lempriere d d (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Lovely half bound edition on blue leather/marbled boards raised bars to spinea very collectable dictionary.

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. No Jacket. THE BOARDS APPEAR TO BE IN A FAIR CONDITION. THERE IS SOME SCUFFING TO THE CORNERS OF THE COVER. THE COVER IS LOSE TO BINDING. THERE IS SOME FOXING TO THE TITLE PAGE AND INTRODUCTION. PAGES ARE SLIGHTLY CREASED WITH AGE. THERE ARE SOME PAGES LOSE TOWARDS THE BACK OF THE BOOK. THE LETTERING STILL REASONABLY BRIGHT. THE PAGES APPEAR CLEAN AND CREASE FREE. ALL IN ALL THIS IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF AN INTERESTING BOOK.

Zustand: New. KlappentextrnrnThis scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: New. In.

Zustand: Fair. Previous owner signature, botanist "Robert Bentley".This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Folio with marbled boards and black leather half binding. Raised bands, gilt lettering and gilt borders on backstrip. Some general wear and bumped corners. Brown end papers. Interior is secure, clean and clear. Foxing. Trimmed. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,2550grams, ISBN:

8vo. (225 x 136 mm) xv, [1], 414 pp. Uncut, errata slip tipped in; occasional foxing, ownership pen marks on title-page. Bound in original paper boards, paper spine, printed paper spine title label; spine and corners restored. Very good. Scarce. Second edition (1st edition was 1827), which includes two added lectures not in the first edition. The first series of six lectures address the topics of natural history, vegetable physiology, zoology, animal and vegetable poisons, and human faculties, mental and corporeal. Following the chapter on zoology are five pages of animal classification tables. The final two lectures deal with mammiferous animals (six orders, from primates to whales). On page 86, there is an underlined portion of the text, referring to Stephen Hales' discoveries relating to temperature and the rising of sap in plants. Among the plants Lempriere discusses in his list of poisonous plants are deadly nightshade, hemlock, henbane, tobacco, foxglove, wolfsbane, mushrooms and the opium poppy. He also goes into a lengthy discussion of venomous snakes, particularly the American rattlesnake. There is a six-page table of poisons listed at the end of the related lectures. William Lempriere ". . . entered the army medical service when young, and by 1789 was attached to the garrison of Gibraltar. In the September of that year Sidi Mahommed, emperor of Morocco, sent a message to General O'Hara, the commandant at Gibraltar, asking that an English doctor might be sent to attend his son, Muley Absolom, who was suffering from cataract. Lempriere accepted the commission, and left Gibraltar on 14 Sept. 1789; on 28 Oct. he reached Tarudant, where he attended the prince with great success. His only rewards, however, were 'a gold watch, an indifferent horse, and a few hard dollars.' He was then summoned to Morocco itself, which he reached on 4 Dec., to attend some ladies of the sultan's harem. He was detained at Morocco a long time against his will, and was not allowed to leave till 12 Feb. 1790; here again he complains of the miserable remuneration awarded him. After his return from Morocco Lempriere published an account of his travels in A Tour from Gibraltar to Tangier, Sallee, Mogadore, Santa Cruz, Tarudant, and thence over Mount Atlas to Morocco, London, 1791. . . . Lempriere left the army with the rank of inspector-general of hospitals, and resided for many years in the Isle of Wight. . . ." During his stay there he published two medical works: A Report on the Medicinal Effects of an Aluminious Chalybeate Water lately discovered at Sandrocks, in the Isle of Wight, London, 1812 and Popular Lectures on the Study of Natural History and the Sciences, as delivered before The Isle of Wight Philosophical Society, London, 1830. [DNB]. BM Readex, Vol. 15, p. 22; DNB, Vol. XI, p. 913. Not in Osler, Waller or Wellcome.

8vo. pp. xl (incl. list of subscribers), 464. folding frontis. map of Morocco. 19th century half morocco, marbled endleaves retained (map backed, some foxing, generally light but heavier on outer leaves). armorial bookplate of N.Norcliffe, & signature of C.B.Norcliffe, dated 1881. First Edition. The author was a doctor in the English army attached to the garrison of Gibraltar in 1789, when Sidi Mahommed, Emperor of Morocco, sent a message to the commandant, General O'Hara, requesting medical attention for his son. "He was promised every protection and a guarantee of expenses and good rewards and the release of certain Christian captives." (Cox) Lempriere reached Tarudant in September, and there treated the prince with great success, but in his narrative he complains of poor remuneration. He was next summoned to Morocco itself to attend to some ladies of the Moorish sultan's harem, of which he provides a very interesting account. He also comments on the diseases of Morocco, the state of medical science, the ceremonies of the royal court, and the state of the Jews in Barbary. Cox I p. 391. Gay 1298.