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8vo. 42 pp., final blank. With a lithographic plate. Contemporary wrappers. Very rare study of the defects of the umbilical cord, with a plate (showing embryos) lithographed after the author's own drawings. With this habilitation, Froriep (1804-61) gained a Professorship of Medicine in Berlin, but he had to forsake this career in 1845 when his father, himself once a great surgeon and obstetrician, fell ill and Robert had to take over the publishing house "Landes-Industrie-Comptoir" which Ludwig Friedrich v. Froriep - the son-in-law of and successor to the famous publisher Bertuch - had headed. A correspondent with Goethe, Robert Froriep also taught anatomic drawing at the Academy of Fine Arts. "Obgleich er in den von ihm besonders cultivirten Wissenschaften, der beschreibenden und pathologischen Anatomie, keine hervorragenden Entdeckungen gemacht hat, hat er durch seine zahlreichen Unternehmungen [...] die Wissenschaft wesentlich gefördert und namentlich zur Popularisierung von kostspieligen ausländischen Abbildungswerken, die ohne ihn daselbst nur wenig bekannt geworden wären, wesentlich beigetragen" (Hirsch II, 455). - Slight waterstaining near end (mainly affecting the plate's lower margin). Only three copies in the U.S. (Johns Hopkins-Welch Med. Library; Coll. of Physicians of PA; CRL Chicago). Hirsch II, 454. OCLC 258086847. Not in Kayser, Engelmann, Wellcome or Waller.
1811115, (1) SS. Mit 2 mehrf. gefalt. Kupfertafeln. Marmorierter Pappband der Zeit mit gepr. Rückenschildchen. Dreiseitiger gesprenkelter Rotschnitt. 8vo. Erste Ausgabe. - Interessante Beschreibung eines Branntwein-Destillierverfahrens mit Dampf. Die großen Faltkupfer (Ponheimer sc. nach Entwürfen des Verfassers) mit Gesamt- und Detaildarstellungen der Anlage. - Das letzte Textblatt etwas knittrig. Vorderer Innendeckel mit altem hs. ungar. Besitzvermerk. Engelmann (Bibl. mech.-tech.) 201.
1762(2), 183, (1) SS. Lederband der Zeit mit goldgepr. rotem Rückenschildchen und hübscher floraler Rückenvergoldung. Dreiseitiger Rotschnitt. Lesebändchen. Marmorvorsätze. 8vo. Seltene Ausgabe dieser Heidelberger mathematischen Abhandlung, erstmals im selben Jahr zu Heidelberg gedruckt und noch seltener als die Erstausgabe. - Der mährische Astronom Mayer (1719-83) trat 1745 ins Mannheimer Jesuitennoviziat ein. Er lehrte seit 1752 die Mathematik und Physik zu Heidelberg, wo er "a series of mathematical and physical works" (DSB) veröffentlichte. "Il entreprit un voyage scientifique à Paris, visita l'Allemagne avec Cassini, et, à la demande de Catherine, se rendit à Petersbourg pour observer le passage de Vénus. [...] Mayer était membre des sociétés savantes de Manheim, Munich, Londres, Philadelphie, Bologne et Göttingen" (de Backer/S.). "In 1762 the elector palatine, Karl Theodor, who was very interested in the arts and sciences, constructed an astronomical observatory for Mayer at Schwetzingen, his summer residence. In 1772-1774 a second and larger observatory was erected at Mannheim, then the capital of the electoral Palatinate. This observatory was well equipped for the time, with instruments from the best British workshops [...] Appointed court astronomer, Mayer was relieved of his duties as a theologian (the Jesuit order was dissolved by Pope Clement XIV in 1773, which made such a step easier)" (DSB IX, 231). - Einband mit unbedeutenden Wurmspuren, sonst sehr schönes Exemplar aus der Sárospataker Bibliothek des Kavalleriegenerals Ludwig Joseph Prinz zu Windischgrätz (1830-1904) mit seinem gest. heraldischen Exlibris am vorderen Innendeckel. Vgl. de Backer/Sommervogel V, 795. Poggendorff II, 90.
