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In -4°, pp. (10), 159, (1), frontespizio in rosso e nero, legatura in cartonato coevo con titolo manoscritto al dorso. Prima e unica edizione di uno dei primi saggi italiani ed europei di psichiatria moderna; include un cospicuo resoconto sulla “medicina elettrica”, ovvero l’applicazione di fenomeni elettromagnetici alla cura del paziente: anche in questo caso il saggio è da considerarsi fra i primi mai elaborati e pubblicati sulla materia. Pietro Cornacchini, filosofo e medico senese, pubblica questo suo manuale nello stesso anno del “Treatise on Madness”, dell’inglese William Battie, considerato il trattato più importante del primo Settecento sulla cura della follia. Come testimoniato nel suo libro, in quegli anni si cominciava a sviluppare in Europa un approccio non repressivo e non reclusivo al malato e alla malattia mentale. Cornacchini è senz’altro fra i pionieri di questo tipo di studi, e il suo manuale è riconosciuto come il primo approccio fisiologico complesso dell’epoca moderna, in Italia, alla malattia mentale: si veda la “Storia della medicina in Italia”, di Salvatore De Renzi (Napoli, 1848, tomo V, pp. 759 sgg.) in cui l’autore riconosce a Cornacchini un anticipo di 14 anni sull’opera giovanile di un altro medico, Antonio Sementini, e addirittura di 35 sul lavoro che giudica il più importante del secolo, cioè “Della pazzia” di Chiarugi (1793). Il libro di Cornacchini succede solo a un altro trattatello, del ’57, cioè “Della mania, della frenesia e della rabbia” di Antonio Arrigoni, scritto che, in contrasto con il presente, trascurava la fisiologia per concentrarsi sul trattamento di queste patologie. Dopo aver distinto la malattia mentale in “tre specie” (frenesia, mania, malinconia), l’autore si addentra in spiegazioni fisiologiche: “Chi potrà negare - scrive - che la cagine [sic] immediata della Pazzia risieda [negli] organi interni, e che sia tutta materiale?” A osservazioni piuttosto dettagliate sulla circolazione sanguigna e sui fluidi corporali, si accompagnano altre considerazioni sperimentali o ipotetiche fra cui quella che la follia sarebbe connessa a una maggiore “durezza” del cervello o comunque alla consistenza di quest’organo (“Tanti autori confermano che il cervello de’ maniaci è stato ritrovato per lo più arido e friabile”). Al di là di quest’approccio, il volume si configura come un vero e proprio antesignano, in Italia, di un modo di considerare il malato di mente, anche sul piano lessicale: non a caso Cornacchini termina la sua disquisizione respingendo anche in senso terminologico “l’odioso nome di Pazzi”. Non meno intrigante e innovativo è il saggio che prosegue il volume, ovvero i due saggi “sopra la medicina elettrica”. L’argomento è a sua volta recentissimo e pionieristico, come chiarisce l’autore stesso che mette all’origine di questi studi il padovano Giovanni Francesco Pivati, il quale nel ’49 aveva pubblicato il suo “Riflessioni fisiche sopra la medicina elettrica”; l’approccio di Cornacchini alla materia è radicalmente diverso da quello di Pivati, ed è basato esclusivamente sull’applicazione di elettricità: Pivati e altri suoi seguaci erano convinti che, per una cura efficace, si dovessero applicare dei farmaci ai diversi conduttori di elettricità impiegati allora, mentre il parere di Cornacchini è che si dovesse procedere “senza intonacatura di medicamento alcuno”. In questo la posizione di Cornacchini è più aderente a quello che sarebbe stato il proseguimento degli studi a riguardo, e la sua esposizione va considerata più moderna e innovativa anche rispetto all’altra monografia pubblicata precedentemente in merito, quella del bolognese Veratti (“Osservazioni fisico mediche intorno all’elettricità”, Bologna, sempre del’49). Il discorso sull’elettricità di Cornacchini è piuttosto