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1975040271Stein and Day 1975. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. Gift inscription signed by author Florence King on front fly. No other writing inside. Tilted binding is solid. Cover has rubbed extremities. Poor dust jacket has chipped edges and closed tears. King's first book published using her name. 1975 first edition first printing. <br/> <br/> Stein and Day hardcover
In-folio, antiporta calcografico con ritratto di Giovambattista Nelli, disegnato da Gian Domenico Ferretti e inciso da Vincenzo Franceschini, frontespizio in rosso e nero con vignetta calcografica con lo stemma mediceo disegnato dal Campiglia e inciso da Sgrilli; 18 tavole numerate I-XVII (la XIII è bis), veduta del Duomo e Battistero a cB2, varie testate, finalini e iniziali calcografici. Legatura in mezza pelle coeva con piccoli restauri agli angoli, titolo in oro su tassello al dorso, nervature. Girolamo Ticciati architetto e scultore si adopera per descrivere il Duomo di Firenze nei suoi particolari. Bell’esemplare in carta forte con sparse gore d’acqua Moreni, II, 338. Cicognara n.4096. Berlin Kat., n.2694 In-folio, copper engraved frontispiece with portrait of Giovambattista Nelli, drawn by Gian Domenico Ferretti and engraved by Vincenzo Franceschini, red and black title page with copper engraved vignette with the Medici coat of arms drawn by Campiglia and engraved by Sgrilli; 18 plates numbered I-XVII (the XIII is bis), view of the Cathedral and Baptistery on lB2, copper engraved initials and tails. Coeval half calf binding with small restorations on the corners, gilt title on the spine with label, bands. Architect and sculptor Girolamo Ticciati describes the Cathedral of Florence in its details. Beautiful copy on strong paper with scattered water stains. Moreni, II, 338. Cicognara n.4096. Berlin Kat., No. 2694
Ediz. orig. In-4°; pp. 7, (1), al frontespizio un legno raffigura la cupola di Santa Maria del Fiore a Firenze; un capolettera inciso su legno, alcune note manoscritte. Legatura in cartonato colorato. L’opera è dedicata a Filippo Valori, l'ambasciatore fiorentino del papa. Edizione originale, assai rara. L'opuscolo di Franscesco Bocchi prende spunto dall'episodio di un fulmine abbattutosi sulla cupola di Santa Maria del Fiore a Firenze, per indirizzare il suo racconto sul tema del restauro di quello che era considerato il manufatto simbolo della città. Sebbene pubblicato solo nel 1604 la lettera è datata in calce Firenze Febbraio 1600, subito dopo che la lanterna era stata danneggiata. Il restauro di quella fu affidato a Gherardo Mechini, che lo completò in un tempo assai breve; utilizzò un complesso sistema di ponteggi e dispositivi di sollevamento. In un contesto di generale esaltazione della storia dell’arte fiorentina, in queste pagine si leggono parole di estrema lode per la bellezza e lo splendore della cupola e della lanterna, un'opera di altissimo ingegno la cui maestà suscita in chi la guarda "primo laetitia, deinde, cum appropinquant, admiratio, postremo stupor". L'esaltazione si estende ovviamente all'artefice, Filippo Brunelleschi, che, si dice, esprime la razionalità nell'arte attraverso l'esempio degli antichi. A sostegno di una teoria che esalta le origini del rinascimento fiorentino, Bocchi sembra chiamare in causa anche Michelangelo Buonarroti "iure optimo" che, accingendosi alla costruzione della cupola del Sacrario Laurenziano, afferma, rispondendo a chi glielo chiedeva, che nessun architetto aveva fatto di meglio dopo l'artificio di Filippo. Francesco Bocchi (1548-1618) fu un erudito italiano che, soggiornando a Firenze, scrisse una guida delle bellezze della città di Firenze, e fu autore anche di un'opera sulla musica e di una sulla statua di San Giorgio di Donatello. (Vedi voce in DBI). Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446), architetto, ingegnere escultore fiorentino, attende ai lavori della cupola del Duomo di Firenze a partire dal 1418 e fino alla sua morte, al principio offrendo la sua consulenza per risolvere la soluzione della costruzione della cupola assieme al Ghiberti e a Battista d'Antonio, in qualità di "provveditore alla costruzione della cupola". La cupola presentava un tamburo ottagono che insisteva su una struttura gotica, il cui sistema di forze Brunelleschi volle coordinare e risolvere, attraverso la cupola, nella lanterna che la chiude.