17628vo. (16), 400, 104, (24) pp. Contemp. calf with giltstamped label to gilt spine. Marmbled endpapers. All edges red. Second edition (first printed in 1760). This treatise on instincts made Reimarus a founder of modern animal psychology and ethology. - Some browning due to paper. From the library of the Swedish zoologist Bengt-Olof Landin (1925-2006) with his bookplate on the front pastedown; contemp. ownership note by "J. J. Günther" from Copenhagen on flyleaf. Goedeke IV, 475, 3. Poggendorf II, 596. Cobres 301 ("excellent").
8vo. 28 pp. Upper cover preserves original green printed wrapper. Very rare, curious medical dissertation on physiognomy - in particular, how emotions and traits of character express themselves in the human face. The study of physiognomy is mainly associated with Charles Le Brun and Johann Kaspar Lavater in earlier centuries (and their approach resounds in the present dissertation), but it is well worth remembering that Charles Darwin made his principal contribution to human psychology with his book on "The Expression of Emotion in Animals and Men" as late as 1872, a study of genetically determined aspects of behaviour. - Some slight waterstaining to the top corner of the first few leaves. Apparently printed with a minimal press-run: no other copy traceable in library or collection catalogues internationally.
4to. (IX)-XIV, (1)-147, (3) SS. (inkl. Titel, davon 4 leer) in 8vo. Durchschossen mit zusammen ca. 94 SS. Manuskript in Tinte auf 78 Bll., mit über 150 kleinen Textillustrationen meist in Blei, meist 4to. Marmorierter Papiereinband mit Rückenschild. Zweite Auflage des erprobten Lehrwerks für Physik und Chemie: hier als durchschossenes Handexemplar eines zeitgenössischen Hochschullehrers für seine Vorlesungstätigkeit, versehen mit umfangreichen handschriftlichen Ergänzungen sowie zahlreichen kleinen Handskizzen zur Erläuterung des Stoffs und zu Versuchsaufbauten, die einen unmittelbaren Blick auf die Weise vermittelt, in der Böckmanns Handbuch im Hörsaal vorgetragen wurde: "ad § 1. Das Wort Natur hat hier zweierley Bedeutung. I) formale, wenn ich alle die wesentlichen u. notwendigen Merkmale eines einzelnen Dinges darunter verstehe. 2) materielle, wenn ich die ganze Sinnenwelt, in so fern sie Gegenstand der sinnl. Erfahrung ist [...]". - Böckmann wirkte eine Zeit lang als Prinzenerzieher und wurde 1803 in der Nachfolge seines Vaters Professor der Physik und Mathematik am Gymnasium in Karlsruhe und Aufseher des physikalischen Kabinetts. Die vorliegende Arbeit ist der Großherzogin von Baden gewidmet, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Napoleons Adoptivtochter. Die erste Auflage war bereits 1805 unter dem Titel "Entwurf eines Leitfadens zum Gebrauch bei Vorlesungen über die Naturlehre" erschienen. - Einband stärker berieben und bestoßen mit kleinen Notizen in Tinte. Das Einbandpapier an den Gelenken angeplatzt, das Rückenschildchen kaum noch lesbar. Der Druck durchwegs mit hs. Korrekturen und Anmerkungen, zumeist in Tinte; wenige Bll. leicht tintenfleckig. Das Manuskript leicht braunfleckig bzw. stellenweise leicht tintenfleckig. Interessantes Dokument der deutschen Wissenschaftsgeschichte und Geschichte der Wissenschaftsvermittlung. Poggendorf I, 220. Kayser I, 299. OCLC 180612232.
4to. (2), 48 pp. With 2 folding plates. Contemporary wrappers. Prize-winning essay on the movements of the planets, published in the journal of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg and as an offprint (as here). Johann Albrecht Euler (1734-1800) was the son of the famous mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707-1783).
