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Librairie Dalloz. 1925. In-8 Carré. Broché. Etat d'usage. Couv. légèrement passée. Dos abîmé. Non coupé. 372 + 27 pages. Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur en page de faux-titre. Etiquette de code sur le dos. Tampons et annotations de bibliothèque sur le 1er plat et en pages de garde et de titre. La voie de fait du particulier au regard de la loi et des Jurisconsultes français.
1753réf. 43705Neapoli Naples Italy: Excudebat Joseph Raymundi. Very Good. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. 4to; 12 335 1 errata pp pages; Mid-eighteenth century sprinkled brown calf raised bands and decorative gilt stamped decoration in spine panels with red title label edges of the text block stained red. The dedication copy of the Latin edition of Dr. John Arbuthnot's last book -- An essay concerning the effects of air on human bodies London printed for J. Tonson in the Strand 1733. With the bookplate of the dedicatee of this 1753 first Latin edition -- Niccolò Fraggianni. A full page engraved portrait of Fraggianni is included facing the text of the dedication of this edition to him. The binding displays some insect damage along portions of the outer gutter margins and at the red leather titling slip on the spine. Internally there is some minor damage which gets progressively less apparent to the front endpapers the half title and title page. At the rear there is similar damage to the endpapers but just a tiny hole in the gutter margin of the errata leaf. There is also a modest damp tide mark to the blank bottom margins of the final twenty pages. Dr. Arbuthnot was born in Scotland and in early life by training and habit of mind thought of himself as a mathematician. He came to London in 1691 the year his father a non-conforming Scottish minister had died. In London the following year Arbuthnot published 'Of the Laws of Chance' -- more or less a translation from the Latin text of Christiaan Huygens's 'De ratiociniis in ludo aleae.' This is widely thought to have been the first work on probability published in English. Arbuthnot became the tutor to a well-born son of a member of Parliament follwed his charge to Oxford where he met many eminent figures of the time -- including Isaac Newton and Samuel Pepys. Arbuthnot felt that he would benefit in life by the formal possession of an advanced degree but did not have the necessary financial backing to spend years as a student. Thus impelled by circumstances he set what I believe must be an all-time speed record for obtaining an earned doctoral degree. He returned to his native Scotland entrolled as a doctoral student in medicine at the University of St. Andrews on 11 September 1696. On that busy day Arbuthnot defended seven theses dealing with medical subjects -- and was awarded his doctorate before that same day had come to a close. Arbuthnot used this new medical degree along with what must have been a vast repertoire of conversation and helpful advice to take advantage of a chance meeting to become physician to Prince George and then to his wife Queen Anne. For ten years he moved in higher and higher circles eventually becoming a member of the Royal household. And even after Queen Anne died without arranging for the continuing support of Dr. Arbuthnot and her other inner staff he never strayed far from the various London circles of power and high achievement. Today he is probably best remembered as a founder of the "Scriblerus Club" -- with his friends Pope Gay Swift Thomas Parnell Harley and Bolingbroke. Because Arbuthnot became famous among these friends for ducking credit as author of a number of poems and satires and his numerous contributions to the works of others. Certainly few would dispute that Arbuthnot had a major influence on Swift's "Gulliver's Travels -- which he saw in various manuscript drafts -- during which he almost certainly influenced its satirical portrayal of the Royal Society the real version of which Arbuthnot had been made a member in 1704. The traditional notion is that this book was not particularly important in the history of medicine since while the idea of "fresh air" is both pleasant and beneficial -- the air could hardly manage to carry pathogens responsible for spreading major disease. When Fielding Garrison wrote his pioneering American history of medicine in 1913 he mentions Dr. John Arbuthnot in his survey of the English Eighteenth century and treats him as the creator of "John Bull" -- friend to Swift and Pope and incidentally physician to Queen Anne. And it was not until four years after Garrison's death that scientists first were able to "see" a virus using the newly developed electron microscope. Naples became a center for publication of medical books in Latin during the eighteenth century. The translator of this text into Latin Fortunatus del Felic held the chair of experimental physics and mathematics at Naples University. He expanded his Lain text on a local point of interest. Dr. Arbuthnot's 1733 English text -- Section XVII of the first chapter -- refers to the "mortiferous Stream in the Grotto del Cane near Naples." The 1753 Latin text contains 8 full double columns of notes on four pages devoted to the nature and literature of this unusual place ranging from classical times forward. Moreover since the grotto represents one of earth's most unusually concentrated exhalations of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere there is more potential interest in Dr. Arbuthnot's fascination for this location and what it might meanfor the earth and life on the planet in the twenty-first century than might have been the case a century ago when this eighteenth century book was usually dismissed by historians of medicine and science as a relatively minor work. Through this Latin translation Fortunato Bartolomeo de Felice 1723 – 1789 also known as the second Comte de Panzutt attracted the attention of Albrecht von Haller -- who influenced Felice to move to Swizerland where he eventually became one of the most important publishers of his time. More about the status of this copy as "the" dedication copy. While it sometimes occurs that the dedicatee of a book has many copies to distribute to friends and colleagues it really does appear that this copy has a unique status. We can find no other copies in library catalogues of copies in which the distinctive bookplate of Niccolò Fraggianni is reported. Moreover there is an ink inscription about the history of our copy following the death of Fraggianni in February of 1763. "Quondam / Nunc Aloysii Ranatila Scarpacci / Philosophiae et Medicinae Doctoris / 1768." . 1753. Excudebat Joseph Raymundi hardcover