15886821CBFlorenz, Filippo Giunti, 1588. Kl.-4°. (4) Bl., 186 S., (9) Bl. Mit Holzschnitt-Portrait, 2 versch. Holzschnittdruckermarken und zahlr. Holzschnitt-Initialen. Flexibler Pergamentband der Zeit mit 2 Schliessbändern (2 Seiten ausgerissen), handschr. Rückentitel und Papierrückenschild. + Wichtig: Für unsere Kunden in der EU erfolgt der Versand alle 14 Tage verzollt ab Deutschland / Postbank-Konto in Deutschland vorhanden +, A|B|C|D [4 Warenabbildungen]
1944214h1991New York: Poland Fights. Fair. 1944. First American Edition. Paperback. "The moving and almost incredible story of Oswiecim Auschwitz concentration camp. Written under the tension of the vibrant poignancy that is an inseparable part of the miseries Poland has endured. Written by a Polish Underground Labor 'historian' experienced in the underground struggle who drew his material from actual contact with persons who underwent and saw others suffer the things that he describes. A compilation of the viciousness of Nazism as seen at Oswiecim so that all who read might understand and make a just evaluation of that which Poland faces of the problem of ridding all Europe of a scourge that gives rise to such things as Oswiecim." - Foreword. 48 page stapled booklet. Includes a one-page facsimile of the cover of the 1942 Polish first edition published underground. Full-page map shows locations of major concentration camps in Poland. According to Wikipedia this book was written by Natalia Zarembina 1895-1973 and was the first documentary about the Auschwitz concentration camp based on reports from refugees or people dismissed from the camp mainly Eryk Lipinski Henryk Swiatkowski and Edward Bugajski. Also includes information about the network of slave camps in Poland including Camp Districts Temporary Concentration Camps General Concentration Camps Forced Labor Camps Concentration Camps for Clergy Concentration Camps for Women Concentration Camps for Jews Camps for "Improvement of the Race" where "the only duty that is absolutely enforced of the young defect-free Polish and German inmates is the regular performance of sexual intercourse with the partner assigned" Camps for "Correction of Youth" and Concentration Camps for Children So-Called "Educational Institutes". Front cover loose but present. Lacking back cover. Unmarked with somewhat above-average wear. Moderate tanning to contents. Binding intact. A rare copy of this early Auschwitz exposé. 8.25" x 5.4". Weiner Library Cat. Series 7 - #1660.; Cover Art; 8vo . Poland Fights paperback
1880320579Derby 1880. 3pp. folded sheet mourning stationery. With the original mailing envelope. Usual fold. Old tape repair on conjugate leaf with resulting stain affecting a few words of text but not affecting signature. 3pp. folded sheet mourning stationery. With the original mailing envelope. "I am very glad that there is to be a real life of the never to be forgotten glorious Dr. Livingstone. I wish Dr. Blaikie God speed. With regard to my private letter to you it was I need hardly say from the depths of my heart & not written with a view to publication and I cannot recall a word that was in it. But if you think that my poor words can contribute anything to what must be the object of every English speaking nation & not only this but of every man woman & child all over the world viz. to make known one who has opened the way of peace & not terror to those who were 'lying in darkness & the shadow of death' on so large a portion of the globe. I feel that I cannot decline what otherwise is so repugnant to me . And pray believe me ever the faithful servant of yourself & the great memory of as true a hero saint as ever lived ."<br /> <br /> Written on the occasion of the preparation for imminent publication of William Garden Blaikie's biography of Livingstone published 1880 the letter gives permission for a letter of hers to be published in which she said of Livingstone: "We cannot console ourselves for our loss. He is irreplaceable" p. 458 and called him "the greatest man of his generation unknown