1978442 pages. Extensive footnotes, glossary, bibliography and index. Over three hundred black and white illustrations. "Traces the complete history of geared planetary machines from the inventions of Archimedes to the astronomical clocks of the present day... The only work of its kind... Concerned not only with the machines themselves but also with the craftsmen who made them and the uses to which they were put." - from dust jacket. Moderate wear to clean and unmarked book. Binding intact. Minor moisture-induced undulating to inner portion of bottom edge of first 110 pages or so. Above-average wear to dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound copy of this masterful treatise. Book
1781(20), 264, (2) SS. Mit mehrf. gefalt. gest. Tafel und 2 gefalt. Tabellen. Pappband der Zeit mit gepr. Rückenschildchen. 8vo. Erste Ausgabe. - Luz (1744-1827), Oberkaplan in Gunzenhausen bei Ansbach und bayerischer Kirchenrat, verfaßte mehrere Werke über Thermometer, Barometer und Blitzableiter. - Papierbedingt teils etwas braunfleckig, teils auch wasserrandig. Im Oberrand stellenweise minimal angeschmutzt. Roller/Goodman II, 136. Poggendorff I, 1522. Hamberger/Meusel IV, 546.
17468vo. XX, (4), 227, (1) pp. With engraved frontispiece (N. Le Sueur inv. / R. Brunet fec.) and 4 folding engraved plates. Contemporary marbled calf with giltstamped label to gilt spine. Blindstamped cover fillets; leading edges gilt. Edges in red. Rare first edition. - Nollet, the discoverer of diffusion, taught physics at Turin and Paris and instructed the royal children. “Nollet’s repertoire always included electricity [... and he] became the chief of European electricians [...] France had no electrician of stature again before Coulomb” (DSB). - The plates show experiments and the operation of generators. Attractive, almost spotless copy from the library of the American scientist and collector Albert Edgar Lownes (1899-1978; up to 1917: A. E. Löwenstein) with his exlibris on the front pastedown. DSB X, 146-147. Ekelöf 246. Roller-G. II, 248. Wheeler Gift 329. Cf. Poggendorf II, 295 (“1747”). Cf. Ronalds 370 (2nd ed. 1750).
18864to. IV, 75, (1) pp. With 2 folding maps with coloured borders. Contemp. marbled half calf with double giltstamped labels to gilt spine. Gilt top. Marbled endpapers. First edition; inscribed copy. A groundbreaking work, responsible for a turnaround in therapeutic theory (cf. Hirsch/Hübotter). - Fine, large maps of the environs of Bozen and Merano. Inscribed by the author to Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria and brother of Empress Elizabeth of Austria. A fine copy with the shelfmark label of the library of Karl Theodor's father, Duke Max in Bavaria (1808-88). Waller 6964. Hirsch/Hübotter IV, 413.
Folio (ca. 213 x 342 mm). (4), 40, (4) pp. With additional engraved title and 15 numbered folding engraved plates. Contemporary half calf over marbled boards. All edges red. Fifth edition of the popular "Gnomonica" by the German professor of mathematics and economics Penther (1693-1749), first published in 1733. It discusses various types of sundials, their construction, how to install and adjust them, and explains important terms of geometry. The plates illustrate these explanations and include sketches for geometric calculations and a small map of Germany on plate II. With several shelfmarks with pencil and pen to pastedown. - Spine ends worn and chipped, paper lightly browned throughout, but an appealing copy. From the library of the Viennese collector Werner Habel. Houzeau/Lancaster I, V, 11614. Zinner 463. Engelmann, Bibl. mech.-tech. 279. Kayser IV, 316. VD 18, 12519219. Cf. La Lande 448 (1752 ed.); Poggendorff II, 400 ("1734", 1760). Cf. Ornamentstichslg. Berlin 1755 ("1734").
Large 8vo. XIV, 138 pp. With 2 folding lithographed plates. Contemporary marbled boards with giltstamped label to spine. First edition of the first German monograph on gas lighting; preceded only by Lampadius's translation of Accum's "Practical Treatise on Gaslight". J. J. Prechtl (1778-1854) initiated the foundation of the Vienna Polytechnical Institute in 1815, the first educational institute of its kind in the German-speaking countries, and served as its first director. The institute became a decisive force in the industrialization of Austria. In the autumn of 1815, Prechtl and the engineering professor Johann Arzberger developed a lighting apparatus based on coal gas, thus becoming a pioneer of continental gas lighting. He introduced the system at his Polytechnical Institute in 1817. - The plates are lithographed by the trained engraver Ignaz Kühn, later to become director of the Vienna Lithographic Institute (cf. Schwarz, 43); in 1817, when Senefelder left Vienna, he became Friedrich Kunike's principal assistant (cf. Thieme/B. XXII, 58). He took his life in 1822. - One corner slightly bumped; otherwise a good, clean copy. Poggendorff II, 519. Feldhaus 357. Ferchl 423. Engelmann (Bibl. mech.-tech.) 291. Not in Winkler.