nutrito e addirittura sovrasta per quantità la prima parte del libro, impegnandone più di cento pagine. La prosa è limpida e avvincente: al di là della ricerca strettamente medica e delle descrizioni di casi clinici, non mancano cenni di proto-elettrotecnica (l’elettricità era ancora all’epoca un fenomeno curioso ma con scarse applicazioni pratiche). An early and rare work of psychiatry, in its first and only edition, this is one of earliest Italian and European modern book in this field. It includes a huge writing on “electric medicine”, i.e. the application of electromagnetic issues to illness care. Also this part has to be considered between the first essays ever published on the matter. Pietro Cornacchini, a physician and a philosopher from Siena, publishes this handbook in the same year of William Battie’s “Treatise on Madness”, a writing considered the most important of the early Century about madness’ care. A forerunner of non-reclusive psychiatry, Cornacchini writes the first complex physiological study on madness of modern age (see “Storia della medicina in Italia” by Salvatore De Renzi, Naples, 1848, in which the author assigns to Cornacchini 35 years of advance on the most important Italian work on madness of the Century, “Della Pazzia” by Chiarugi, 1793). Cornacchini’s book is published a year later of another handbook, “Della Mania, della Frenesia e della Rabbia”, by Antonio Arrigoni, that however ruled a non physiological approach to the matter. After giving a classification of different kinds of madness (frenesia, mania, malinconia), the author gives some original physiological explications, as like the madness connected to brain consistency. Beyond this, the volume is a pionering work on the way to consider the mental illness as a pathology to be treated with respect of the patient, starting with an appropriate use of language (at the end of the work the author rejects as obnoxious the word “Pazzi”, mad, for the mentaly ill). No less important can be considered the second part of volume, about “electric medicine”, a rising field, studied in Europe before the development of more important practical implementing of electricity. Cornacchini’s approach is different by most of contemporary works about: many researches required to add a drug to electric devices to be efficient; only later was demonstrated, as like Cornacchini assumes, that the electric application could be a treatment itself, and the pharmaceutical addition as unnecessary.
2 Vols., 4to (250 x 200 mm), mixed editions with vol. I being second edition corrected and Vol. II the first edition, xii, 466, [10]; xv, [1], 568, [8]pp., 78 folding engraved plates, recently expertly bound to style in full calf, covers with a double fillet gilt border, spine with five raised bands and compartments heavily gilt tooled, one compartment with contrasting red morocco label gilt lettered, a very handsome set. Desaguliers was elected to the Royal Society of London in 1714 as experimental assistant to Isaac Newton and he later popularised Newtonian theories and their practical applications in public lectures as well as his written works. By the time of his death he had given over 140 courses on mechanics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, optics and astronomy. "The two-volume set promotes the Newtonian tradition and quotes experiments that confirmed Newton's queries, especially from the Opticks. Desaguliers also describes a number of electrical experiments and contributes to the popularization of the study of electricity. Each volume contains six lectures, richly illustrated by experiments and annotated. The second volume deals mostly with applied science and engineering."?Norman. Norman, Bibliotheca Mechanica, p. 91; DSB, IV, pp. 43-5; Wellcome II, p. 451 (vol. 2 only); Poggendorff I, pp. 553-5.