1880320579Derby 1880. 3pp. folded sheet mourning stationery. With the original mailing envelope. Usual fold. Old tape repair on conjugate leaf with resulting stain affecting a few words of text but not affecting signature. 3pp. folded sheet mourning stationery. With the original mailing envelope. "I am very glad that there is to be a real life of the never to be forgotten glorious Dr. Livingstone. I wish Dr. Blaikie God speed. With regard to my private letter to you it was I need hardly say from the depths of my heart & not written with a view to publication and I cannot recall a word that was in it. But if you think that my poor words can contribute anything to what must be the object of every English speaking nation & not only this but of every man woman & child all over the world viz. to make known one who has opened the way of peace & not terror to those who were 'lying in darkness & the shadow of death' on so large a portion of the globe. I feel that I cannot decline what otherwise is so repugnant to me . And pray believe me ever the faithful servant of yourself & the great memory of as true a hero saint as ever lived ."<br/><br/>Written on the occasion of the preparation for imminent publication of William Garden Blaikie's biography of Livingstone published 1880 the letter gives permission for a letter of hers to be published in which she said of Livingstone: "We cannot console ourselves for our loss. He is irreplaceable" p. 458 and called him "the greatest man of his generation. unknown books
185947915London: John W. Parker and Son West Strand 1859. First Edition Bishop & Goldie 100 iii; Garrison - Morrison 1611. Original publisher's brown cloth binding with gilt stamped lettering to front board. Rust colored eps. Cloth along joints splitting. Rub mark to front paste-down. Prior owner signature to h.t. Withal a VG copy. 8 108 8 pp. 8 page publisher catalogue at rear. Charts including one fold-out 8 intra-textual figures & 4 fold-out plates at rear. 8vo. 9" x 5-5/8" <br /><br />Per B & G "One result of the publication of Notes on Hospitals was to bring upon Miss Nightingale requests for advice on the building of hospitals and infirmaries from all over the world. She devoted much time and endless trouble to dealing with such requests ."Somewhat uncommon title in the trade. John W. Parker and Son, West Strand hardcover books
192390960Librairie Armand Colin. As New. 1923. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. 156 pages; 8 black and white plates. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee Librairie Armand Colin paperback
201091008Rizzoli. New. 2010. Hardcover. 0847857999 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- - INCLUDES CD. 652 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer . Rizzoli hardcover
1969c2305150105xbvkBerlin, überwiegend 1961-1969, minimal auch 2. Hälfte 50er bzw. Anfang 70er Jahre. Insgesamt etwas über 1.500 Original-Fotografien, meist 2 oder 3 meist (seltener 1 oder 4) einseitig auf schwarzen Kartons (meist lose in transparente Fotoecken gesteckt), ausserdem wenige Fotos von Hilfsmittel-Konstruktionszeichnungen und einige Typoskriptblätter zu deren Detailbeschreibung. - Die insgesamt ca. 500 gelochten Trägerkartons befinden sich in 8 grossen Leitz-Ordnern mit handschriftlichen Rückentiteln wie 'Fotos - Dysmelien - u.a.', 'Fotos - Hilfsmittel - Dysmelien' oder 'Fotos - Dysmeliehaus - Jan. 1969'; die Ordner überwiegend alphabetisch nach den Namen der abgebildeten Kinder sortiert.