1981Three large quarto volumes in blue laminated boards; volumes (xxix, 1,409 pages), b&w illustrations ; 31 cm. Summaries in French. Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Ex-library (engineering firm), with usual markings; else crisp, tight and clean. Tiny scratch to front board of volume 2. Very good+ to near fine thus. Underground storage -- Congresses. Underground construction -- Congresses. Underground areas -- Congresses. Underground areas. Underground construction. Underground storage. Conference papers and proceedings. Storage; Use of excavated rock caverns.
176525 SS. Mit zus. 62 (statt 64) gest. Tafeln. Halblederband der Zeit mit goldgepr. rotem Rückenschildchen sowie Rückenfileten. Folio. Die Tafeln zur Uhrmacherkunst aus der Erstausgabe von Diderots und d'Alemberts "Encyclopédie" (Tafelband IV, "troisième livraison"). Es fehlen die letzten beiden Tafeln II B (m) und III B (n). - Zu Beginn stärkerer Wasserschaden (im Index auch den Text betreffend; die Tafeln nur im Rand betroffen). Remboîtage: Das Rückenschildchen weist den Einband als urspürunglich für Vesalius' "Tabulae ossium humanorum" aus. Lough 10.
17224to. (2), 38 pp. Disbound. Only edition; rare. One of the earliest attempts at debunking imagination as a method of medical interpretation. Many explanations so harshly criticised here today have since enjoyed a renaissance in psychosomatic medicine. - Somewhat browned; several contemp. marginalia. Final leaf is wrinkled, showing edge damage with slight loss of text. Wellcome II, 23. I. Müller/Watzke, Gebrauch und Missbrauch der Einbildungskraft in der Medizin des 17. und 18. Jhs., in: R. Behrens (ed.), Ordnungen des Imaginären. Theorien der Imagination in funktionsgeschichtlicher Sicht (Hamburg 2002, p. 89 ff.), p. 103. Not in Blake.
1784(18), 440, 53, (3) SS. Mit 6 gefalteten Kupfertafeln. Marmorierter Halblederband mit Rückenschildchen und reicher -vergoldung. Lesebändchen. 8vo. Erste Ausgabe des 1802 wiederaufgelegten Standardwerks zur Luftdruckmessung. Beschreibt u. a. auch Reisebaromemeter, meteorologische Beobachtungen und Höhenmessungen. - Titel und letzte Blätter etwas gebräunt, Vorderdeckel mit Spuren eines abgelösten Bibliotheksetiketts, sonst sauberes, dekorativ gebundenes Exemplar. Poggendorf I, 1439.
8vo. 242 pp. Original orange printed wrappers. A rare proof copy, printed without the illustrations present in the first edition. - Starting in 1926, Sir Charles Belgrave served as an advisor to the rulers of Bahrain for 31 years, firstly to Shaikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942), then Shaikh Salman ibn Hamad Al-Khalifa (1895-1961). This work is an account of that time and therefore contains much on the politics and society of Bahrain in what were vital years for its development. - Ink ownership inscription to front cover and stamp of the publisher Wyman & Sons to the half-title. Extremities worn with a few tears, covers a little darkened and dusty, page corners bruised and folded, interior otherwise clean and bright.