1963réf. RO60094443Vicente Landinez Castro, Bogotá. 1963. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur acceptable. Plaquette d'env. 30 pages illustrée de dessins en noir et blanc hors texte. Accompagnée de 2 lettres manuscrites de l'auteur. Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur en page de faux-titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1968réf. RO60094442Taladriz, Buenos Aires. 1968. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. Plaquette de 33 pages ornée de lettrines en noir et blanc. Accompagnée d'une lettre dactylographiée de 2 pages de l'auteur (signée). Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur en page de garde.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
2022réf. R320168603Les éditions de l'homme. 2022. In-8. Broché. Très bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 254 pages - envoi des auteurs sur la page de faux titre (photo disponible).. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1991réf. RO40207321V&O Editions. 1991. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 157 pages. Illustré de nombreux portraits en noir et blanc dans le texte. Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur en page de faux-titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1956réf. RO40143769Chez l'auteur. 1956. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 53 pages. Illustré de petits dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte (bandeaux). Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur (ç l'Evêque de Bayonne) en page de garde. Etiquette de code sur le 1er plat. Tampon et annotation de bibliothèque en page de titre.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1952réf. ROD0002407Flammes Vives. 1952. In-8. Broché. Etat d'usage, 1er plat abîmé, Dos frotté, Papier jauni. 123 pp., dos décollé, 1er plat déchiré - Edition orignale numérotée, n°482/500 - Dédicace. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
Chez l'auteur. 1956. In-12 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 53 pages. Illustré de petits dessins en noir et blanc dans le texte (bandeaux). Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur (ç l'Evêque de Bayonne) en page de garde. Etiquette de code sur le 1er plat. Tampon et annotation de bibliothèque en page de titre. Poèmes.
ISBN : 2878760743. V&O Editions. 1991. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 157 pages. Illustré de nombreux portraits en noir et blanc dans le texte. Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur en page de faux-titre. Noble, émouvant, cruel ou cocasse belvédère planétaire que la tribune, le Lounge ou les couloirs des Nations Unies !
1989réf. R150198220BELFOND. 1989. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 511 pages- ENVOI DE L AUTEUR- 2 PHOTOS DISPONIBLES. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1943réf. RO40226537Imprimerie René Samie, Bordeaux. 1943. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Non coupé. Plaquette de 50 pages. Long envoi manuscrit de l'auteur en page de garde.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1976réf. R300298758Gallimard. 1976. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement passée, Dos plié, Papier jauni. 499 pages.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1997réf. R150182375LE TEMPS DES CERISES.. 1997. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Mouillures. 158 pages. Envoi de l'auteur sur la page de garde.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
2023réf. R200139159Dilecta. 2023. In-8. Relié toilé. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 240 pages, signet conservé, nombreuses photos en couleur hors texte - texte en français et en anglais - quelques pages cornées en coin en pied en début d'ouvrage - dédicacé par l'auteur en page de garde (photo disponible).. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1965réf. ROD0037519Reveu Profils poétiques des pays latins. 1965. In-12. Broché. Bon état, Plats abîmés, Dos satisfaisant, Non coupé. sans pagination.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1975réf. R300163816Expansion scientifique française. 1975. In-4. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 559 pages - nombreuses illustrations en noir et blanc dans et hors texte.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1991réf. RO60071400Merlin Books Ltd.. 1991. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 72 pages. Envoi manuscrit de l'auteur au dos de la page de titre (with autograph).. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1973réf. RO60124153Penguin Books - Secker & Warburg. 1973. In-12. Broché. Etat d'usage, Couv. légèrement pliée, Dos plié, Intérieur acceptable. 700 pages. Illustré d'une carte en noir et blanc hors texte. Accompagné d'une carte de visite des éditions Penguin Books, annotée (envoi de l'auteur / Autograph).. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
ISBN : 2714422160. BELFOND. 1989. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Intérieur frais. 511 pages- ENVOI DE L AUTEUR- 2 PHOTOS DISPONIBLES
ISBN : 284109104X. LE TEMPS DES CERISES.. 1997. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Mouillures. 158 pages. Envoi de l'auteur sur la page de garde.
Imprimerie René Samie, Bordeaux. 1943. In-8 Carré. Broché. Bon état. Couv. convenable. Dos satisfaisant. Non coupé. Plaquette de 50 pages. Long envoi manuscrit de l'auteur en page de garde. Obseravtion. Définition. Historique. Anatomie pathologique...
1965réf. RO60067788Harcourt, Brace & World. 1965. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 349 pages. Envoi manuscrit de l'un des auteurs (Conrad M. Arensberg) en page de faux-titre. Annotation sur le 1er plat.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
1997réf. RO60095759Galaxia. 1997. In-8. Relié. Bon état, Couv. convenable, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 383 pages. Illustré de nombreuses photos et cartes en couleur dans le texte. Envoi manuscrit des auteurs en 1re page.. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
2005réf. R160198515ELKAR. 2005. In-8. Broché. Bon état, Coins frottés, Dos satisfaisant, Intérieur frais. 150 pages - ENVOI D'AUTEUR. . . . Classification Dewey : 97.2-Dédicace, envoi