174038135En Sevilla: En la Imprenta de las Siete Revueltas 1740. 4to 20 cm 8". 8 194 4 pp.; illus. <br><br>Beautifully printed this is the second edition of a major account of a New World wonder by the first Florida-born author Francisco de Florencia 161995 who entered the Jesuit Order in 1642 and became a noted preacher as well as a highly regarded writer.<br>Â Â Â Â First published in 1692 in Seville the Narracion essays the apparition in 1631 of St. Michael to an Indian named Diego Lázaro de San Francisco who lived in Santa María Nativitas on the PuebaTlaxcala border in Mexico. Miracles were attributed to the apparition to the spot of the manifestation and to nearby water as well; the miracles included various forms of spiritual healing including via holy water administered at a distance as recounted here.<br>Â Â Â Â The work received the patronage of Manuel Fernández de Santa Cruz the bishop of Puebla Mexico. It contains a => full-page woodcut of St. Michael offers novenas specific to his chapel and of course gives a full account of the apparition. =>That long account includes a few lines in Nahuatl on p. 119.<br>Â Â Â Â Provenance: 18th-century ownership signature of Francisco Antonio Ximenez del Arenal on front free endpaper. Unidentified marca de fuego on top edge of volume. Handsome 20th-century bookplate of Jose Rodriguez Familiar on front pastedown.<br>Â Â Â Â => There seems to have been NO Mexico-printed edition of this work. <br>Â Â Â Â <br>Â Â Â Â DeBacker-Sommervogel III 798; Palau 92347; Sabin 24815; Alden & Landis 740/121; Medina BHA 6467. Publisher's limp vellum with evidence of ties now perished title in old ink on spine all edges speckled red; stain on front cover and another on rear. Bookplate and markings as above. => Overall a clean crisp copy in very good condition. En la Imprenta de las Siete Revueltas hardcover books
WB17838Hardcover. Very Good. A charming pair of sketchbooks illustrating life in India circa 1890. 2 volumes 10 x 7½ in.; 254 x 190 mm. Together 2 manuscript title pages 24 sepia ink and ink wash sketches on tabs interleaved with printed captions; minor foxing and toning occasional offsetting onto verso of caption leaves. The Sal Forests of Mundla: Full green textured cloth covers gilt lettered; recased. The Banjar Valley Forest: Half green morocco over green textured cloth spine with raised bands in six compartments gilt-lettered red morocco label to second. These accomplished sketches were accomplished by Florence and Mary Fosterlikely sistersdepict in detailed fashion felling trees building camps and rafts floating down the Banjar River. <br/><br/> hardcover books
In-folio, (8), 46pp (ultima bianca), occhietto (Mare magnum), frontespizio con stemma , ritratto calcografico di Ferdinando III principe d’Etruria inciso da Jacques Blondeau. Legatura medicea restaurata coeva in marocchino con globi medicei e gigli in cornice. Nervature al dorso. Copia donata da Antonio Magliabechi.
1923C90960Librairie Armand Colin. As New. 1923. Paperback. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - Text in French. 156 pages; 8 black and white plates. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works La Vie et L'uvre Oeuvre Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Librairie Armand Colin paperback
2010C91008Rizzoli. As New. 2010. Hardcover. 0847857999 . FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - FLAWLESS COPY BRAND NEW PRISTINE NEVER OPENED -- - INCLUDES CD. 652 pages. Catalogue Raisonne Catalog Raisonné Complete Works Life and Work Raisonnee -- with a bonus offer-- - May be EITHER: out of print OOP and extremely rare in this pristine condition; signed by author or contributor; or a first or special edition; inquire for details . Rizzoli hardcover
1992M95241Firenze, Giunti Editore (Libr. Musicale Italiana) 1992 Complete facsimile edition in full-size and full-colour reproduction of the complete original manuscript, publisher's hardcover binding (29x41cm., facsimile of the original binding) with small defect on front board and on lower end of front joint, together with a text volume (290pp. containing studies and commentaries) printed on handcrafted paper and bound in Fabriano paper, Limited edition of 998 numbered copies only ; this is nr. 528/998, protected by a publisher's box (46x32cm., cloth boards with gilt stamping, spine in leather), good condition, interior and texts in very good condition, rare, weight: 12kg., [This 'Squarcialupi Codex' is most probably the finest produced and most refined facsimile of a music manuscript ever. The codex contains an anthology of Italian music compiled in Florence (Firenze) during the first twenty years of the 15th century, with over 300 songs from the 14th till early 15th cy. by famous composers such as Francesco Landini, Andrea dei Servi, Gherardello da Firenze, Donato da Firenze, Niccolo da Perugia, and others. Its name is derived from the previous owner's name Antonio Squarcialupi, Florentine organist 1417-1480, attested by an inscription on the opening leaf. Later on it passed to Giuliano de Medici, then it passed to the Palatine Library and at the end of the 18th cy. it went to the Laurentian Library where it is kept up till present. The magnificent miniatures and illuminations in colour and gold - reproduced in the facsimile as well - were produced in the Florentine scriptorium of Santa Maria degli Angeli around 1410-'15. An indispensable source of early Renaissance music in Italy], M95241
