church. Usually there were no notes of outside events with the notable exceptions of Lincoln's election in 1864 Lincoln's inauguration on March 4 1865 Lee's surrender on April 10th and Lincoln's assassination on April 14th. Dr. Poland writes: "Pres. Lincoln shot by Booth an assassin - Lord Save Us!" He notes his own birthday 57 years old in 1865 and the death of his mother on Nov. 5th of the same year. Included are a number of ephemera items related to Dr. Poland's profession as a maker and seller of proprietary patent or "quack" medicines including: two receipts for pew rental at the First Baptist Society of Melrose; two newspaper clippings of testimonials for the use of Dr. Poland's White Pine Compound; a business license from the U.S. Internal Revenue dated June 1 1863 a tax to help pay for the war; and a page of handwritten advertising copy for Dr. Poland's Specific; a cure for costiveness constipation. Both diaries have written entries in pencil for every day of the year and are overall in G condition.; 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall; QUACK MEDICINE PHYSICIAN QUACKERY PATENT MEDICINE SNAKE OIL BAPTISTS MASSACHUSETTS MASS MA CIVIL WAR 19TH REGIMENT FORT COLUMBUS YORK HARBOR ANTIETAM FORT SENECA SOCIAL STUDIES GENDER STUDIES HANDWRITTEN MANUSCRIPT DOCUMENT LETTER AUTOGRAPH DIARY JOURNAL LOG KEEPSAKE WRITER HAND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS SIGNED LETTERS MANUSCRIPTS HISTORICAL HOLOGRAPH WRITERS DIARIES JOURNALS LOGS AUTOGRAPHS PERSONAL MEMOIR MEMORIAL PERSONAL HISTORY AMERICANA Als antiquité contrat vélin document manuscrit papier Antike Brief Pergament Dokument Manuskript Papier oggetto d'antiquariato atto velina documento manoscritto carta antigüedad hecho vitela documento manuscrito papel. . unknown
1876484621876. <p>Taylor Alfred Swaine 1806-80. Archive of material relating to the famous Charles Bravo poisoning case consisting of 1 Autograph letter signed to Taylor from Harry Bodkin Poland 1829-1928. Bifolium. 3pp. Temple London 29 May 1876. 205 x 127 mm. 2 3 autograph letters signed to Taylor from Augustus K. Stephenson 1827-1904. 15pp. total. London 3 June 1876 2 bifolia 8pp.; 5 June 1876 bifolium 4pp.; and 22 July 1876 bifolium 3pp. 184 x 114 mm. 3 Taylor. The Balham mystery. Galley proof corrected in Taylor's hand of the first portion of an unsigned article in The British Medical Journal 20 May 1876: 631-633. 578 x 148 mm. Together 4 letters and one printed proof. Some rodent damage to Stephenson's letters affecting several words mended in several places with clear tape. Small lacuna along one fold in the galley proof affecting a few words. Minor dampstaining but good to very good.</p> <p> From the library of Alfred Swaine Taylor founder of forensic toxicology an archive relating to the notorious and sensational Charles Bravo poisoning a case that is still unsolved. The Bravo mystery has inspired several works of fiction including Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived in the Castle 1962 and a three-part BBC serial titled The Poisoning of Charles Bravo 1975.</p> <p> Bravo 1845-76 a 33-year-old barrister died of tartar emetic antimony poisoning on 21 April 1876 less than five months after his marriage to a wealthy widow; the marriage was reportedly an unhappy one. The inquest on Bravo's death held on 25 and 28 April returned an open verdict but the circumstances of the case were so suspicious that Taylor offered his expert advice to Harry Bodkin Poland one of the attorneys for the Crown. Our archive includes the letter Poland sent thanking Taylor for "your letter about the Bravo Case and for the offer of further advice and assistance" and informing Taylor that he "will show your letter to Mr. Augustus K. Stephenson the Solicitor to the Treasury." Stephenson is represented in the archive by three letters asking for Taylor's expert opinion on the case: "You have read the account of the Post-mortem encl. by Dr. Payne . . . That being so does it enable you to form an opinion as to whether the antimony was taken in solid food . . . letter of 3 June. "Assuming small traces of antimony to have been found in the liver of a deceased person-Can you form any opinion as to length of time before death that the antimony was taken" letter of 5 June. "Can you tell me whether antimony in the form of tartar emetic wd. if taken in small doses at intervals during pregnancy induce a miscarriage letter of 22 July.</p> <p> The last item in our archive is a galley proof corrected in Taylor's hand of the first two-thirds of an article on the Bravo case published on 20 May in the British Medical Journal; although the article is unsigned it was most likely written by Taylor. Based on the medical evidence Taylor concluded that Bravo had ingested the fatal dose of antimony during his last meal. He severely criticized the investigators in the case for not testing the remains of the bottle of wine he had drunk with the meal-"the only article of food not shared in common with the three who sat at the dinner-table . . . If tartar emetic had been found in this wine much of the present mystery hanging about the case would be removed . . . In tracing the further history of this bottle we learn that no one now knows what became of it or its contents." </p> . unknown
1891276956O.R. Reisland Leipzig 1891. Hardcover mit Leinenrücken und -ecken 1891-1931. Jahrgänge 1112132526272829303132333839404142464748495051. Der 39. Jahrgang ist nicht gebunden. Zustand: Keine Beschädigungen ehem. Exemplare einer Klosterbibliothek mit Kennungen. Rücken Ecken Kanten sehr gut. O.R. Reisland, Leipzig, hardcover
1807015321H. Nicolle/Desenne, Paris 1807. Première Edition, First Edition, 1. Ausg Hartkarton/Leder Einwandfrei
1819445295Cracoviae, typis academicis, 1819/44. Jeweils 12-16 Seiten. Alte Heftung. 4to.
