Goldschmid, Prof. Edgar.

Early Medical Books – Together with some books on Botany, chiefly from the Library of Prof. Edgar Goldschmid.

Amsterdam, Internationaal Antiquariat Menno Hertzberger, no year (c. 1960). Octavo. 56 pages with 371 important books listed and described, with several illustrations. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with some minor signs of wear only.

Hine, Montague L.

May and Worth’s Manual of Diseases of the Eye.

Tenth Edition. London, Baillière, Tindall and Cox, 1949. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. Frontispiece (Colour diagram: Horizontal Section of Eyeball), XII, 548 pages. Several black and white drawing and diagrams. 32 colour plates. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Previous owner’s name in ink pen to free endpaper.

[Lilly Library].

Notable Medical Books – From the Lilly Library – Indiana University.

Indianapolis, The Lilly Research Laboratories, 1976. Quarto. 275 pages. Illustrated throughout. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket in protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Norman, Haskell F.

One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine.

New York, The Grolier Club, 1995. Folio. XLII, 390, (2) pages. Original Hardcover (cloth) in custom made slipcase. Excellent, close to new condition.

Pomet, Pierre.

Der aufrichtige Materialist und Specery-Händler oder Haupt- und allgemeine Beschreibung derer Specereyen und Materialien: Worinnen in dreyen Classen, der Kräuter, Thiere und Materialien, alles, womit die Physica, Chymia, Pharmacia und andere pflegen umzugehen, enthalten ist. [First german Edition of “A compleat History of Druggs [sic] Drugs / Published originally in the year 1694 in French as “Histoire Generale des Drogues” by Monsieur Pomet, chief druggist to the present French king” / A masterful and early work which does not only function as a Herbal but also curiously shows the History and benefits of animals like the Camel (with illustrations of a Camel), depicts the scenes of Whaling, Whale Slaughter and the benefits of whale oil etc.]. Mit 67 Kupfertafeln.

Erste deutsche Ausgabe / First German Edition. Leipzig, Gleditsch & Weidmann, 1717. Folio (22 cm x 34 cm). [7], 902 (recte 904) Spalten / Columns, [16]. With 67 copper-plates. Original Hardcover / Vellum. Berieben und etwas bestossen, innen etwas gebraeunt. / Very good condition with some rubbing and discoloration (corners slightly bumped only). First German edition. Browning and foxing throughout, title at outer margin cut to the edge and with old manuscript entry, front inner hinge somewhat loose. Bound in contemporary vellum, rubbed, worn and with scratches. Lacking the endpaper.