Complete facsimile edition in full-size and full-colour reproduction of the complete original manuscript, publisher's hardcover binding (29x41cm., facsimile of the original binding) with small defect on front board and on lower end of front joint, together with a text volume (290pp. containing studies and commentaries) printed on handcrafted paper and bound in Fabriano paper, Limited edition of 998 numbered copies only ; this is nr. 528/998, protected by a publisher's box (46x32cm., cloth boards with gilt stamping, spine in leather), good condition, interior and texts in very good condition, rare, weight: 12kg., [This 'Squarcialupi Codex' is most probably the finest produced and most refined facsimile of a music manuscript ever. The codex contains an anthology of Italian music compiled in Florence (Firenze) during the first twenty years of the 15th century, with over 300 songs from the 14th till early 15th cy. by famous composers such as Francesco Landini, Andrea dei Servi, Gherardello da Firenze, Donato da Firenze, Niccolo da Perugia, and others. Its name is derived from the previous owner's name Antonio Squarcialupi, Florentine organist 1417-1480, attested by an inscription on the opening leaf. Later on it passed to Giuliano de Medici, then it passed to the Palatine Library and at the end of the 18th cy. it went to the Laurentian Library where it is kept up till present. The magnificent miniatures and illuminations in colour and gold - reproduced in the facsimile as well - were produced in the Florentine scriptorium of Santa Maria degli Angeli around 1410-'15. An indispensable source of early Renaissance music in Italy], M95241
121183Liverpool Florence Nightingale 1865. . First edition; 8vo; engraved frontispiece 2 plates of building plans map within the text contents faintly toned with a little light spotting plates more tanned; original limp blue cloth titles to upper board gilt rebacked retaining most of the original spine hinges strengthened cloth a little rubbed and darkened very good condition; 103pp.<br /> First edition and an attractive copy of this uncommon title on the Liverpool Nurse's Training School published in the same year that it was formally established under Nightingale's influence.<br /><br />'The Liverpool Training School and Home for Nurses was founded by William Rathbone in 1862 after consultation with Miss Nightingale. This was the beginning of a long and fruitful association which was to result in the organization and development of district nursing and workhouse infirmary nursing both of which were first tried out in Liverpool and later extended to other parts of the country' Bishop & Goldie Florence Nightingale: A Bio-Bibliography p. 28.<br /> Bishop & Goldie Florence Nightingale: A Bio-Bibliography pp. 27-28. Liverpool, Florence Nightingale, 1865. hardcover
121184London Harrison 1860. . First edition second issue; 8vo; chart within the text small tape repair on the verso of the title short closed tear in the margin of D4; original limp brown pebble-grain cloth title to upper board gilt yellow endpapers printed with publisher's ads spine rebacked to style cloth lightly rubbed with tiny worn spots at the corners very good condition; 79pp.<br /> First edition second issue with advertisements on the endpapers dated 1860 and 'the right of translation is reserved' on the title. An attractive copy.<br /><br />'Defining nursing as "helping the patient to live" Nightingale "introduced the modern standards of training and esprit de corps and early grasped the idea that diseases are not 'separate entities'. but altered conditions qualitative disturbances of normal physiological processes through which the patient is passing. While she did not know the bacterial theory of infectious diseases she realized that absolute cleanliness fresh air pure water light and efficient drainage are the surest means of preventing them"' Garrison History of Medicine p. 773 quoted in Norman Library of Science and Medicine 1600.<br /><br />On her return from the Crimean War a public subscription was raised to found a school of nursing. Notes on Nursing was published six months before the school opened and was intended 'not as a textbook but as a book of hints for those nursing in the hospital ward and in the domestic sick room. The principles of hygiene and sanitation which Nightingale had applied with such success in the military hospital at Scutari in the Crimea were fundamental. Notes on Nursing described in great practical detail the nurse's duties in supplying her patient's needs and it indicated a new and more responsible role for nurses one that required proper training and medical knowledge. Notes on Nursing was the first major work on it subject and remained influential for many years' Grolier One Hundred Book Famous in Medicine 71.<br /> Bishop & Goldie Florence Nightingale: A Bio-Bibliography pp. 15-18; Grolier One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine 71; Hook & Norman The Norman Library of Science and Medicine 1600-1602. London, Harrison, [1860]. hardcover