1823elala1279Paris: Chez Raynal Libraire 1823. 1823. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l. 112. 2 lithographed portraits. contemporary quarter calf some foxing. Second Edition. BOUND WITH: LOUIS XVIII King of France 1755-1824. Relation DUn Voyage À Bruxelles Et À Coblentz 1791. 8vo. pp. 2 p.l. 120. some foxing. Paris: Baudouin Frères 1823. First Edition. 1st Edition. Paris: Chez Raynal, Libraire, 1823. unknown
182765011CBLeipzig, bei E. H. F. Hartmann, 1827. 8°. 22 x 13 cm. [Titelblatt] XX, 368 Seiten, Titelblatt, 306 Seiten. Private Pappbände mit handgeschriebenen Rückentiteln und roten Schnitten. [3 Warenabbildungen]
186558574London, John Murray, 1865. Kl.-8°. Mit 4 (2 doppelblattgr.) Plänen u. einer mehrf. gefalt. Karte. 1 Bl., V S., 1 Bl., 282, 80 S., OLwd. m. goldgepr. Deckel- u. Rückentitel.
18341133015Stuttgart, J. Scheible, 1834. 328; 344 S., 8 Porträts auf 4 Stahlstich-Taf. von Carl Mayer u. 7 strichlithograph. Taf. von J. Sautter. Hlwdbd d. Zeit m. mont. OUmschl. (etwas bestoßen, teils leicht, Taf. stärker braunfl., teils stärker gebräunt).
1900A141-1223Wien, Kaiserlich-K?nigliches Milit?r-Geographisches Institut, 1900. Hochformat, ca. 34 x 55 cm, gefaltet zu 4 Segmenten, Ausgabe: mehrf?rbig; Zustand: gut +
1890A141-1195Wien, Kaiserlich-K?nigliches Milit?r-Geographisches Institut, 1890. Hochformat, ca. 34 x 55 cm, gefaltet zu 4 Segmenten, Ausgabe: mehrf?rbig; Zustand: gut +
1861HIST0113Krakau, k.k. Univ.-Buchdruckerei 1857, 1861. 8°, Tit., 532 S., XXXVI S. Dokumente, VIII S. Inhalt; LIV, 356 S., 152 S. Beilagen, LII S. Dokumente, VIII S. Inhalt (diese mittig zerrissen, ohne Textverl.); 451 S., V S. Inhalt; 3 neue Leinenbände m. aufkasch. Orig.-Umschlägen, neu beschnitt., sehr sauberes und gutes Expl.
1887A141-1239Wien, Kaiserlich-K?nigliches Milit?r-Geographisches Institut, 1887. Hochformat, ca. 38 x 55 cm, gefaltet zu 8 Segmenten, Ausgabe: mehrf?rbig; Zustand: eine kleine beriebene Stelle (Blatt an betreffender Stelle etwas durchscheinend), sonst gut +
1880K-2044Wien, Kaiserlich-K?nigliches Milit?r-Geographisches Institut, ca. 1880. Hochformat, ca. 38 x 55 cm, gefaltet zu 10 Segmenten, und auf Leinen aufgezogen Ausgabe: mehrf?rbig; Zustand: gut - mit mitlit?rischen Einzeichnungen
1890K-2038Wien, Kaiserlich-K?nigliches Milit?r-Geographisches Institut, ca. 1890. Hochformat, ca. 38 x 55 cm, gefaltet zu 9 Segmenten, und auf Leinen aufgezogen Ausgabe: mehrf?rbig; Zustand: gut
1889A141-1242Wien, Kaiserlich-K?nigliches Milit?r-Geographisches Institut, 1889. Hochformat, ca. 38 x 55 cm, gefaltet zu 8 Segmenten, Ausgabe: mehrf?rbig; Zustand: gut +
18331320383Wien, In Komission bei Anton Doll, 1833. 2 Bl., 346 S., 5 Kupfertafeln. (Schütz's Allgemeine Erdkunde 27). Hübscher Hldrbd d. Zeit m. Rückenvergoldung (Vorsätze leimschattig, flieg. Vorsatz m. privatem Exlibris-Stempel).
1900A141-1197Wien, Kaiserlich-K?nigliches Milit?r-Geographisches Institut, 1900. Hochformat, ca. 34 x 55 cm, gefaltet zu 4 Segmenten, Ausgabe: mehrf?rbig; Zustand: gut +
1889A141-1241Wien, Kaiserlich-K?nigliches Milit?r-Geographisches Institut, 1889. Hochformat, ca. 38 x 55 cm, gefaltet zu 8 Segmenten, Ausgabe: mehrf?rbig; Zustand: gut +
1889A141-1240Wien, Kaiserlich-K?nigliches Milit?r-Geographisches Institut, 1889. Hochformat, ca. 38 x 55 cm, gefaltet zu 8 Segmenten, Ausgabe: mehrf?rbig; Zustand: gut +
1889A141-1353Wien, Kaiserlich-K?nigliches Milit?r-Geographisches Institut, 1889. Hochformat, ca. 38 x 55 cm, gefaltet zu 8 Segmenten, Ausgabe: mehrf?rbig; Zustand: gut, mit kleineren Butstift Einzeichnungen
