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   <name><![CDATA[Laurence McGilvery]]></name>
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	Labyrinthi Medici Extricati, sive Methodus Vitandorum errorum qui in Praxi occurrunt, mostrantibus Gvlielmo Ballonio & Lud. Septalio. Opera Theophili Boneti Serenissimi quondam Principis Henrici Aureliani, Longavillae Ducis &c. Medici. Additus est ejusdem Septalii Tractatus De Naevis cum indicibus necessariis. - Baillou, Guillaume de (1538-1616) &#91;or William Bailly], and Settala, Luigi
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		FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **Coloniae Allobrogum &#91;Geneva]: Sumptibus Samvelis de Tovrnes, 1687. &#91;28], 733, &#91;45], 20, &#91;4] pages. 22.5 x 17 cm. Modern quarter-calf & marbled boards. Minor soiling; light marginal dampstains affecting many leaves; paper defect at lower corners of a few leaves. **A reprint of the 1668 Pharos medicorum. . . , with additions. Baillou, court physician during the reign of Henry IV of France, is considered the first epidemiologist of modern times (see Garrison & Morton 60 for Baillou's Opera omnia medica). "During the many epidemics in Paris between 1570 and 1579, Baillou developed the idea of the ephemerides, which influenced the work of Thomas Sydenham. He was thus the first Occidental epidemiologist since Hippocrates. He left excellent descriptions of the plague (and possibly of typhoid fever); of measles. . . and of diphtheria whose choking false membranes he identified. . . ." (DSB). Krivatsy 591. Wellcome, Part 2, Volume I, p. 27. See Hirsch, Volume I, pp. 261-2. Only one sale in American Book Prices Current 1979-2008. 
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     <br/>Baillou, Guillaume de (1538-1616) &#91;or William Bailly], and Settala, Luigi

        
        

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	Opticks: or, a treatise of the reflections, refractions, inflections, and colours of light. The second edition, with additions. - Newton, Isaac
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		FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **London: W. & J. Innys, 1718.12 folding engraved plates. Blank & 4 leaves ("Corrigenda" on the final one), pp. 1-382, and one leaf of ads. The name William Hindmon is written on the initial blank. The leaves measure 19.1 x 11.5 cm. Plate I has a trapezoidal piece roughly 2 x 3 x 3 x 3 cm torn out of the upper corner with loss of the bracketed text: "Book I. Part I. Pl&#91;ate I]" and "Fig &#91;2]." Plate IV is trimmed too closely at the top, with the loss of the upper part of the title; Plate V is trimmed closely, but with no loss of text. Book I, Part II, Plate III is similar. Book III, Plate I follows p. 82. It has been misfolded, so that the paper has creased along the front edge. There is a loss of paper 3 x 1 cm high along the top end of the fold, plus a tear of 2 cm along the bottom of the fold. On p. 301 there is a very small burned hole, as though someone had decided to test the theory of the burning glass; a couple of other similar marks did not go through the paper. Occasional age toning, plus intermittent foxing and a few small stains. The contemporary calf was rebound some long time ago. Before that, it looks as though an owner used tape to keep the loose spine in place. On the rear cover there are only dark patches; on the front cover the tape lifted a few small pieces of surface; the backstrip shows considerable old skinning. The covers are blind-tooled. From the library of Jacob Bronowski. 
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     <br/>Newton, Isaac

        
        

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	Conchology, or the natural history of shells: containing a new arrangement of the genera and species, illustrated by coloured engravings, executed from the natural specimens, and including the latest discoveries. - Perry, George
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		FREE domestic or international shipping with direct order. **London: William Miller, 1811 (Introduction). 61 hand-colored engravings containing 349 specimens. &#91;iv] + 4 pp. + 61 plates & 61 interleaved pp. of descriptions (printed one side) + &#91;1] p. index. 41.5 x 26.7 cm. Dark red leather tooled and stamped in gold; a.e.g. Extremities worn, and a couple of small skinned spots on the rear cover; inconspicuous light foxing (most apparent on plates 17 and 30). Please browse all subjects at www.mcgilvery.com. 
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     <br/>Perry, George

        
        

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	Earth's earliest biosphere: its origin and evolution. - Schopf, J. William, ed.
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		FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **Princeton &#91;NJ] University Press, ©1983. ISBN 0-691-02375-1. 33 hors-texte plates with multiple images and hundreds of figures, tables, etc., in the text + xxv + 543 pp. Illustrated wrappers, 27.9 x 21.5 cm.15 chapters and 4 appendixes by 21 authors. 2 glossaries; "References cited" (pp. 464-531); "Subject index" (pp. 533-543). Author's name and address cut from envelope (?) and taped to title page. Otherwise very fine. 
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     <br/>Schopf, J. William, ed.

        
        

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	Emerald and other beryls. - Sinkankas, John.
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		FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **Radnor, PA: Chilton, ©1981. 24 color illustrations on 12 hors-texte plates + hundreds of figures in the text. xvi + 665 pp. Grey cloth printed in silver, with dustjacket a bit worn at the extremities. 23.1 x 17.5 cm. INSCRIBED by the author to a close friend "upon the occasion of a  &#91;San Diego] Bibliophile meeting…." Other than his magisterial bibliography of gem literature, this is the book that gave John Sinkankas the most pride and pleasure of the many he wrote. Fine, except for dustjacket wear, as noted, and slight rubbing on the top and bottom edges. Bibliographical notes throughout. "World sources of ore and gem beryl" organized by country, with detailed bibliographies, comprises chapter 14 (pp. 359-607). Appendix, including a helpful glossary, and two indexes conclude the book. 
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     <br/>Sinkankas, John.

        
        

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	Der Vulcanismus, oder das Todesthal auf Java. Ein Roman unter dem Schleier der Natur. - Zimmermann, W. F. A. &#91;Vollmer, Carl Gottfried Wilhelm].
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		FREE domestic shipping with direct order. **Berlin: Theodor Thiele, 1862. 10 chromolithograph plates. &#91;8], 708 pages. Period half-sheep and boards. 22.4 x 14.8 cm. Joints and extremities rubbed; simulated leather (paper) on rear cover is badly chipped; bookplate; light foxing. **The first of a series of popular novels containing lessons in natural history by this prolific author. His tale, set in Java, is illustrated with plates of the lush Javanese landscape; they depict exotic animals such as a tiger and a rhinoceros. OCLC (the World Catalogue) locates seven 1861 editions and one 1862, at Cornell. 
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     <br/>Zimmermann, W. F. A. &#91;Vollmer, Carl Gottfried Wilhelm].

        
        

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