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181337080Buenos Ayres: Imprenta de Niños Expòsitos 1813. First edition. A good untrimmed copy a few stab holes and string from binding in a larger volume some small worm holes affecting a few letters edgewear mildly toned. Broadside. 1 pp. 4to. Dated abril 10 de 1813. To celebrate the victories at Salta and Tucuman. "Esta proclama fué dada con motivo del desenlace de sucesos importantes como lo eran las dos brillantes victorias de Tucuman y Salta asà como por el triunfo de la libertad en los pueblos de Tanja Cinti Tupiza Potosà y la provincia de Charcas" Zinny p. 91. Also signed by: Dr. Antonio Alvarez de Jonte; Nicolas Rodriguez Peña and Tomas de Allende secretario de guerra. Furlong: IV 2895. Zinny BibliografÃa histórica p.91 No. 9. Not in Fors. Imprenta de Niños Expòsitos unknown books
1696635Venice: Joannes La Nou 1696. 1/2 calf. Very Good -. 4to. 16476pp. Nicely bound in 20th century brown calf over marbled boards. Old faded water stain to the final 50 pages. Edited and much expandedafter Riviere's death by one of his students Bernardino Christini. The section on astrological medicine is noteworthy. Riviere d. 1655 was an important French professor of medicine. NLM 17th Century #2901 under the editor B. Cristini. Wellcome Med. Cat. IV p. 535 the 1676 ed. See Garrison & Morton #2727 Riviere's OPERA MEDICA UNIVERSA. The only copy currently for sale on-line. Joannes La Nou unknown books
1898100889Madrid: Sucesores de Rivadeneyra 1898. First. hardcover. near fine. 2 volumes bound in one. Short thick 4to handsomely rebound in recent 1/2 red morocco with the original red wrappers bound-in. Madrid: Sucesores de Rivadeneyra 1898 1899. First Edition. A near fine copy.<br/><br/> Vol. I: Negociaciones Diplomaticas desde el Principio de la Guerra con los Estados Uniedos. Vol. II: Conferencia de Paris y Tratado de Paz de 10 de Diciembre de 1898.<br/><br/> Sucesores de Rivadeneyra unknown books
1882WRCAM46974N.p. but Chicago 1882. 24pp. Narrow octavo. Original printed pictorial wrappers. Light soiling and wear vertical crease to center of pamphlet. Minor internal soiling. Just about very good. Promotional pamphlet for the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Company advertising lands for sale in Nebraska. The cover claims "No state offers greater advantages in soil climate rail roads market facilities or grand opportunities to the farmer and stock raiser than Nebraska." The text commences on a high note: "This is the State whose latch string is out and offers homes and promises of prosperity to all who will come." The emphasis is agriculture and stock raising with glowing essays including "Great Grazing District" "Livestock in the State" "Orchards and Groves Planted" "The Pure Air of the Prairies" "The Herd Law - No Fences Allowed" "The Cheapest Lands in America" "Sheep Raising in Nebraska" "Education the Birthright of Every Nebraska Child" etc. OCLC lists two similar items each in a single copy: one at Yale with the imprint of Lincoln: State Journal Co. 1881; and one at the Huntington with the imprint of St. Louis: A. Gast 1881 The present copy has no imprint. A. Zeese & Co. the Chicago engraving firm who is attributed on the first map specialized in half tones zinc etching relief-line lithogravure and photoelectric type. Chicago seems to us the most likely place of printing for all the editions noted above. unknown books
1855WRCAM50640Washington 1855. 7pp. Printed on blue paper. Folio stitched as issued. Gatherings loose. Edges toned internally clean. Very good. Concluded September 10 1853 proclaimed February 5 1855. Concluded by Joel Palmer at Table Rock in Oregon Territory. The Rogue River tribe agrees to sell their lands between Rogue River and Siskiyou Mountains in return for $60000. EBERSTADT 109. unknown books
1882JC111661882. Hardcover. Very Good. Mottled black cloth backed in ornately gilt-ruled black calf; oblong 184 x 132 mm; contains 25 pencil drawings most of them titled and dated. It includes Fort Snelling; Minnehaha Falls; Oak Drive in White Bear Lake; a boat on White Bear Lake; St. Anthony's Falls in Minneapolis; Lake Minnetonka; Wabasha St. Bridge; an Old Brewery in St. Paul; Shanty-ville; Shelter Island New York; Goat Island; plus 3 portraits a bonfire scene and other views of the upper Mississippi River Niagara Falls and St. Paul Minnesota. Boards detached and spine perished; a few leaves loose and laid-in. Skilled work most of it on one side of the leaf therefore removable and suitable for display. <br/><br/>Harley DeWitt Nichols 1859-1939 was born in Barton Wisconsin. He began his education in art as early as 11 years of age. His first