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Fagan, Louis. Arranged and Edited By Milton I.D. Einstein And Max A. Goldstein. COLLECTORS' MARKS. $65.00
Hardbound. Octavo. 7 p.l., 128, viii p., 21 l. 50 pl with nearly 1000 watermarks illustrated. Saint Louis, The Laryngoscope press, 1918. Fagan was part of the British Museum Department of Prints and Drawings. In 1918 Einstein and Goldstein reissued the rare 1883 original edition of Fagan's Watermarks, with additional material. Included are not only collector's marks, but those of printers, engravers and publishers. Fagin's 1883 work illustrates 668 watermarks in the main text. An index is provided. Einstein and Goldstein add 203 new watermarks to the original publication. Scarce. Bookseller Inventory # 1303

Fairfax Murray (Davies, Hugh, Wm. Compiled by).  CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF EARLY GERMAN BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF C. FAIRFAX   MURRAY.  $95.

Cloth, 8vo. Two volumes bound in one. Pp. [iii].xxiv.462 + 463-818.Ixii. London: Privately Printed, 1913. ISBN 1-57898-093-3.

“Owing to the extremely detailed bibliographical descriptions and critical notes by Davies, the Catalogues of the Fairfax Murray Collection of French and German fifteenth and sixteenth century books may be considered selective bibliographies of their subject and belong indeed to the best reference works on it”.  Breslauer & Folter #147.

Fairfax Murray (Davies,  Hugh, Wm. Compiler by).  CATALOGUE OF A COLLECTION OF EARLY FRENCH BOOKS IN THE LIBRARY OF C. FAIRFAX MURRAY.  $100.

Oversize Octavo. Two volumes bound in one. xv.600 + ii. 601-1096. lxix. London: Privately Printed, 1910.

“Owing to the extremely detailed bibliographical descriptions and critical notes by Davies, the Catalogues of the Fairfax Murray Collection of French and German Fifteenth and Sixteenth Century books may be considered selective bibliographies of their subject and belong indeed to the best reference works on it.” - Breslauer & Folter 147. 707 early Rare French books are meticulously described.  The two volumes of the original will be bound into one.  Besterman 5090.  Breslauer & Folter 147.

Fairfax-Murray, Charles. CATALOGO DEI LIBRI POSSEDUTI DA CHARLES FAIRFAX MURRAY. $85.

Cloth, Oversized Octavo. 401 pages. Londra, 1899. ISBN 1-57898-182-4.

This extremely rare catalogue of early printed books is the most elusive of the Catalogues of the Fairfax-Murray Collection. In the catalogue are included many books pertaining to Italy and printing in Italy. In all 2382 books are expertly described. Not in Besterman.

Farquhar, Francis P. YOSEMITE, THE BIG TREES, AND THE HIGH SIERRA. $60.

Cloth, Octavo. xii.104 pp. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1948. ISBN 1-57898-155-7.

Farquhar has assembled the most complete private library on the mountain regions of the Far West. From this collection he has selected 25 titles of major importance, either in their value as source material or in their rarity, concerning Yosemite, the Big Trees, and the High Sierra. To these titles he has given a treatment that brings to bibliography a rare combination of accurate completeness and an enjoyable element of liveliness.

Fearing, Daniel B. (Compiled by). CHECKLIST OF BOOKS ON ANGLING, FISH, FISHERIES, FISH-CULTURE, ETC. IN THE LIBRARY OF DANIEL B. FEARING. $55.

8vo. 138 pp. New York, 1901. ISBN 1-888262-27-3.

Fearing’s collection is ranked by Godspeed as one of the most important American collections of angling books. Over 2,000 angling and fishing books are listed. Fearing’s Check List has the distinction of being the scarcest of all reference works in the field. Only 25 copies were privately printed.

Ferguson, John. BIBLIOGRAPHIA PARACELSICA. $65.

Cloth. Octavo. pp. vii.40 +54+66+23+54+59. xv.255. Glasgow : Printed at the University Press by R. Maclehose, 1877-1896.

Paracelsus [1493-1541] was the German-Swiss physician and alchemist who established the role of chemistry in medicine. He was born the only son of an impoverished German doctor and chemist. His father taught chemistry at a local school affiliated with mining operations in gold, tin, mercury and other metals. He also attended school there, where he learned about metallurgy and chemistry. This experience no doubt laid the foundation for his later writings in the field of chemotherapy.
His medical achievements were outstanding. He wrote the best clinical description of syphilis available in 1530. He was the first to declare that, if given in small does, "what makes a man ill also cures him." He was the first to connect goiter with minerals, especially lead, in drinking water. Jung called him a pioneer in the domain of chemical medicine.
John Ferguson (1837-1916), who was Regius Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow University, is well known among scholars for his bibliographic survey of alchemical books the Bibliotheca Chemica published in 1906.
This bibliography trades very infrequently. Originally published in six parts from 1877 to 1896, only 100 to 150 copies of each of the six parts were printed. To our knowledge it has never been available before in reprint. In all, 162 books are described. Bestermann 4434. Co-published with Krown & Spellman, Booksellers [krownspellman.com]

Ferguson, John. BIBLIOTHECA CHEMICA. A CATALOGUE OF THE ALCHEMICAL, CHEMICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL BOOKS IN THE COLLECTION OF …JAMES YOUNG.   $95.