I: Vering, Joseph Ritter von. De convalescentia ejusque cura. Wien, Karl Gerold, 1816. 51 SS. II: Eissner zu Eissenstein, Anton Ritter von. Observationes XXV alteras docimasiam pulmonum hydrostaticam illustrantes. Edba., Mechitaristen, 1824. XVIII, (2), 69, (1) SS. III: Zebisch, Johann. Observationes XXV. tertias docimasiam pulmonum hydrostaticam illustrantes. Ebda., Mechitaristen, 1825. 6, 57, (1) SS. IV: Czermak, Joseph Julius. Observationes XXV. docimasiam pulmonum hydrostaticam illustrantes. Ebda., Mechitaristen, 1823. VIII, 64, (2). Mit 1 gest. Tafel. V: Kassowitz, Joseph. Observationes XV. docimasiam pulmonum hydrostaticam illustrantes. Ebda., Mechitaristen, 1827. (6), 36, (2) SS. VI: Sistens expositionem generalem anatomicam organi auditus per classes animalium. Ebda., 1818, Anton Pichler. (6), 48 SS. 5 lith. Tafeln. VII: Schäffer, August von. De lusus et ludorum vi diaetetica. Ebda., Anton Pichler, 1816. 48, (2) SS. VIII: Koppi, Alexander. Fontes generales merita medicorum dijudicandi sistens. Pest, Thomas Trattner, 1817. 30, (1) SS. IX: Rinna von Sarenbach, Ernst. De nutrice optima. Wien, Georg Überreuter, 1816. 68 SS. Reichhaltiger Sammelband medizinischer Dissertationen angehender Medizinier des 19. Jahrunderts. So z.B. jene Joseph von Verings (1793-1826) über die Wiedergenesung. Sein Vater Gerhard von Vering (1755-1823), Dermatologe und Audiologe behandelte unter anderen auch Ludwig van Beethoven wegen seines rapiden Gehöhrverlusts. Da der Behandlung kein Erfolg beschieden war, wandte sich der Komponist an Dr. Johann Adam Schmidt. Weiters findet sich ein Werk des angesehen Prager Mediziner Joseph Julius Czermak (1799-1851), welcher durch seine Dissertation einen Grundstein für sein weiteres Forschungsgebiet der vergleichenden Anatomie setzt. Während seiner Professur in Wien besuchten u.a. Nikolaus Lenau seine Vorlesungen. - Titelblatt zum ersten Band am Oberrand teilweise ausgerissen. Durchgehend wasserrandig, gebräunt und stockfleckig. Zu Band IV: Wurzb. III, 99.
Small 8vo. 2 parts in 1 volume. (16), 96 pp. (Second part has separate title-page): Tractatus de signatura salium, metallorum, et planetarum [...]. Ibid., 1659. 44 pp. With a few woodcut symbols in the text. Contemporary full limp vellum with handwritten author's name to spine and handwritten title to lower edge. First Latin edition, published a year after the German original edition. One of Glauber's most important publications, this contains among other items an account of his discovery of sodium sulfate in 1625 (cf. Dünnhaupt). The German alchemist and chemist Glauber (1604-70) has been described as one of the first chemical engineers. He here displays an early understanding of chemical affinity; Berzelius (in his "Lehrbuch der Chemie") points out that Glauber was among the first to recognize how sulphuric acid replaces nitric and hydrochloric acid in compounds, while alkali replaces ammonia. It was in the process of this research that he "discovered the 'sal mirabile' that bears his name, 'Glauber's salt'" (cf. Schelenz, 481). - Light browning and occasional waterstaining, but a good, attractive copy. The engraved title mentioned by Brüning is not present in any traceable copy and is probably a ghost. - Provenance: handwritten ownership "de La Roche" to title-page; 20th century bookplates of the bibliographer Guy Bechtel (b. 1931, "Le bibliophobe Bechtel") and of René Alleau (1917-2013), friend of André Breton and director of the Bibliotheca hermetica collection at the French publishing house Denoël (loosely inserted before the flyleaf). Ferchl 188. Neu 1690. Hoover 365f. Wellcome III, 124. Osler 2752. Duveen 257. Dünnhaupt 18.II & 19.II. Brüning 1979f. Not in Ferguson.