job putting his talent and training to use came in the form of an apprenticeship with the Milwaukee firm Marr & Richards where he stayed for 3 years drawing and engraving on wood. The subsequent years included many moves from Milwaukee to Chicago and later to New York where he studied at ASL and was encouraged by Professor Packard to pursue a career as an illustrator at a European school. Nichols left for Munich in October 1885 to attend the Royal Academy where he studied under Heckel became a member of the American Club and socialized with Carl von Marr the clubs president. He went to London for a little while and worked as an illustrator. By 1893 hed returned to New York working mostly in advertising and illustrating for Harpers Weekly and Century magazines. He helped organize the New York Water Color Club. Nichols didnt curb his parapatetic lifestyle until he moved to Laguna Beach California in 1894. The art community in Los Angeles was in its infancy but he got a teaching job at the Echo Mountain summer school and he was inspired by the scenery of Yosemite Monterey San Juan Capistrano and other locations in southern California. He stayed in Laguna Beach until his death in 1939. hardcover books
1860236714New York: T. Nelson and Sons 1860. First. hardcover. good. Color plates. 202pp. 3pp. of publisher's ads. 18mo original blue cloth cloth lightly soiled spine lightly sunned edges of corners lightly worn and bumped foxing throughout not affecting plates. New York: T. Nelson and Sons 1860. First Edition.<br/><br/> Beautifully illustrated. Most of plates are views of cities and prominent scenery along the Hudson River including a folding view of Albany.<br/><br/> T. Nelson and Sons unknown books
1657JC14411London: Philip Briggs 1657. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 4to. 417pp dictionary index. Two folding plates. Contemporary English calf spine repaired at top. Lacking title and dedication; photo copies of these laid in. Several early ownership signatures and scrawls. <br/><br/> Philip Briggs hardcover books
1659M9569Lugduni:: Antonii Cellier 1659. 1659. Two works bound together. Small thick 4to. 16 535 3; 8 311 9 pp. Engraved frontis. port. engraved title vignettes engraved head pieces engraved initials 5 folding tables index; lightly foxed marginal damp staining to upper corner from half-title-112 & 473-538 pp. first work marginal burn hole 447-448 pp. text unaffected small marginal chip to title second work damp staining 1-14 & at head of gutter 12-74 pp. second work ink stain p. 51 wear affecting text p. 313 second work - index with early repair and ms. replacement of missing letters. Early paper spine preserving original vellum boards; spine & extremities rubbed vellum soiled. Very good. RARE. EARLY EDITIONS. Important works by Riverius on the practice of medicine. Riverius was physician to the King of France and introduced the teaching of chemistry to the University Montpellier. He was one of the earliest advocates of Harvey's doctrine in France and made valuable contributions to the history of dentistry dermatology otology and psychiatry. NLM 17th C. 9694 & 9718; Wellcome IV p. 534 both works. Complete title: Institutiones MedicAe in Quinque Libros DistinctAe Quibus Totidem MedicinAe partes Physiologia Pathologia Semeiotice Hygienine & Therapeutice Dilucide Explicantur. Lugduni: Antonii Cellier 1656. WITH: Observationum Medicarum & Curationum Insignium CenturiAe Tres Quibus Accesserunt Obseruationes ab Aliis CommunicatAe: Necnon Centuria Quarta Post Obitum Authoris in eius MusAeo Reperta; & Cura ac Diligentia Simeonis Iacoz Doctoris Monspeliensis in Lucem nunc Primum Edita cum Obseruationibus Morborum Infrequentium Anonymi Cuiusdam Inter eius Scripta Repertis. Antonii Cellier, 1659. hardcover books
185964413Chicago IL: Press and Tribune Print 1859. First edition. 8vo. 203 51 pp. Folding plate tables. "On the question of whether the railroad bridge from Rock Island Illinois to Davenport Iowa was a hazard to the navigation of the Mississippi River" OCLC. "James Ward a St. Louis steamboat owner filed a bill praying that the bridge be declared a nuisance and ordered removed; in 1866 Congress finally passed an act requiring that the bridge be replaced by another half the cost to be paid by the United States" "The Mississippi River: St. Louis' Friend or Foe" by James Lemly Cambridge U. Press online. Drop-title: "District Court United States. Southern District of Iowa. James Ward vs. Mississippi & Missouri Railroad Company." Chicago Ante-Fire Imprints 413: "Not located title from Heartman Cat. No. 187 June 1926 No. 300." OCLC locates eight copies New York Public Yale Chicago History Museum Harvard-Baker Missouri-St. Louis Cincinnati/Hamilton County Public Library of Congress Newberry. Very good. Original printed olive wrappers some soiling lacking rear wrapper rebacked with archival paper. 10747. <br/><br/> Press and Tribune Print unknown books