Cloth, 8vo., two vols bound as one. Xxi, 487; 598 pp. Glasgow: James Maclehose and Sons, 1906. ISBN 1-57898-13 5.

Ferguson’s Bibliotheca Chemica is a rich collection of 2,500 early works on chemistry, particularly alchemy. A concise and critical biographical account of each author is followed by an appraisal of his work. Bibliographical descriptions are supplemented by notes of other editions, translations, and other works by the same author not in the collection. Along with Partington’s History of Chemistry, this is a “must have” work for anyone interested in alchemy and the history of chemistry, be they bookseller, collector or scholar. Besterman 4777. Sheehy ED12.

Ferguson, John 1837-1916. A CATALOGUE OF THE FERGUSON COLLECTION OF BOOKS MAINLY RELATING TO ALCHEMY, CHEMISTRY, WITCHCRAFT AND GIPSIES, IN THE LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW. $150.00
----ONLY 40 COPIES OF THE ORIGINAL EDITION EVER PRINTED----

Cloth. Oversized Octavo. Two Volumes. pp.xv.384 + [ii].385-820. Glasgow: R. Maclehose, 1943

John Ferguson (1837-1916), who was Regius Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow University, is well known among scholars for his bibliographic survey of alchemical books the Bibliotheca Chemica published in 1906. This was, in fact, a catalogue of the alchemical collection of James Young (1811-1883), a self-made Scottish entrepreneur who amassed a considerable fortune developing the paraffin industry.
In the minds of many scholars the Young Collection is so linked with John Ferguson, that they are unaware that Ferguson's own collection of alchemical books and manuscripts far outweighs the Young Collection in size and scope. Ferguson's collection of some 7500 books (about 2500 of which are on alchemy) and 338 manuscripts now in the Special Collections department of Glasgow University Library, is among the finest collections of alchemical materials available at present. The full extent of its holdings is not appreciated by many scholars because they do not have access to the catalogue.
Due to a strange quirk of history, the 2-volume (800 page) comprehensive catalogue of the printed books was published during the Second World War (in 1943), and due to the rationing of paper only 40 copies were printed. None of these were for sale, but they were presented to various major libraries throughout the world. Because no copies seem to have passed into private hands, the Ferguson catalogue must be one of the rarest of 20th century printed books.
The printed catalogue is complete only to 1943, the date of its publication. Glasgow University continues to add to this collection. In all nearly 6000 printed items are described in the printed catalogue. Co-published with Krown & Spellman, Booksellers and printed by Arrangement with Glasgow University Library. Besterman 277.

Ferguson, John. SOME EARLY TREATISES ON TECHNOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. $60.00
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. Six parts. 34 + 12 + 12 + 29 + 43 + 55. Illustrated. Glasgow: Royal Philosophical Society, 1888-1916.
During the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries there was produced a considerable number of books dealing with the marvels of nature, with popular science and medicine, which went under the common title of "secrets". Ferguson covered this material in another book, Bibliographical Notes on Histories of Inventions and Books of Secrets, published between 1883 and 1885.
Ferguson's Some Early Treatises on Technological Chemistry can be considered a supplement to the former work. It is here reprinted from six published lectures read to The Philosophical Society of Glasgow from 1888 to 1916. The lectures are gathered together in reprint form for the first time in this edition.
As usual, Ferguson's scholarship is impressive. His discussion of the 1531 edition Rechter Gebrauch de Alchimei covers seven full pages in the bibliography.
This scarce bibliography has only 6 holdings on OCLC for the complete work comprising six parts, and only one listing on the internet for $450. Note in Besterman.

Field, Thomas W. Catalogue of the library belonging to Mr. Thomas W. Field. $65.00

Octavo. viii, 376 p. 22 cm. New York : [s.n.], 1875.

The auction catalogue for the sale of Field's library, listing over 2500 items relating to the North American Indian, compiled by Joseph Sabin, with many useful annotations. Field's Essay on Indian Bibliography has formed the basis of this catalogue, in addition to books that were purchased after publication of the later work in 1873. A scarce work. Bookseller Inventory # 1251

1288. Firth, Cecil Mallaby & Battiscombe G. Gunn. Excavations at Saqqara: Teti Pyramid Cemeteries. $150.00

Hardbound. Large Quarto. Two Volumes Bound in one. llus., 85 pl. (incl. plan; part fold.). Le Caire, Imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1926.

