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fort in-8°, 725 pp., cartes, index, broche, couverture illustree. Bon etat. [MI-16]
Paris, La Découverte, Collection Armillaire, 1988. Un volume fort in-8, broché, 644 pp. Bon exemplaire.
x, 310 p. : illus. ; 22 cm. Hardcover Very good condition very good
Full Title: "LIBELLUS, QUO DEMONSTRATUR: CICUTAM Non solum usu interno tutissime exhiberi, sed et esse simul remedium valde utile in multis morbis, qui hucusque curatu impossibiles dicebantur. Editio Altera. [BOUND WITH] Libellus Secundus. [BOUND WITH] Supplementum Necessarium. Three volumes in one." pp. (16), 110; 292; 67 + Wonderful folding engraved plate of the Giant Hemlock. Foxed. 8vo. Contemporary French full mottled leather binding, slightly worn at extremities. Manuscript of the first owner, a physician, (J. F.?) Coste. An important work on the medical properties and other aspects of hemlock, aconite, hyoscyamus, colchicum, etc. Before this publication, these plants were considered highly poisonous and had been rarely used in medicine owing to the difficulty of accurately estimating their doses and the danger this presented to the patient. Anton Storck, a 19-year-old Viennese doctor, in 1760 repeatedly sipped tea laced with hemlock, said to be the suicide drug of Socrates and believed in Storck's time to be beneficial against pain. The experiment so terrified Storck that he lost the ability to speak temporarily, but he suffered no lasting ill effects, and went on to publish this study. There is a direct line from Storck to the Americans Frederick Prescott and Scott Smith, who in the 1940s had themselves so paralyzed temporarily by curare that not even an eyelid could blink, thus demonstrating that the deadly poison could immobilize patients and revolutionize surgery. Throughout medical history researchers have served deliberately as guinea pigs because animal experiments can work only up to a point. Blake, p. 434; Waring 379. Quite scarce and important. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W153
192 pages. Explores the latest research of Cleve Backster, who by attaching a lie-detector to the leaf of a plant discovered that it had feelings and the ability to read our thoughts. Now this ability - primary perception - has been traced even to disconnected cells of our own bodies. The implications and possibilities of that discovery, and the difficult struggle it has had in finding acceptance in the tradition-bound scientific community makes exciting, challenging, mind-expanding reading. Unmarked. Crease to one page. Small bookseller's label inside front cover. Very light wear. Glossy illustrated covers. Nice copy. Book
Paris, Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils & Cie, 1868. 2 volumes grands in-8; LXIX (introduction)-[2 ff non ch.- 436 et 456 pp. Pleine percaline terre de Sienne à la Bradel, dos lisse, pièce de titre en chagrin rouge, double filets dorés sur les plats, tête dorée, couvertures conservées. Bel exemplaire.
203pp. 26 cm. Hardcover Very good condition good
FIVE VOLUMES. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. A scattered run w/o the report for 1919. A fine collection of interesting and important papers on a vast range of topics, including: scientific discovery; physics; chemistry; bota ny; zoology; natural history, anthropology; archaeology; astronomy; geology; mineralogy; ethnology; Native Americans; Etc. We have many other wonderful Smithsonian Annual Reports. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! SM8
NINE VOLUMES. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. A fine collection of interesting and important papers on a vast range of topics, including: scientific discovery; physics; chemistry; botany; zoology; natural history, anthropology; archaeology; astronomy; geology; mineralogy; ethnology; Native Americans; Etc.
598 p. + Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Nonmetallic Minerals; Early West Virginia Pottery; Canoes; Jewish Ceremonial Objects; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology.
772 p. 8vo. XLib. Damp stained at margins. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Lauray Caverns; Bibliography of Herschel's Writings; A stronomical Observations; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans; etc. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
839 p. Illustrated. 8vo. Mildly XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics ; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans. The paper on Smithsonian Exchanges is especially valuable. as are the studies about Indians, including: "Aboriginal Works at the Mouth of the Klikitat River, Washington Territory" by T. M. Whitcomb. **PRICE JUST REDUCED!