19071873Southeastern Missouri 1907. About very good. Seventy-six silver gelatin photographs on twenty grey card leaves each image approximately 3.75 x 2.25 inches. Square grey cloth album string-tied. Light wear and soiling to covers. Contemporary ink inscription on front pastedown. Light foxing and soiling to leaves heaviest on first three leaves. Leaves lightly warped. Two images excised. A charming vernacular photograph album depicting life along the Mississippi River in the vicinity of the declining town of Gayoso Missouri. The caption on the front pastedown reads "These pictures made in the year of 1907 by Tom Pierce & Ed Cappoc at Goyaso Mo." Gayoso located on the banks of the Mississippi in the southeasternmost tip of the state was settled in 1799 and incorporated in 1851 as the county seat of Pemiscot County. By 1898 the movement of the river threatened to swamp the town and the county seat was moved to several miles south to Caruthersville. Though the river changed course and briefly spared Gayoso by 1900 its post office closed and today any remnants are buried deep in the silt of the Gayoso Bend Conservation Area. The present images show the town disappearing as the river eats away at large swathes of its surrounding land.<br/><br/>Several of the images depict flooding and high water -- trees standing in water men wading to cut lumber riverbank erosion and one image seems to show a collapsed pier. Other views show boats traveling up and down the Mississippi some ferrying lumber several large paddlewheelers and men poling lumber on rafts. One image shows a horse and buggy on what we presume to be the main street of Gayoso with a storefront visible behind the rig. Many of the images show the hardy folk who are still living in the remains of the dying town -- a woman and child in front of a clapboard house with a rotting porch and crumbling roof; a group of boys and three dogs all laughing in front of a building that may be the schoolhouse; one man apparently giving a haircut to his friend seated in front of some steps high water visible amongst the trees in the background; and several images which show men and boys logging and lumbering some of them standing in waist-high water while they fell doomed stands of trees. The album captures a slice of life on the Mississippi River at the turn of the century with all its attendant hardships commercial opportunities and dangers. unknown books
1909240774New York: Privately Printed by the De Vinne Press 1909. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and 7 other photographs and a colored Jock Scott fly at the end. xii 266 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original green cloth t.e.g. Light shelfwear title page foxed else near fine. First edition. Frontispiece portrait and 7 other photographs and a colored Jock Scott fly at the end. xii 266 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Scarce privately printed work with considerable sporting content.<br/><br/>Pp. 123 to 266 comprise the Logbook of Camp Albany on the Ristigouche River with entries from 1883 to 1898 on angling hunting and social topics. A prefatory note quotes from Dean Sage's classic book and an afterword by Charles H. Raymond offers an appreciation of Abraham Lansing 1835-1899 of Albany New York: "To watch his tall graceful form while casting on the river was to see the exemplar of the accomplished fisherman; the man the rod the line were together but the extension and the completion of artistic and practical perfection".<br/><br/>Inscribed by Mrs. Lansing to the Hon. Hampden Roth November 5 1909. Wetzel p. 174; Bruns L39; Bibliotheca Salmo Salar 107 Privately Printed [by the De Vinne Press] unknown books
18871661London 1887. Very good plus. Three printed documents varying sizes 14pp. total. Light wear along folds. Light tanning. One document in a red cloth folding case. An interesting group of three printed documents concerning the Powder River Cattle Company in Wyoming. The manager of the company Morton Frewen was the scion of Anglo-English gentry and came to the Wyoming Territory in 1878 to seek his fortune establishing one of the larger cattle concerns on the Northern Great Plains in what is now northeastern Wyoming with additional holdings in Alberta. In 1882 the company was reorganized as the joint-stock Powder River Cattle Company Ltd. with an English board of directors and investors. Frewen served as manager until 1886 when controversy ensued with charges of false statements of losses due to overstocked pastures and harsh winter. The present group includes Frewen's report to the first annual meeting of the company as well a defense in an 1886 lawsuit between Frewen and the directors of Powder River and an 1887 profit-and-loss statement composed by the company's liquidator. In full they are as follows: <br /><br />1 The Powder River Cattle Company Limited Report of the General Manager. at the first Annual General Meeting Held February 26th 1884. London: 1884. 