After a brief period in Cyprus as a lawyer, Firth joined theAntiquities Service in Egypt. He assisted in the first Archaeological Survey of Nubia (1907-1910) and set up the Aswan Museum. Firth then became Inspector of Antiquities at Saqqara (1913-1931), where he excavated the Step Pyramid complex and the cemetery around the Teti pyramid. Firth died on leave in England, while preparing the clearance of the archaic tombs of Saqqara. The Step Pyramid complex stood untouched until the 17th century, when European travellers attempted to enter and explore its underground chambers. At the turn of the 19th century, shortly after the Napoleon expedition to Egypt which attracted the world's attention to Egypt's various monuments and archaeological sites, research inside the pyramid began. In 1821 the Prussian General Johann Heinrich Freiherr von Minutoli discovered the access tunnel that leads under the pyramid from the north. In 1837 the British pyramid researcher John Perring found the underground galleries beneath the main structure. Soon after that, a Prussian expedition led by Karl Lepsius carried out more excavations on the pyramid side. Systematic archaeological research on the Djoser complex was first conducted only in the 1920s by the British archaeologist Cecil Firth. He was soon joined by the young French architect Jean-Philippe Lauer, who made the excavation of this complex his lifelong mission. Later, others would work at the site, but most of our current knowledge about this complicated structure can be attributed to Lauer.Regretfully, however, the sands of time have taken their toll of the Step Pyramid. Most of its outer casing has gone, the core of the masonry has disappeared in some places, deep cracks have spread all over the walls and ceilings of the pyramid'sunderground corridors and its southern tomb, while several parts of the queen's tunnels, found beneath the pyramid's main shaft, have collapsed. For safety reasons the pyramid is closed to visitors.

Firth, Cecil Mallaby; James Edward Quibell; Jean Philippe Lauer. Excavations at Saqqara The Step Pyramid. $225.00

Large Quarto. Two Volumes Bound In One. 2 V. Col. Front., Illus., 110 (I. E. 113) Pl. (Part Double; Incl. Plans) . Le Caire, Impr.De l'Institut Français D'archéologie Orientale; 1935

Saqqara, or Sakkara, is a vast, ancient burial ground in Egypt, featuring the world's oldest standing step pyramid. It is located some 30 km south of modern-day Cairo and covers an area of around 7 km by 1.5 km. While Memphis was the capital of Ancient Egypt, Saqqara served as its necropolis. Although it was eclipsed as the burial ground of royalty by Giza and later by the Valley of the Kings in Thebes, it remained an important complex for minor burials and cult ceremonies for more than 3,000 years, well into Ptolemaic and Roman times. The step pyramid at Saqqara was designed by Imhotep for King Djoser (c.2667-2648 BC). It is the oldest complete hewn-stone building complex knownin history. It is also the location of the newly opened (in 2006) Imhotep Museum. Although the earliest burials of nobles at Saqqara can be traced back to the First Dynasty, it was not until the Second Dynasty that the first kings were buried there, including Hotepsekhemwy and Nynetjer. The most striking feature of the necropolis, however is the Step Pyramid of the Pharaoh Djoser, which dates from the Third Dynasty. In addition to Djoser's, there are another 16 pyramids on the site, in various states of preservation or dilapidation. Firth's rare work is still a standard work on the subject.

1231. Fischer, Isadore. Biographisches Lexikon Der Hervorragenden Ärzte Der Letzten Fünfzig Jahre. $350.00

Octavo. 2 volumes. Circa 1744 pages. Berlin, Wien, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1932-1933

From 1884 to 1888 August Hirsch authored six volumes of Biographisches Lexikon Der Hervorragenden Aerzte Aller Zeiten Und Völker. This remains the standard biographical dictionary and bio-bibliography of men of medicine and their literature. It was originally published in Vienna & Leipzig by Urban & Schwarzenberg. The original work covered only through approximately 1880. From 1932 to 1933 Isadore Fischer authored two additional volumes of Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte der letzten fünfzig Jahre: a continuation of Hirsch's work to cover medical authors and their works from 1880 to approximately 1930. This two volume work, offered here in facsimile, remains the standard work on this subject to this day.

Thousands of detailed biographies with discussions of the author's works.

Fiske, Willard & Mary Fowler . Catalogue Of The Petrarch Collection Bequeathed By Willard Fiske. $95.00

Octavo. English Book. 547 p. front., facsim. London, New York, Oxford University Press, 1916

Petrarch is traditionally called the father of the Renaissance. He inspired humanist philosophy, which led to the intellectual flowering of the Renaissance. He believed in the immense moral and practical value of the study of ancient history and literature - that is, the study of human thought and action. While humanism later became associated with secularism, Petrarch was a devout Christian and did not see a conflict between realizing humanity's potential and having religious faith. A highly introspective man, he shaped the nascent humanist movement a great deal because many of the internal conflicts and musings expressed in his writings were seized upon by Renaissance humanist philosophers and argued continually for the next two hundred years

Fiske's huge Petrarch Collection came as a bequethal to the Cornell University Library in 1905. He had started assembling it in Europe in 1881. The printed catalogue contains circa 5000 works, and cites size, pagination, devices and frequent annotations. A revised and expanded version was published in 1974 but it omits many of the longer notes (merely giving cross references to these); accordingly this earlier edition remains valuable