XXIV-420 p., 16 pl. depl Broché, couverture originale imprimée 1849, 1849, in-8, XXIV-420 p, 16 pl. depl, Broché, couverture originale imprimée, Édition originale de l'un des premiers manuels de télégraphie, comprenant une description théorique, pratique et historique. Le mémoire d'Ampère occupe les pages 221 à 238. L'abbé Moigno (1804-1884), éminent mathématicien et physicien, fut le fondateur et le rédacteur en chef de la revue Cosmos jusqu'en 1862. Il était en correspondance avec de nombreux savants de son temps. Il signe ici l'un de ses premiers livres scientifiques, qu'il dédie à Arago, son ami et disciple. L'auteur insiste sur la nécessité d'une pédagogie adaptée pour la transmission des connaissances en télégraphie et, comme tout bon prêtre enseignant de l'époque, il s'intéresse aux incidences sociales de cette nouvelle technologie. Étiquettes anciennes sur la première de couverture et en pied du dos. Couverture fanée. Quelques rousseurs. Wheeler Gift, n° 1161
Very Good Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Contemporary (early 19th century) quarter brown cloth with marbled boards, "Yahudi ebrûsu" end-papers. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). 90 p., numbered with Arabic numeric system in pencil, around seven illustrated schemes of magical diagrams. Written on a probably 17th-18th century European paper with "Crescent" watermark, naskh script with "harakât", black and red ink. Early and a rare posthumous manuscript copy of this 18th-century Islamic majmua, containing the treatment methods and drug compositions against physical and spiritual diseases, with material and magical suggestions, copied 32 years after the author's death by a "Hafiz" with an addendum of new drugs and treatments compiled from older annotations of this work. "In the first part of the work on spiritual medicine, verses, prayers, talismans, and magic formulas in the Islamic culture like "wafqs" that are believed to be treated; in the second part, on physical medicine, drug formulas from various material objects for physiological diseases are shown." (Çagrici). Harputî was an 18th-century poet and prose from Harput (Kharberd). In the introduction to the manuscript, he stated that he is not a doctor, but that he writes practices that can heal patients due to his experiences. Despite this, the text was widely used in Ottoman medicine in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Fine Turkish, Ottoman (1500-1928) Original wrappers. Roy. 8vo. (23 x 16 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). [iii], 182 p., richly illustrated. First and only edition of one of the earliest and extremely rare Ottoman Turkish book on electricity published after the proclamation of the Republic in Turkey. It's a complete guide to electricity including how to install power plants, generators, and their working principles, etc. One of the most important breakthroughs of the regime in the Republican period was the delivery of electricity to many cities and villages of Turkey after the proclamation of the Republic. The electricity question and energy policies were also reflected in the propaganda material of the Republican regime. After the Alphabet Revolution in 1928, after the very few electrical books written in Ottoman Turkish, many books, posters, brochures, and periodicals were published, especially in the 1930s... Hasan Enver Pasha was an Ottoman general. He was the son of Mustafa Celalettin Pasha a Polish convert to Islam and the daughter of Omer Pasha. Besides he was an avid defender of the belonging of the Turkish race to the European white races. He married Leyla Hanim, a daughter of Mehmed Ali Pasha (marshal). They had five children: Celile who became the mother of Nâzim Hikmet, Münevver who became the mother of Oktay Rifat, Mustafa Celalettin, Mehmet Ali, and Sara. In 1901, he led an expedition to deliver Islamic and pan-Islamic messages to the Muslims of China. Özege 15207.; TBTK 12692.; OCLC 850834945 (Only one copy worldwide).
In -8°, (2), XXX, 413 (3), 12 tavv. ripiegate; rilegato con “Lettre... Sur l’électricité médicale” (Amsterdam, “et se trouve à Paris chez des Ventes de la Doué”, 1771, pp. 70); mezza pelle con nervi, tassello e titolo al dorso, tagli in rosso, piccolissimi fori di tarlo nelle prime pagine, non incidono sul testo. L’autore, professore di chimica e fisica a Bourges, fu celebre anche e soprattutto come ostetrico: è giudicato il primo a realizzare la sinfisiotomia, cioè la separazione della sinfisi pubica. Small bookworm holes on first pages, out of text. The author, chemistry and physics teacher at Bourges, was well known as an obstetrician. He was the first one to accomplish a symphysiotomy.
First edition, [2], 80pp., folding engraved plate, closed tear in final leaf, expertly repaired and no loss of text. 2 works bound as one, 8vo (200 x 120 mm), modern vellum-backed marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, a nice copy. Watson was the most distinguished name in this period of the history of electricity, and this was his principal work. He was the first to observe the flash of light attending the discharge of a Leyden jar, and he provided the first demonstration of the passage of electricity through a vacuum, and the plus and minus of electricity. Mottelay, pp.175-177; Baaken, p.115.