189274216J. B. Millet Company. As New. 1892. Hardcover. FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request - IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - AS NEW THE TEXT BLOCK IS PRISTINE CLEAN UNMARKED AND IN EXCELLENT CONDITION - - TWO 2 VOLUME SET-LIMITED EDITION NUMBERED COPY. Text in English. Includes 14 Phototypes from Original Drawings by Henri Fantin-Latour Fifteen Portraits of Richard Wagner & 113 Text-Cuts; Scenes from His Operas; Views of Theatres Autographs and Numerous Caricatures J. B. Millet Company hardcover
346569New York: Doubleday 1983. 227pp. 8vo. Cloth in dj. 227pp. 8vo. With ALS from Jackie Kennedy on Doubleday letterhead to Mrs. Millicent Fenwick laid in thanking her for the marvelous quote on the back of the jacket & wishing her good luck on her Wonderful new job Fenwick was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as United States Ambassador to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome Italy. Doubleday unknown
1950440987Fenton Michigan 1950. Softcover. Good. Oblong quarto measuring 10.5" x 7.5". Black cloth over stiff paper boards. Contains 374 sepa-toned or black and white silver gelatin photographs measuring between 1†x 1†and 5†x 7†with captions. Album is good only with loose pages and edgewear with very good or better photographs.<br /> <br /> An extensive collection of family photographs beginning in the 1890s and going through to the 1950s. The album follows the Monnier family originally from Rochester Michigan but they relocated to the Fenton Michigan in the 1890s. One of the youngest siblings Florence seems to be the compiler. She was born at the beginning of the album and as an adult appears to have lovingly collected her family’s photography together for a decades long timeline. Of note over one hundred images are circular prints and early Kodaks from the late 1800s. Throughout the album the family is pictured farming hunting and working on carpentry. Leisure time is seen as well with images of the family fishing swimming and traveling including a trip to Palm Beach. Numerous images show them posed with their car one of which shows it with a canoe strapped to the top. The family appears to have kept busy and each member had a variety of hobbies including one who was an amateur scientist with photos of a lab featured throughout. A photo data 1914 features a Monnier brother in a baseball uniform. By World War I Florence’s brother Alva was serving with the Navy he’s pictured here posing in uniform. Florence ends the album with her married family in the 1950s. The final pages feature group photos of the family from a reunion.<br /> <br /> An extensive collection of family photographs following a Michigan family over multiple decades with wonderful early photograph. unknown
15151NIGHTINGALE Florence. Collection of 32 pieces celebrating the first 50 years of nursing education which made nursing into the first respected medical profession for women. This collection includes a First Edition of Nightingale's influential guide Notes on Nursing 1859 and a handwritten Nightingale letter with wonderful content on her training school and hospital followed by many more tactile and visual pieces from the period ranging from approximately 1880-1930 when women entered the first official nursing programs to obtain theoretical education on disease prevention and antisepsis practical training in patient-centered care and certification and accolades for their excellent work. <br/><br/>While nursing was initially considered a volunteer service the founding of the Nightingale School of Nursing in 1862 caused rapid changes developing nursing into a true medical profession. Programs opened worldwide basing their training on the "Nightingale Principles" that emphasized patient-centered care through systemic cleanliness and stemming of infection in hospitals. The first time these important ideas were placed in print was in Nightingale's 1859 Notes on Nursing¸ a guide to patient care within the hospital and community which has remained relevant to the present day. A First Edition of Nightingale's Notes on Nursing published before even her training hospital was founded is included with this collection. A wonderful early letter on St. Thomas Hospital the site of Nightingale's first training school which she wrote in 1864 shortly after its founding is included here are well. In this letter Nightingale laments that "poor St. Thomas is in such a "fix & has so many bad friends that he ought to keep all his good ones." She is no doubt referring to the back-handed business deal that led to the hospital's moved to an abandoned music hall with sub-par hygiene for nine years starting shortly after her training program had found its home there. She discusses the immediate effects on her own