June 16^th, 2017

185-A: Advances in Science Optics & Microscopy

By Jeff Weber Rare Books

185-A: Advances in Science Optics & Microscopy JEFF WEBER RARE BOOKS #185-A: We have recently acquired the optics & microscopy library of a private collector. This the second catalogue offering more highlights from this collection. [66 items]

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June 15^th, 2017

172: MEDICAL CABINET

By Jeff Weber Rare Books

172: MEDICAL CABINET JEFF WEBER RARE BOOKS #172: THIS is the first of a two-part catalogue featuring both recent acquisitions and highlights from stock. Many excellent bargains can be had with this selection. Item 6 is the first French work on the ophthalmoscope [Anagnostakis, 1854], Baillou [10] is an early study of rheumatism and arthritis, [13] Beddoes is a beautiful copy as is [25] Bernard. Anesthesia from 1847 is found in Bigelow [30], Blackmore [32] treats tuberculosis in 1724, [33] Blanco is the first description of the flora of the Philippines (owned by Howard Sprague Reed). Cesalpino [57] gives an important account of the discovery of blood circulation in 1571/1593. One of the great rarities in medicine is the first edition of Defoe’s Journal of the Plague Year, 1722 [73]. Glisson [107] is the first printing of childhood Rickets in 1650. There is more medicine in the cabinet… [197 items]

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June 15^th, 2017

171: FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS [FAUST]

By Jeff Weber Rare Books

171: FOR THE LOVE OF BOOKS [FAUST] JEFF WEBER RARE BOOKS #171: Early printed books, bibliography, fine printing, Californiana, economics, Law, military, literature, Americana, philosophy, religion, poetry, bookbindings.

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June 15^th, 2017

173: The Dance of Books

By Jeff Weber Rare Books

173: The Dance of Books Another in my “Bookseller Cabinet” series where I feature a wider range of books. In this case the catalogue is a two-part (nos. 171 + 172) effort. Available from our stock of remarkable art is a superb collection of the work of the fantastical Mexican artist SERGIO BUSTAMANTE. We have about 33 pieces for sale at present. We have some fine Californiana pieces (11-13, 40, 121, 157), some extraordinary specimens of fine printing lead by Landacre’s California Hills (40), LIME KILN PRESS American Bard (40) and the PLANTIN PRESS Shakespeare Sonnets (122). Theodore Roosevelt’s African Trails with a signed card (147), two GRANGERIZED BOOKS – “extra illustrated” – (19, 158), and a remarkable 17th century Persian manuscript of Rumi’s greatest work (154). Interested in tales of early travels (both fiction and some fact) there is Stirling-Maxwell’s copy of Struys (182). 219 items.

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June 15^th, 2017

174: Visions of Scientific Imagination

By Jeff Weber Rare Books

174: Visions of Scientific Imagination JEFF WEBER RARE BOOKS #174: THIS IS THE FIRST OF A MULTI-PART CATALOGUE on the sciences. Special among recent purchases are: Boyer’s copy of Bouguer’s Optics [118]. Lewis Carroll’s Game of Logic [159]. Cavendish’s work on electricity was J.J. Thomson’s copy [168] Computing history is present with Boole [116] (“From the author” and Cooley & Tukey’s paper on FFT [195]. Ralph Rutherford’s copy of Darwin’s Origin [228]. Einstein papers [268-277]. Faraday autograph letter [288]. Item [47] offers three late nineteenth century manuscript Persian astronomical calendars. So much more astronomical is found throughout…. [303i tems]

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June 15^th, 2017

175: Medical Cabinet

By Jeff Weber Rare Books

175: Medical Cabinet IT GIVES GREAT PLEASURE to offer fine, unusual and rare books and manuscripts such as those contained within this selection. There are many highlights: foremost is the signed copy of John Snow [109], a large private collection of medical portraiture [33], a stunning copy of Spigelius [115], Philip Hench’s personal copy of Osler’s Principles [61] with holograph inscription (mounted) to his son who attended the Nobel Prize ceremony that honored his father, several fine letters of Sir William Osler [53, 54, 55, 56], Cushing [2] and Halsted [3] – all unusual to see in one catalogue. The cover piece, a prize in itself, also comes from the Philip Hench library. [152 items].

