Arbuthnot dr (6 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. First edition, first printing. Pages clean and bright, no markings, light wear to edges. Binding tight. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. xiii + 245; (ii) + 310pp, hardcover, bound in polished calf, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, hinges cracked but holding firm, Provenance: with the name plate of Arthur Ponsonby (grenadier Guards), the armorial bookplate of Henry and Mary Ponsonby, and inscription at top of title page in Vol I: 'Thomas Caulfield Irwin / Oct 10 1843' [highly regarded 19th century Irish poet, translator and classical scholar: 1823 - 1892], good condition, W. Richardson and L. Urquhart, London, 1770.…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good with no dust jacket. 2nd Edition with additions. 251, [3]; 235, 81, pages; 18TH CENTURY: MEDICAL, "The Miscellaneous Works of the Late Dr. Arbuthnot", Glasgow, 1751, second edition, later bindings, 2 volumes . Bound in modern cloth fo J. B. B. L. With 81 page supplemment t end of Vol 2. Includes "Of the Hazards of Game," a chapter on the mathematics and logic of gambling (Supp. , pp28-65).…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. R. Dodsley, C. Davies 1745-1748 12 volume set. Some minor, foxing and fading to page, text clean and bright, binding strong, shelf wear to cover. NEW EU 3 EURO CHARGE FOR IMPORTS IS INCLUDED IN OUR SHIPPING PRICE. ALL ITEMS ARE DISPATCHED FROM THE UK, ALL OVERSEAS ORDERS SENT BY TRACKABLE AIR MAIL. IF YOU ARE LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UK PLEASE ASK US FOR A POSTAGE QUOTE FOR MULTI VOLUME SETS BEFORE ORDERING.…

Leather. Zustand: Good. The second edition of this scarce posthumous anthology of the works of London polymath, John Arbuthnot. The second edition, with additions. Complete in two volumes, with reverse calf boards. 'A Supplement to the Miscellaneous Works' bound to the rear of Volume II, with its own title page and register. Advertisement pages preceding both title pages. John Arbuthnot was a London-based Scottish physician, satirist and polymath, perhaps best remembered for his contributions to mathematics, his membership in the Scriblerus Club and for inventing the figure of John Bull. This scarce posthumous two-volume collection contains his poems, letters, sermons, essays, satires and critical remarks. In a reverse calf binding, with rubbed calf to the spines. Externally, spine calf is chipped and lifting. With loss to the heads and tails of the spines. A few light marks to the boards. Hinges are starting, but firm. Bookplate of one Georg Dennis, Newington Butts. to the front paste down of Vol II. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with occasional spots. Offsetting to the endpapers. Good. None (illustrator). book.…

Couverture rigide. Zustand: Bon. 2 parties in 12, de XXIV-330pp., 3 ff. de table, pl. veau marbré époque, dos orné, coiffes restaurées (peu visible), très bon exemplaire (ex-libris J & H. Bon). Première traduction française par Boyer de Prébandier. La seconde partie est consacrée aux règles pratiques sur la diète. C'est un des premiers traités modernes de diététique dû au célèbre médecin de la Reine Anne d'Ecosse, ami de Jonathan Swift et d'Alexander Pope. Il est d'ailleurs l'auteur de la fameuse Histoire de John Bull qui parut sous le nom de Swift. Vicaire p.36 - Bitting p.15.…