4pp. <br /><br />2 In the High Court of Justice. Between Morton Frewen. Plaintiff and The Powder River Cattle Company Limited. Defendants. Defence Delivered the 26th Day of March 1886 by Messrs. Stibbard Gibson & Co. London: 1886. 6pp.<br /><br />3 To the Shareholders of the Powder River Cattle Company Limited. The Balance sheet of the above Company. C. Fitch Kemp. London: 1887. 4pp.<br /><br />Early and unusual ephemera relating to British ranchers in Wyoming. books
171157864London: John Morphew 1711. Second edition corrected of vol. 1 First edition of vol. 2. 8vo pp. xx 334; xvo 336. Some light marginal staining some light foxing and marginal staining a very good set. With the ownership signature of "C. A. Anacker" on the corner of the title page. Bound in contemporary speckled brown calf spine gilt with raised bands. Includes the advertising leaf by the publisher and "A Key to the Third Volume of the ATLANTIS call'd Memoirs of Europe." Includes some contemporary annotations presumably by Anacker." The dedication is to Isaac Bickerstaff and contains caustic letters between Richard Steele and Mrs. Manley. Halkett and Laing Vol IV page 50. The Schlueters note in their Encyclopaedia of British Women Writers that this is Manley's most celebrated work . a kind of roman a clef that recounted political intrigue and sexual scandal . includes scenes of homosexual as well as heterosexual sex orgies drunkeness rape and incest which has given it a sensationalist reputation . The second volume for example opens with a piece on the New Cabal a group of wealthy lesbians . Her contribution lies in having forged an authentically feminist realism . and in having braved the negative currents that opposed women's entrance into the field of dramatic and fictional literature . She is one of the pioneers of women's literature in English but her work has yet to receive the serious critical attention it deserves. John Morphew unknown books
181837090Buenos Ayres: Imprenta de Los Expòsitos 1818. First edition. A near fine copy light edgewear faint toning. Broadside. 4to. Dated and signed in print: Quartel general en Santiago abril 8 de 1818 -Exmo. Sr. José de San Martin. San Martin's second and conclusive report on the success of the Battle of Maipu on the 5th of April which won the Chilean stuggle for independence. San Martin and his rebels completely destroyed the Spanish forces led by General Mariano Osorio. The Spaniards were so completely overrun with nearly 3000 prisoners taken and 2000 dead that San Martin soon swept through and liberated Peru. "Despues de mis repetidos avisos del resultado de la batalla del 5 en el llano de Maypú tengo el honor para mayor esclarecimiento de V.E. de incluir los partes originales que he recibido añadiendo que à la fecha pasan de mas de 2500 prisioneros con 170 oficiales. Los enemigos habian dexado en Talca sus grandes despositos parque equipages y caja militar: yo estoy seguro que todo caera en nuestro poder." The broadside ends: "Hoy salen para esa ochocientos prisoneros americanos y manana de quinientos a seiscientos; es muy buena gente especialmente los Chilotes." Quite scarce. OCLC shows only a single copy at JCB. Not in BN Chile. Zinny: BibliografÃa histórica p. 216 No. 18. BibliografÃa del General Don José de San MartÃn IV p. 135. Imprenta de Los Expòsitos unknown books
1921181928Paris: H. Floury editeur 1921. Hardbound. VG or better copy. The drypoint etching printed on Wove paper is in excellent condition. Cover which is an original lithograph also is in excellent condition but is harmed by being bound-into the cloth along it's extreme left edge. The book has very nice shelf appeal with a leathe rlabel showing some wear. Original color-illus. wraps finely bound-into coarse woven beige cloth. with remnants of leather spine label. 273 pp.; 58 plates 12 in color including the frontis and 2 dry-point; several bw illustrations within the text including 2 bw photographs of Renoir. Text in French. Lists of all illustrations are included. This copy is not numbered and does not appear to be one of the special 150 copies printed on Japan paper. contains two original drypoint etchings as per the contents: "La Danse a la Campagne" on page 66 and "Jeunes Filles Fleurissant Leurs Chapeaux" on page 226 which has a distinct plate impression on the reverse which is lacking on the first. Over-all a very nice copy with clear bw images and vibrancy in the color plates. Written in 15 chapters including coverage of the expositions of 1874 1876 and 1877 Renoir's atelier on Rue Saint-Georges the soiress of Madame Charpentier and so much more. Rare with both plates. H. Floury, editeur unknown books