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June 15^th, 2017

176: Revolutions in Science

By Jeff Weber Rare Books

176: Revolutions in Science JEFF WEBER RARE BOOKS #176: THE CURRENT catalogue continues the alphabet started with cat. #174. Lots of new books are being offered here, including books on astronomy, mathematics, and related fields. While there are many inexpensive books offered there are also a few special pieces, highlighted with the extraordinary LUBIENIECKI, this copy being entirely handcolored in a contemporary hand. Among the books are the mathematic libraries of Dr. Harold Levine of Stanford University and Father Barnabas Hughes of the Franciscan order in California. Additional material is offered from the libraries of David Lindberg and L. Pearce Williams. Normally I highlight the books being offered, but today’s bookselling world is changing rapidly. Many books are only sold on-line and thus many retailers have become abscent from city streets. If they stay in the trade, they deal on-line. I have come from a tradition of old style bookselling and hope to continue binging fine books available at reasonable prices as I have in the past. I have been blessed with being able to represent many collections over the years. No one could predict where we are all now today.

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June 15^th, 2017

178: WINGS OF IMAGINATION: Science Books

By Jeff Weber Rare Books

178: WINGS OF IMAGINATION: Science Books JEFF WEBER RARE BOOKS #178: Muhammad Ali said, “The man who has no imagination has no wings.” The noted writer Zora Neale Hurston is described as one who rode on the “wings of imagination.” This is everything in both science and life. Here is a selection of books that celebrates man’s thought relating to the sciences. One of the most inspired was Newton. My copy of Newton’s Opticks, 1704, is traced to its original owner Dr. Charles Bernard, himself a member of the Royal Society, the book was sold at auction in 1711, reappeared in Edinburgh and bound for the university. The book was given as a student prize by Dr. Philip Kelland, also a Fellow of the Royal Society. Eventually the copy found its way to Washington [D.C.?] by 1915. Again it disappears until 1966 when it was owned by the bookseller Jake Zeitlin. There is nothing so inspiring to a collector than an important book, especially one with a history. Books bring one closer to inspiration, and that allows the mind to soar.

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June 15^th, 2017

179: Jeff’s Fables

By Jeff Weber Rare Books

179: Jeff’s Fables JEFF WEBER RARE BOOKS #179: Another in my “Bookseller Cabinet” series wherein the bookseller plays. There are a wide variety of books in fine printing (Kelmscott, Grabhorn, Plantin Press), bibliography, voyages & travel (Struys, Tournefort), photography (Algiers, Persia), early printed books (Nicephorus Gregoras), philosophy (Blagrave, Glanvill), books on books, calligraphy (Father Catich), printing history, literature (Brontert Bridges, D.H. Lawrence, Thoreau, W.B. Yeats). Opening with a printing rarity, a survivor from the 1666 Great Fire of London, Barlow’s great Large Paper illustrated Aesop. [127 items]

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June 15^th, 2017

180: The Physician’s Pulse-Watch [Medical books]

By Jeff Weber Rare Books

180: The Physician’s Pulse-Watch [Medical books] JEFF WEBER RARE BOOKS #180: This instalment of the MEDICAL CATALOGUE series offers all recent acquisitions in the history of medicine. The reader will find a selection of eighteenth century and earlier works, including Albinus, Cruikshank, Fouquet, Goulard, Hahnemann, Haller, Hoffman, Malpighi, Pellerin and perhaps highlighted by a lovely copy of Jenner’s Cow-Pox, 1798, and a choice copy of Floyer’s The Physician’s Pulse-Watch, is found at item 51. NO BOOKS OR LIQUOR met with a determined end back in 1839. For that story read entry #14 Bell and learn of the remarkable affection for books and booze that were one man’s vice, being his lust for life and all things tasteful (that without them he would not want to live!).

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