Mit einigen Beilagen (s. u.). Enthält 1) Goldringgeld. 1876. 1 Bl. - 2) Covellin als Überzugspseudomorphose einer am Salzberg bei Hallstatt gefundenen keltischen Axt aus Bronze. 1879. 13 Bll. - 3) Ergebnisse der Höhlenforschung im Jahre 1879. Zweiter Bericht. 9 Bll. - 4) Die fossile Fauna der Höhle Vypustek in Mähren nebst Bemerkungen betreffs einiger Knochenreste aus der Kreuzberghöhle in Krain.1879. 13 Bll. - 5) Ueber einem Kesselwagen aus Bronze aus einem Hügelgrab von Glasinac in Bosnien. 1881. 6 Bll. - 6) Über einen alten keltischen Bergbau im Salzberg von Hallstatt. - 7) Ueber prähistorische Begräbnisstätten. 1881. 21 Bll. - 8) Die Lettenmaierhöhle bei Kremsmünster. 1882.10 Bll. (Doppelt vorhanden.) - 9) Sechster Bericht der prähistorischen Commission der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften über die Arbeiten im Jahre 1882. 1883. 4 Bll. - 10) Sitzung der mathematisch-naturwissenschaftlichen Classe vom 8. März 1883. 1883. 8 Bll. - 11) Die Neuesten Gräberfunde von Watsch und St. Margarethen in Krain und der Culturkreis der Hallstätter-Periode. 1883. 28 Bll. - 12) Über die Hügelgräber von Frög bei Rosegg in Kärnten und die in denselben gefundenen Bleifiguren. [1884]. - Beiliegend der Partezettel des am 18. Juli 1884 verstorbenen Geologen, ein gedr. Nachruf, eine gedr. Erinnerung an ihn aus Anlaß seiner Umbettung in ein Ehrengrab sowie ein gedr. Nachruf auf den 1880 verstorbenen Chemiker und Botaniker Carl Hochstetter.
(16), 940, (4) SS. Halbpergamentband der Zeit. Verblasster dreiseitiger Farbschnitt. 4to. Erste Ausgabe. - Frühes medizinisches bio-bibliographisches Standardwerk. Ein Reprint erschien 1971 bei Olms. Der thüringische Arztsohn Kestner (1694-1747) studierte in Jena zunächst Theologie, dann "wegen seiner schwächlichen Gesundheit" Medizin "und brachte seine Zeit, weil er keine Lust zu practiciren hatte, mit Untersuchung der Historie der Gelehrsamkeit, und vornehmlich der Artzneykunst zu" (Jöcher). - Einband berieben; Ecken und Kanten bestoßen; oberes Kapital leicht eingerissen. Innen wie meist teils etwas gebräunt. Aus der Bibliothek des Nürnberger Chirurgen Karl Daniel Nopitsch (um 1795-1838; vgl. Hirsch IV, 382) mit dessen Besitzerstempel am Titel. ADB XV, 664. Petzholdt (Bibliotheca bibliographica) 575. Jöcher II, 2073f. Jöcher VII, 498. Nicht bei Besterman.
4to. 32 pp. With a woodcut title vignette, headpieces and initials. Papered spine. Edges sprinkled in red. First edition. - Very rare anatomical dissertation on female breasts, constituting one of the first monographs on the subject. F. W. Mencel (1697-1773) had not only studied medicine, but also mathematics and physics; he would later serve as physician in his native Magdeburg as well as draw maps and architectural elevations in Prussia before going on to teach medicine in Halle and Zerbst (cf. Jöcher/A.). - In his introduction, the author states that humans at various ages favour different foods, but only at the youngest age can they draw nutrition from the human body alone, "for which purpose the female sex has been given two peculiar organs, which rise as prominences from the chests of young women and have been referred to by anatomists under the name of 'mammae', 'breasts', providing nourishment, called 'milk', to the tenderest of beings. These organs (as such) have not been hitherto dealt with frequently," for which reason he has chosen them as the subject of his thesis. Mencel elaborates on the classical derivation of the term 'mamma' before giving a description of the mammary glands, their different appearance in males and females, and their locale on the body. The author notes that there are usually two such glands, one right, the other opposite, on the left. The reason for this, says Mencel, is both functional and aesthetic: "for one thing, it is prettier that way, and for another, if one of them is injured or cannot produce sufficient milk, the other will serve" (p. 9). He goes on to discuss the varying size, shape, colour, and tissue density of breasts, "not the same in all women, but subject to their age, temper, and region": they develop some time before the first menstrual cycle, then expand (supposedly being bigger among married women than virgins), and are at their largest among pregnant women shortly before childbirth, while