1710252472London: John Morphew 1710. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Contemporary panelled calf vol. I rebacked preserving most of original black morocco label corners repaired hinges strengthened. Bookseller's ticket on rear pastedown. Vol. II with later spine label binding rubbed. Second edition of vol. I first edition of vol. II. Frontispiece in vol. I. ii vi 246; xvi 380 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. This famous attack scandalized virtually every member of the Whig Party and led to Mrs. Manley's arrest. A friend and collaborator of Swift's she succeeded him as editor of The Examiner and exercised some influence on Defoe. ESTC N47961; ESTC T106837 John Morphew unknown books
192121568Paris: H. Floury 1921. Stiff Wraps. Orig. pictorial wrappers. Near fine. 273 pages. 26 x 20 cm. With the original dry point etching Delteil 8 third state "Jeune Filles Fleurissant leurs Chapeaux" hors-texte drypoint etching " and with lithograph "Tête de Jeune Fille". 95 heliogravure illustrations and 56 plates 12 in color. Table Des Gravures Hors Texte and Table Des Gravures Dans Le Texte. Crisp very clean interior binding tight head and foot of spine reinforced. H. Floury unknown books
170948524London: John Morphew 1709. Second edition of vol. 1 First edition of vol. 2. 8vo pp. i-vi 1-246; 1-272. With an engraved frontispiece in vol. 1. Some worming to the top margin of a few leaves in vol. 2 not affecting any letterpress some light foxing a very good set. Bound in modern 3/4 calf spine with heavy gilt stamping with new endpapers. Bound in the rear is the scarce keys to both volumes. The Schlueters note in their Encyclopaedia of British Women Writers that this is Manley's most celebrated work . a kind of roman a clef that recounted political intrigue and sexual scandal . includes scenes of homosexual as well as heterosexual orgy drunkeness rape and incest which has given it a sensationalist reputation . Her contribution lies in having forged an authentically feminist realism . and in having braved the negative currents that opposed women's entance into the field of dramatic and fictional literature . She is one of the pioneers of women's literature in English but her work has yet to receive the serious critical attention it deserves. John Morphew unknown books
177148726Madrid: por D. Joachin Ibarra 1771. Small folio pp. 4 lvi 143 1; engraved vignette title page; bound with: Jordán de Assó y del RÃÂo Ignacio & Miguel Manuel y RodrÃÂguez El ordenamiento de leyes que D. Alfonso XI hizo en las Cortes de Alcalá de Henares el año de mil trescientos y quarenta y ocho. PublÃÂcanlo con notas. Madrid: Ibarra 1774 pp. 2 xxxiv 158 2; woodcut vignette on title page tail-pieces; decorative initial. Laws statutes etc. of the Kingdom of Castile in Spain. Miguel Manuel y RodrÃÂguez of Seville was one of the great historians of Spain in the 18th century and he was also the first librarian of the Colegio Imperial de Madrid. Together with Dr. Ignacio Jordán de Asso y Rio a Spanish historian jurist and naturalist who was also known under the pseudonym Melchor de Azagra they published these two works dedicated to Spanish law: the first on the Charter Viejo de Castilla; and the second El Ordenamiento de Leyes in which they deal with the system of laws that Don Alfonso XI made ;;in the courts of Alcala de Henares in the year 1348 here published with notes and an accounting of the Kingdom of Castile. Palau 18725 and 18726 respectively. Lasala 287 and 345 respectively. <br/><br/> por D. Joachin Ibarra unknown books