8vo., Second Edition, with small illustrations in the text, faint bookplate scar on front paste-down, [signature] erasure on front free endpaper leaving three-inch tear (but endpaper wholly sound); strongly bound in contemporary half calf, marbled boards, back with flat bands ruled in gilt, second compartment with red leather label lettered in gilt, red sprinkled edges, neatly rebacked with old backstrip laid down, a remarkably bright, crisp, copy. Dedicated to the Duke of Somerset, President of the Royal Institution, this is Faraday's only complete work in book form. First published two years earlier, it includes an extensive index. An unusually well-preserved copy. Bolton I, 434; Duveen p.207.
1 vol. in-8 relié demi-basane maroquiné bordeaux, reliure aux armes impériales (aigles et couronnes grattés), toutes tranches dorées, contient : E.O. : Observations sur l'emploi du zinc. Preuves de l'innocuité de ce métal : nécessité de le substituer au cuivre, au bismuth et au plomb, avec lesquels les Potiers d'étain allient ce métal pour lui procurer plus de solidité, De l'Imprimerie de Henri Agasse, Paris, 1809, 2 ff., 17 pp. et 1 f. blanc / Des mortiers ou cimens, Expériences qui font connaître la cohésion que contracte la chaux avec les matières minérales, végétales ou animales, troisième édition, A Paris, 1809, 48 pp. / E.O. : De la nature et des propriétés de huit espèces d'électricité; par B. G. Sage, De l'Imprimerie de Henri Agasse, Paris, 1809, 36 pp. / E.O. : Théorie de l'origine des Montagnes, et de l'accrétion quotidienne de la masse solide du Globe, avec des conjectures sur la cause des subversions qu'il a éprouvées, De l'Imprimerie de Henri Agasse, Paris, 1809, 50 pp. et 1 f. blanc Comme le signale Quérard, ces opuscules "n'ayant pas été destinés au commerce, il est vraisemblable qu'ils n'ont été tirés qu'à un petit nombre" (Quérard, VIII, 308). Etat très satisfaisant (rel. frottées et aigles grattées, bon état par ailleurs). Français
769p. Hardcover Ex-library, very good condition, rebound, binding worn and backstrip detached and laid in, patent stamps on t.p.
pp. [4], 5-96. 19 x 13cm. "A book of more than two dozen exemplifications wherein electricity clearly illustrates Christianity". - Subtitle. Author was a rectifier field specialist for General Electric. "A most illuminating book. Mr. Strickland's knowledge of electricity and his own personal faith in the Christian religion, along with his ability to express himself in the language of the layman have fitted him for the writing of this unique book". - dust jacket. Unmarked with above-average but not excessive wear to publisher's blue cloth. Binding intact. Considerable tanning to contents. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating study. A nice gift idea for your special Christian electrician! Book
Very Good French Paperback. Some rubbed on spine and little stains on last pages. A good copy. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In French. [vii], [1], 66, [17] p., 37 numerous b/w plates. Hasan Halet Isikpinar, is a Turkish engineer and professor. He initially graduated from Robert College as an electrical engineer in 1916, being the first Turkish graduate of the engineering department. He advanced his studies to receive a degree of mechanical engineering from the same institution in 1922. After his assistantship in Robert College from 1923 to 1925, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1928 and graduated as the first Turkish student of the university. He kept his tenure as a professor in Robert College in the department of engineering until 1934, where he contributed to the advancement of the department of electrical engineering to a significant extent. He led over 800 engineering projects in Turkey, majority of which being the first examples within the newly founded Turkish Republic. He was fluent in multiple languages including English, French, German and Italian, with his most notable works including widely sourced engineering books in these languages, including "L'Industrie Electrique et les Ressources Motrices de la Turquie", in which he stressed the importance of Turkey as a petroleum resource. He later presented his findings on the topic to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He is the son of Mehmet Halit Taspinar, a government officer with civilian Pasha rank equals to Ferik in the government of Abdul Hamid II, best known for passing critical government correspondence to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Turkish War of Independence to support 'Kuva-yi Milliye'. First and Only Edition. Extremely rare. Not in OCLC.; Not in TBTK.