they tend to sag among the elderly - and even more so among the women of India and Senegal, where they are reported to droop to the stomach. Even in Europe, however, there are areas (says Mencel) where girls are so well-endowed that their breasts resemble pillows, indeed not little hills but enormous mountains. Mencel points out how it has often been observed that women with large breasts are more libidinous and more exposed to venereal disease, a fact reflective of the adage that "every excess turns into vice" (p. 11), then adds anecdotes about unusually buxom women from Utrecht, Elsinore and other places. Proceeding into anatomy proper, Mencel discusses the veins, arteries and nerves throughout the mammary glands, the milk ducts, and the nipples. Another chapter discusses the movement of the breasts during breathing, their "rise and subsequent fall, alternatingly, as we can observe in girls every day". The reason, he adds, "is not hard to guess, for as the breasts are situated on the thorax, so inhaling causes them to expand, and exhaling to constrict themselves", noting the health risks (including lung constriction) involved in the custom of breast binding (p. 26). After a final discussion of the human milk and lactation, Mencel concludes that much could be added on the subject, in particular about the inflammation of the breast, growths, breast cancer, excessive lactation, breast defects, and similar conditions, but his dissertation purposely omits these, as so many medical men have already written about them that to include them in his thesis would be like once more reheating leftover cabbage, and similarly likely to induce nausea, for which reason he will leave it at that. - Indeed, although Mencel's work is not absolutely the first monograph on the subject, nearly all previous studies had focused on diseases, specifically breast infection or cancer. Moritz Hoffmann had in 1662 published a 32-page dissertation "De naturali ac praeter naturali mammarum constitutione" containing an account of the healthy breast, but the book's second half was entirely concerned with pathology, while Johann Arnold Friderici's more general anatomical disputation "De constitutione mammarum" (Jena 1669) comprised a mere 18 pages. Mencel's dissertation, so frequently couched in a disarmingly coy tone, is thus the most extensive early monograph wholly devoted to the healthy female breast. It was reprinted in Franz Joseph Oberkamp's 1767 collection of excellent Leiden dissertations. - Somewhat browned throughout due to paper; old ink number annotated to title. Only three copies in the U.S. (National Library of Medicine; Cornell University; Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia). Waller 6462. Jöcher/Adelung IV, 1388. OCLC 14324433. Not in Blake or Wellcome.
1825(4), X, 44 SS., l. w. Bl. Mit 4 gest. Tafeln. Marmorpappband der Zeit. 8vo. Seltene Beschreibung von 21 Laufkäfern, hauptsächlich aus dem Habsburgerreich und Asien. - Alte Bibliotheksrückenschildchen. Am Titel Stempel der 1817 gegründeten und 1945 sistierten "Naturforschenden Gesellschaft des Osterlandes", Altenburg (Thüringen).
19093 Bde. IX, 348, (2) SS. 332, (2) SS. 343, (2) SS. Mit Portraitfrontispiz und 40 teils farbigen Tafeln. Rote Originalleinenbände mit goldgeprägten Rücken- und Deckeltiteln. Folio. Erste und einzige Ausgabe der gesammelten Schriften; selten. Enthält auch den Atlas über Lidbildung, nachgewiesen bei Albert/Norton 586 ("Saggio di blefaroplastie" von 1883, hier in Bd. 2 abgedruckt und ebenfalls mit 19 Tafeln). Dieser "ist dadurch ausgezeichnet, dass die ursprünglichen Störungen und die schließlichen Erfolge im Lichtbild naturgetreu festgehalten, nicht in Umrisszeichnung dargestellt sind" (Hirschberg XIV, § 736, 99f.). Des weiteren zahlreiche Arbeiten über Fibrome des Tränensacks, Tränendrüsen-Geschwulst, Verknöcherung der Linse sowie über Lidkrebs, skrofulöse Tarsitis, Gliom der Netzhaut, Mucocele des Siebbeins, klinische Abhandlungen über Keratoplastik etc. - Carlo de Vincentiis (1849-1904) war Professor der Augenheilkunde in Palermo, "wo er sich einen bedeutenden Ruf als Augenoperateur erworben hat" (Hirsch VI, 120). - Schönes, breitrandiges und sauberes Exemplar. Fischer 1621. Gilhofer, Kat. 141 (Naturwissenschaften), 541 (dieses Exemplar).