1851406078New York: Wm. C. Locke & Co 1851. Wrappers chipped at edges professionally rebacked some unobtrusive offsetting on map. 8vo. 50 pages. Large folding map on three joined sheets 21 x 1788 cm; 8.25 x 61.75 inches. 11 woodblock illustrations in text and with 2 more not recorded in the index but always present. Original printed wrappers with woodblock vignette. SCARCE Hudson River Railroad travel guide published the first year in which the full line was completed. It covers points of interest along the route with woodblocks illustrating the text. Topics include: the history of the Hudson River the history of the construction of the Hudson River Railroad and the cities towns and villages along the Hudson from New York City all the way to Troy. Concerning the West Point Foundry at Cold Spring the guide states: "the iron foundry was established here by Gouverneur Kemble. The works are situated about a mile west of the village upon a small stream which tumbles rapidly down the mountains affording considerable water power. It is the largest establishment of its kind in the country employing nearly five hundred hands constantly." The building of the Hudson River Railroad is another topic in the guide. The project was considered highly impractical since much of the route had to be cut through extremely difficult rock and terrain. This section includes a description of the tunnels which had to be constructed. The railroad was opened in three stages. In September 1849 it allowed passengers to travel from New York to Peekskill. By that December 6 twenty-three additional miles were opened extending to New Hamburg. By the 31st of the month it was open the remaining distance of nine miles to Poughkeepsie. The Hudson River Railroad was an extension of the Troy and Greenbush Railroad which was chartered in 1845 connecting Troy South to Greenbush now Rensselaer on the east side of the Hudson. The Hudson River Railroad was chartered on May 12 1846 to extend this line south to New York City. The full line opened on October 3 1851 the same year in which this travel guide was published. WorldCat/OCLC records 25 copies but it is scarcely found complete with the map and the map is also excluded from the digitized versions available online. <br/><br/> Wm. C. Locke & Co unknown books
1841283161Richmond: Shepherd & Colin Printers 1841. First Edition. Half Leather. Poor binding. The first six Annual Reports of the President to the Stockholders of the James River and Kanawha Company for the years of 1835 through 1840. The canal was first developed by the James River Company in 1790 resumed in 1820 by the Commonwealth of Virginia and revived for the second and final time by the James River and Kanawha Company. By the final of these annual reports the canal reached only to Lynchburg and would later be driven out of operation by damage sustained by the Civil War and competition by the C&O railroad. With a large folding map of a proposed canal from Richmond to Tidewater. Foxing to the preliminaries; Japanese tissue reinforcement to the hinges. Half calf over marbled paper with a leather label. Uncommon. OCLC notes one holding each for the First Second and Fifth Annual Reports only. Poor binding. Shepherd & Colin Printers unknown books
1921ABE-857353084Paris Floury 1921. Renoir et ses amis Riviere George. Paris: Floury 1921. First edition with one original drypoint by Renoir "Le chapeau epingle" Delteil 8 and one color lithograph Tete de jeune fille on front cover printed on fine wove paper in original binding in very good condition. 1st Edition. Soft cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Paris, Floury paperback books
2292Paris Verneau 1900. Lithograph in colors from PAYSAGE PARISIENS. 52.5 X 82CM.From the series OF 8 PLATES "published in 1900 "PAYSAGES PARISIENS" . Each was published in an edition of 1000 plus 25 signed in pencil. In fine condition with full margins. unknown books
165929260Lyons: Antoine Cellier 1659. <p>First Description of Aortic Stenosis</p> <p>RIVIERE Lazare 1589-1655. Observationum medicarum & curationum insignium centurae tres. . . . Edited by Simeon Jacoz. 4to. 8 311 9pp. Lyons: Antoine Cellier 1659. 225 x 167 mm. Speckled sheep c. 1659 rubbed small wormhole in front cover. Some foxing browning & dampstaining old repair to one leaf. Very good copy. Old signature and notes on endpapers.</p> <p> First Edition. Riviere was the first to describe stenosis of the aortic valve from a case that he treated in 1646. GM 2727 cites Riviere's description of this condition in his Opera medica universa 1674 of which the present work is the first edition; the description appears here on p. 177 and is entitled "Cordis palpitatio & pulsus inaequalitas." Riviere also brought Paracelsian iatrochemistry into the curriculum of the University of Montpellier and it was under his auspices that Alexander Fraser introduced the Harviean theory of the circulation into the University's curriculum in 1636. An edition of the present work was published in The Hague in the same year as this Lyons edition. As Riviere was French it is reasonable to presume that the Lyons edition was first. Hirsch. Norman 1837. Willius & Dry p. 58. Thorndike VIII p. 518. <p>. Antoine Cellier unknown books