3 volumes In-4, 623-627-566p. très bel exemplaire en excellente condition. Avec plus de 4200 figures dans le texte et de nombreuses planches en couleurs hors texte, certaines dépliantes, d'autres animées.
Paris, Furne, Jouvet et Cie., Éditeurs, 1867-1870. Cuatro volúmenes en folio; 1 h., 743 pp. + 1 h., 703 pp. + 2 hs., 752 pp. + 2 hs., 744 pp., con un total de 1815 ilustraciones entre el texto, además de una lámina con el retrato del autor. Encuadernación uniforme, en media piel, de la época. Una fascinante síntesis del desarrollo tecnológico del Siglo XIX. El Tomo I analiza las máquinas y barcos a vapor, las locomotoras y ferrocariles, los pararrayos, la pila voltáica, las máquinas eléctricas y el electromagnetismo. El segundo está dedicado a la telegrafía aérea, eléctrica y submarina junto al cable trasatlántico y la galvanoplastia, junto al dorado y plateado electro-químico, los aerostatos y el uso del eter como anestésico. El tercero trata de la fotografía, estereoscopio, pólvoras de guerra, artillería y armas portátiles, construcciones acorazadas, drenaje y piscicultura. El cuarto al alumbrado, la calefacción la ventilación, los faros, pozos artesianos, campanas neumáticas, motores de gas, el aluminio y el planeta Neptuno.
20 cahiers reliés en 1 volume pt. In-4, 692p. Illustré de 522 figures dans le texte.
Madrid, Imprenta que fué de Fuentenebro, a cargo de Alejandro Gomez, 1839. Dos volúmenes en 4to. menor; XVI-608 pp., 1 h. y 10 láminas grabadas por Castilla (de 12) + 484 pp., LXXXVIII pp. de Adiciones, 1 h. y 13 láminas grabadas por Castilla. Encuadernación uniforme en piel con tejuelos, de la época. Primera edición en español. Las investigaciones de Despretz sobre el calor latente y la elasticidad y densidad de los vapores, la conductividad calorífica de los metales, la compresión de los líquidos y gases, la transformación del carbono en diamante, sobre la pila y el arco voltaicos, fueron determinantes para establecer las bases de la física moderna. Se le deben tambien la invención del primer horno eléctrico y el descubrimiento, en 1822, del gas mostaza.
Very Good Turkish Paperback. Some rubbed on cover. 4to. (28 x 20 cm). In Turkish. 16, [6] p., 6 unnumbered b/w plates. Cümhuriyet Türkiyesi, elektrikli Türkiye. Book includes first works from on the electricity supplied and opening of the last electric factory in Turkey, first ten years of early Republican period, 1923-1933, with fine plates and statistical tables. Hasan Halet Isikpinar, was a Turkish engineer and professor. He initially graduated from Robert College as an electrical engineer in 1916, being the first Turkish graduate of the engineering department. He advanced his studies to receive a degree of mechanical engineering from the same institution in 1922. After his assistantship in Robert College from 1923 to 1925, he attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology until 1928 and graduated as the first Turkish student of the university. He kept his tenure as a professor in Robert College in the department of engineering until 1934, where he contributed to the advancement of the department of electrical engineering to a significant extent. He led over 800 engineering projects in Turkey, majority of which being the first examples within the newly founded Turkish Republic. He was fluent in multiple languages including English, French, German and Italian, with his most notable works including widely sourced engineering books in these languages, including "L'Industrie Electrique et les Ressources Motrices de la Turquie", in which he stressed the importance of Turkey as a petroleum resource. He later presented his findings on the topic to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. He is the son of Mehmet Halit Taspinar, a government officer with civilian Pasha rank equals to Ferik in the government of Abdul Hamid II, best known for passing critical government correspondence to Mustafa Kemal Atatürk during the Turkish War of Independence to support 'Kuva-yi Milliye' (National Forces). First and Only Edition. Extremely rare. Only 2 copies in OCLC 254443059.
