141. Rivière [Riverius], Lazare – Brunand, Claudine. (1630-1674)

Original 17th-century portrait of french pioneer pharmacologist, anatomist and surgeon Rivière [Riverius] / [Portrait originale du XVIIe siècle de Lazare Rivière [Riverius] – pionnier français pharmacologue, anatomiste et chirurgien] – Oval Portrait, titled: “Lazarus Riverius Regis consiliarius et medicus et in Monspeliensi uniuersitate medicinae professor an. 1653 aet. 63. Riverium iures, pictum si videris, idem / Hippocrates, librum si mediteris, erit”.

Original copper / line engraving / [Gravure originale]. [France], [c. 1660]. Size of the vintage engraving: c. 22 cm x 32 cm. Size of the framed engraving: 32,5 cm x 42 cm. Very rare, original 17th – century engraving. Excellent condition (mounted). Frame with minor signs of wear only. Price includes international shipping, framed and insured, per courier (3-5 working days guaranteed delivery).

142. Rubempré, Morel de.

Véritable Médecine sans Médecin.

Paris, Librairie Francaise et Étrangère-Ponthieu/Audin, 1826. 8°. Frontispiece, XX, 1078 pages. Original brochure bound in recent, modern cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Publishers interimsbinding and paper uncut. Some foxing. RARE !

143. Saint-Yves, Charles de / Sir Hans Sloane of Killyleagh.

Nouveau Traité des Maladies des Yeux. Où l’on expose leur Structure, leur Usage, les Causes de leurs Maladies, leurs Symptômes, les Remèdes et les Opérations de Chirurgie qui conviennent le plus à leur guérison. Avec de nouvelles Découvertes sur la Structure de l’Oeil, qui prouvent l’Organe immédiat de la Vue. Par Mr. de Saint-Yves, Chirurgien Oculiste de Saint Côme. Nouvelle édition. Augmentée de l’Histoire d’un Remède pour les maux des Yeux, et contre la morsure du chien enragé. Traduit de l’Anglais par M. Cantwel. [Suivi de: “Histoire d’un Remède très efficace pour la Faiblesse et la Rougeur des Yeux et autres Maladies du même Organe avec un remède infaillible contre la morsure du chien enragé par le Chevalier Hans Sloane”].

Nouvelle édition. 2 Volumes en 1 / Two Volumes in one. Amsterdam et Leipzik, Arkstée et Merkus, 1767. Octavo (11 cm x 17 cm). XXXVI, [6], 309, 30 pp. Reliure originale / Original, very decorative 18th century binding with gilt lettering and ornament on spine. Tres bon exemplaire / Unusually excellent version of this book with the publication by Sir Hans Sloane bound in the back of the Volume.

144. Sanford Kanahele, George Hu’eu.

Ku Kanaka. Stand Tall. A Search for Hawaiian Values.

Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1986. 23 cm x 15 cm. XXI, 529 pages. Original Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes, with his name on the front free endpaper.

145. Sawyer, Sir James.

Points of practice in Maladies of the Heart – [INSCRIBED / SIGNED – with a signed (monogrammed) portrait-postcard of Sir James Sawyer] – Lumleian lectures at the Royal College of Physicians of London.

First Edition. Birmingham, Cornish Brothers, 1908. Small Octavo. VIII, 96 pages. Hardcover / Original, red publisher’s cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Vintage portrait-postcard of Sir James Sawyer tipped in verso endpaper. The postcard is monogrammed in ink “J.S.”. The book is inscribed by Sir James Sawyer: “W.V.Bramington, Eng. [..] from the author”. Very Rare ! [Lumleian Lectures].

146. Schonland, B.F.J.

The Flight of Thunderbolts.

Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1950. 22cm x 14.5cm. (8) 152 pages. Original Hardcover in original illustrated price-clipped dustjacket. In protective Mylar. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Pastedown signed by preowner.

147. Schroeder, B. / Benso, S.

Pensare ambientalista – Tra fiolsofia e ecologica.

Torino, Paravia scriptorium, 2000, 13 cm x 21 cm, 271 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. From the library of philosopher Graham Parkes. Signed and Inscribed by the Author to Parkes. [Collana Di Fiolosofia contemporanea, Vattimo, G. e Fornero G. Diretta]

148. [Shakespeare, William] Estok, Simon C.

Ecocriticsm and Shakespeare – Reading Ecophobia.

First Edition. New York, Palgrave Macmillan, 2011. 14,5 x 21,5 cm. X, 182 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. [Literatures, Cultures and the Environment].

149. Sloan, Michael.

The Harmonius Organ of Sedulius Scottus. Introduction to His Collectaneum in Apostolum and Translation of Its Prologue and Commentaries on Galatians and Ephesians.

Berlin, Boston, De Gruyter, 2012. 17.5 cm x 24.5 cm. VIII, 249 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. [Millennium-Studien / Millennium Studies – Volume 39].

150. [Stanley Cavell Collection] – Cavell, Stanley.

Themes out of School. Effects and Causes.

San Francisco, North Point Press, 1984. Octavo. XIV, 268 pages. Original Hardcover with illustrated dustjacket in protective Mylar. Signed by Stanley Cavell. Near Fine condition with only minor signs of external wear.