students "I should never have placed my Probationers at St. Thomas but that Mr Whitfield & Mrs Wardroper were there.and when St Thomas' with its ample income has not contributed one farthing to but has profited by the Services of my Training School." Nightingale herself championed the creation of a new building and helped design it for modern standards of safety and hygiene. Among the first programs to model itself after Nightingale's example wertr the Spelman Nursing Program founded in 1886 and the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing in 1889. In order to distinguish nurses' uniforms from those of servants the programs instructed nurses to wear pocketed aprons for carrying tools and the schools provided ruffled caps that were easy for patients to identify in hospital hallways. An early vintage cap from circa 1880 is included in this collection.<br/><br/>By the turn of the century nursing education had aligned with university criteria and rigorous training became mandatory. In 1902 the U.S. and New Zealand initiated standard requirements for registered nurses to pass medical examinations; and by 1909 the University of Minnesota was the first to award a bachelor's degree in nursing. In 1919 the U.K. passed the Nursing Act requiring all nurses to join a registry; and in 1923 Yale University School of Nursing became the first autonomous college in the field. Such programs required women to take 2-3 years of medical coursework and pass certification exams. As is evident by this collection's handwritten nursing class notebook these women gained intensive knowledge about anatomy nutrition and disease. The notes in this collection include anatomical drawings as well as detailed information on "the practice of hygiene important in care of patient.how to prevent infection.uses to body of food and amount of food needed by individual patient" based on condition and diagnosis. It comes with a very rare 1911 "The Trained Nurse" booklet which contains educational matter on sexual and dental hygiene for patients to lower the risk of infection as well as information about a nurse's commitment to her training program. OCLC Worldcat lists no other known copies.<br/><br/>After completing classes nursing students apprenticed in their program's hospital until graduation. Instructors and administrators continued to value the use of uniforms and they made the clothing more functional for women whose daily tasks ranged from explaining doctors' diagnoses and treatments during consultations to the dressing of wounds. While uniforms evolved to become more streamlined they still bore visual signs of a student's experience and accomplishments. The nursing cap continued to be the most recognizable sign of entrance to the profession and getting her cap was a formal right of passage to a young nurse. Women only obtained the cap during a ceremony in which nurses from the program pinned the caps to the new nurses' heads. As students rose through the ranks and ultimately graduated they would receive a nursing lapel pin showing their entrance into a specialized field. This collection includes each of these important pieces: a white vintage nursing cap and lapel pin. In addition it contains a handwritten journal with beautiful colored handdrawn illustrations poems and diary entries by a nurse during her hospital training.<br/><br/>The women who graduated from nursing programs had met the mandatory benchmarks; indeed these women also often exceeded requirements and won honors for their work. Celebrating these landmark accomplishments this collection includes a set of 5 turn of the century graduation invitations an early commencement booklet with individual nursing graduation photos 3 early diplomas for women graduating from nursing programs 8 class photos and 7 individual female graduate portraits. The photos visually document the collective changes that these nurses' uniforms underwent across the decades as well as the women's pride in obtaining their degree. The collection also contains a "Champion of Head Nurses" trophy awarded to a young nurse for her leadership within her new hospital.<br/><br/>As this collection shows these women's educations led them to become proud and dedicated professionals excited to apply their knowledge in ways that made a difference. University of Pennsylvania "American Nursing" p. 1-11. "A Nurse's World" p.1. Heineman "Timelines in American Women's History" p. 219. unknown books
186077671London: Harrison and Sons 1860. First edition first printing. 79 pages with 'The right of translation is reserved' printed on title page. Undated but the date 1860 is listed on the advertisement pages on front endpapers. Advertisement pages also on rear endpapers. Front endpaper and title page detached from spine but extant. Front board nearly detached from spine only held to binding in two places. Very light spotting on some pages but mostly clean. Chipping to edges of boards with some loss to boards on head and foot of spine. Please inquire for photos of the book. First Edition First Printing. Hard. Good. 8vo. Harrison and Sons Hardcover