192 pages plus 47 pages of ads at back. "Before 1879 the electrical industry did not exist. It has made tremendous progress in the twenty odd years since it was born - progress much more rapid than that made, say, by the steam-engine a century ago." - from page 2. Doesn't that sound like the state of the internet in the mid-1990s, or the blockchain explosion of recent years? Chapters include: The Birth of the Electrical Industry; The Early Days of Electric Lighting; Electric Lighting in London and the Provinces; The Early Days of Electric Traction; The Development of Electric Inter-Urban Tramways; Electric Railways; Electric Power - An Industrial Revolution; The Economies of Electric Power; Electric-Power Distribution Schemes; Electrical Engineering as a Career; The Future of the Electrical Industry. Above-average but not excessive wear to red cloth exterior. Binding intact. Two small contemporary book vendor artifacts inside back board, otherwise unmarked. A worthy vintage copy of this fascinating historical item. Book
Les 2 premières années, soit 36 numéros, reliés, de la revue bimensuelle "L'Electricien", dirigée par l'ingénieur Edouard HOSPITALIER (1852-1907) reliées en 3 volumes: Tome 1/ du 15 avril (n°1) au 1er octobre 1881 (n°12); Tome 2/ du 15 octobre 1881 (n°13) au 1er avril 1882 (n°24); Tome 3/ du 15 avril (n°25) au 1er octobre 1882 (n°36); avec insertion dans le 2è volume, en fin d'année 1881, des "Résumés des séances sur l'électricité" publiés en 1881 par la Société des ingénieurs civils (Paris, Siège de la société); index en fin de chaque volume; illustré de croquis et appareils. Français
Octavo in white DJ, 382 pages, b&w illustrations, 24 cm. Radio -- Receivers and reception, Electric filters. Series: Selected Russian publications in the mathematical sciences. || DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve.
First Edition, xx;673pp., frontis., 10 plates, orig. cloth, spine slightly marked. The basic reference work in the field.
grand in-4 de 63, (2) pages, 2 planches et 15 pages de publicités exemplaire broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs (brochage un peu frotté) 1937, 1937, , grand in-4 de 63, (2) pages, 2 planches et 15 pages de publicités, exemplaire broché, couverture illustrée en couleurs (brochage un peu frotté), Riche publication réalisée par les Arts et Métiers Graphiques pour la Classe 17bis de l'Exposition Internationale de Paris de 1937. La présentation se divise en courts articles qui portent chacun sur une utilisation particulière de l'électricité : l'électricité et la guerre par Charles François, l'électricité et les chemins de fer par Raoul Dautry, l'électricité et l'architecture d'intérieur par Léon-Paul Fargue, l'éclairage public par Jean Selz, l'électricité dans la mise en scène au théâtre par Louis Jouvet, une brève histoire des machines d'expérimentation électrique depuis le XVIIIe siècle par Paul Recht, une histoire du luminaire par Maurice Raynal, et enfin Marcel Courtine présente les théories physiques de l'électricité. Ouvrage très richement illustré de nombreuses gravures dans le texte en noir et de deux planches imprimées recto-verso d'après des oeuvres de Raoul Dufy. Bon exemplaire, à l'intérieur propre
PARIS, P., Maison Quantin, Cie générale d'impression et d'édition - S. d., 1888 - In-4 - Reliure toile percaline éditeur, frottée, illustrée sur les 2 plats , avec mention au 2 plat, Lycée de Brest - Toutes Tranches dorées - Bandeaux, culs-de-lampe & Illustrations de Montader - 316 pp. Bel ex. Récit d'anticipation à la gloire de l'électricité... et du génie de l'Occident en regard de l'esprit de tradition de l'Orient
Paris, Librairie Polytechnique, Baudry et Cie., Éditeurs, 1894. 4to. mayor; XXX pp., 926 pp., con 562 ilustraciones entre el texto. Encuadernación original en tela estampada.
401 pages. Map endpapers. Many black and white illustrations within text. "From dinosaurs to dynamos, here at last is the true story of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam!" - from dust jacket. Clean, bright and unmarked. Some lean to spine. Obituary of William Clark Mearns affixed inside back board. Very light wear overall. Nice copy. Book