855 p. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans; etc.
959 p. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botan y; Anthropology; and Ethnology; Indians; Native Americans; etc.
458 + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. All edges marbled. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Indian Basket work; Eskimo Bows; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology. Of course, the work on basketry is very highly prized. SCARCE.
878 p.+ Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Artifacts Collected from the Hupa Reservation; Customs of the Dakotas; Atnatanas of Alaska; Indians of the Quinaielt Agency; Charm Stones or Plummets; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; An thropology; and Ethnology. Really important documents of the native Americans. Scarce.
735 p. + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Washington Territory Indian Tribes; Indian Mounds; Indian Mummies; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology. The Native American monographs are highly prized. Smith Mag. 1
876 p. + Numerous plates. Illustrated. 8vo. XLib. Modern library buckram binding. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Indian Tribes of the Northwest Coast; Ceramic Art in China; Fire-making Apparatus; Stone Age Implements; and the usual articles on Astronomy; Geology; Mineralogy; Chemistry; Zoology; Physics; Botany; Anthropology; and Ethnology.
620 p. + 103 Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Chipped at head. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Japanese Wood-Cutting and Woodcut Printing; Prehistoric Anthropology; Relation of Biology to Geological Investigation; the Shofar; Scientific Taxidermy for Museums; Comparative Oology of North American Birds; Etc. The article on taxidermy is especially significant, and its ramifications can still be seen today in the major American natural history museums. SM 8
782 p. + Numerous plates, many in color. Thick 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Includes papers on Submarines; The National Zoo in Washington; Mutation Theory of Professor De Vries; Alpine Tun nels; Automobile Races; Salt and Its Physiological Uses; Fire Walk Ceremony in Tahiti; Boomerangs; Improvement of the Human Breed by Francis Galton; The Palace of Minos; Irrigation; Volcanoes; Diamon ds; Chronophotography (by Dr. J. Marey, an early inventor of the motion picture); Color Photography by Sir William Herschel; Exploration of the Sea with Kites. SM8
546 p. + Plates & folding map. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: To the North Magnetic Pole and the Northwest Passage (by the polar explorer, Capt. Amundsen); the Mammoth; Eruption of Vesuvius; Origin of the Slavs; Radioactivity; Wireless telegraphy; Etc.
688 p. + Plates. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. XLib. Includes important papers by the most noted authors on topics such as: Recent Progress in Aviation (with 19 plates); Ornamentation of Ca rpets; Explosives; Telegraphy of Photographs; Astronomy; Tuberculosis; Etc. By 1910 the competition in early aviation was intense, and the Smithsonian played a major role. SCARCE.
688 p. 8vo. Original publisher's cloth binding. Old glue on rear board. XLib. Includes articles on: The Value of Ancient Mexican Manuscripts; Native Plants of New Mexico; Chinese Architecture; Ferns of North America; Radio-telegraphy; Physiology of Sleep; Astronomy; Etc.
496 p. Woodcut illustrations. Original cloth binding, spine gone. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: Andrew Johnson; Louis Agassiz; A. D. Bache; and many other important figures of the era. The articles include studies of: Aurora Borealis, or Polar Light; Sense of Feeling; Electrico-Physiology; Lake Neuchatel; Gravity; Birds; etc. Because of the Civil War, this volume could not be published until 1872.
469 p. Woodcut diagrams. Original cloth binding. XLib Hereford Literary Society. Officers and Regents of the Smithsonian at this time included: Andrew Johnson; Louis Agassiz; and many other important figures of the era. The articles include studies of: the Senses; Colors; Gravity; Indians of British and Russian America; American Migration; Vitality; Shells; Barometer; Indian Pottery (Rau); Etc. Because of the Civil War, this volume could not be published until 1872. **