Cloth, Oversized Octavo. xxxiii. Coll. 1985. Berlin: Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1901.
This stadard biography contains 10,000 biographies with
detailed descriptions of doctors who lived and practiced during the 19th century.
For each doctor Pagel provides full name, place of birth, degrees and titles,
important articles and books published, and discussion of the historical importance
of each individual. The text is supplemented with hundreds of illustrations
of physicians. Pagel, along with Hirsch, remains a standard work in the field
of medicine and medical biography. Besterman 3801.
Palmer, T.S. BIOGRAPHIES
OF MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION. $75.
Cloth, Octavo. 630pp. Washington, D.C., 1954.
This volume is a listing of brief biographies of members
of the American Ornithologists’ Union [AUK] and of eminent foreign ornithologists,
field collectors, and others. The information
is taken primarily from obituaries published in the AUK from 1884-1954.This
volume contains about 1,200 biographies. Most of the important American ornithologists
who died between 1884 and 1954 are included.
Paracelsus & Arthur E. Waite Editor.
THE HERMETIC AND ALCHEMICAL WRITINGS OO AUREOLUS PHILLIPPUS Theophrastus Bombast, of Hohenheim, Called Paracelsus, The Great, Now for fhe First Time Faithfully And Accurately Translated into English. The Present American, Oriental, Egyptian and Asiatic Ed. Prepared for Publication Under the Editorship Of Dr. L. W. De Laurence. Faithfully Reproduced From The London Ed. Of 1894, Which Was Edited, With a Biographical Preface, Elucidatory Notes, And A Copious Hermetic Vocabulary And Accurate Index, by Arthur Edward Waite. $85.00
Octavo. Two volumes in one. Chicago, Ill., English Book xxii, 790 pages. De Laurence, Scott & co., 1910
Two volumes bound in one. Hardcover. Partial contents: Coelum Philosophorum; The Book Concerning The Tincture Of The Philosophers; The Treasure of Treasures for Alchemists; The Aurora of the Philosophers; Alchemical Catechism and other works.
Arthur Edward Waite (October 2, 1857 - May 19, 1942) was a scholarly mystic who wrote extensively on occult and esoteric matters, and was the co-creator of the Rider-Waite Tarot deck. Waite's name has survived because he was the first to attempt a systematic study of the history of western occultism - viewed as a spiritual tradition rather than as aspects of proto-science or as the pathology of religion.
Paracelsus (11 November or 17 December 1493 in Einsiedeln, Switzerland – 24 September 1541 in Salzburg, Austria) was an alchemist, physician, astrologer, and general occultist. Born Phillip von Hohenheim, he later took up the name Philippus Theophrastus Aureolus Bombastus von Hohenheim, and still later took the title Paracelsus, meaning "equal to or greater than Celsus", a Roman encyclopedist from the first century known for his tract on medicine.
Paracelsus pioneered the use of chemicals and minerals in medicine.
Park, Willard Z. Shamanism In Western North America; A Study In Cultural Relationships. $55.00
Octavo. English viii, 166 p. Evanston and Chicago, Northwestern University, 1938. The goal of Park's study, as he concisely phrases it, is "to ascertain those interrelationships of tribal cultures reflected in the geographical distributions of the elements found in a single localized shamanistic complex" (p. 2). With the Paviotso of Nevada as his point of reference, he analyzes the several patterns of shamanism of western North America, seeking to determine the cultural affiliations of the complex of his key group. His aim is thus historical, his approach distributional. The procedure and results of the present study maybe summarized. In short, Great Basin shamanism appears to be based on a number of generalized western North American concepts, to which have been added a series of historically diverse elements (elaborations and specializations) from the several adjacent areas, plus a small body of local developments. The significance of this finding is considerable, demonstrating as it does the essentially heterogenous nature of the patterns of that much overworked classificatory device, the culturearea. As Park brings out, the linkages cut across a real boundaries in all directions. In its broad implications the study is thus not only a contribution to the specific problem of shamanism but to the entire field of American culture history. Bookseller Inventory # 1309
8vo.
Four vols. (3,100 pp.) London, 1961-1970. ISBN
1-888262-13-3 (Set)
A comprehensive,
heavily documented encyclopedic history of chemistry. Covers the history of
chemistry from its theoretical beginnings, with discussions on Plato, Aristotle,
magic, astrology, etc. to the development of chemistry in the 19th and 20th centuries. Throughout the achievements
of individual chemists are assessed based upon original sources. Profusely footnoted,
name and subject indexes in each volume. Concise biographical data for each
chemist is given in a standard form at the beginning of each section. Complete
sets are difficult to find on the o.p. market, with such sets selling for upwards
of $1,000.00 or more. Sheehy ED121. Walford I:96.
Peake, Ora Brooks. History of The United States Indian Factory System, 1795-1822. $65.00
Hardbound. Octavo. English. 340 p. illus., port., map, facsim., tables. Denver, Sage Books, 1954.
The Indian Factory System of the United States is of great significance since it was the first attempt of our national governmentto enter into business in competition with private industry. The factory system was established in 1795 by Congress making an appropriation for that purpose and was abolished by that body in 1822. The total amount of money eventually appropriated for the purchase of goods was $300,000 and in 1796 the President was authorized to draw an amount not exceeding eight thousand dollars annually from the United States Treasury for the salaries of factors and clerks. This sum was later increased as thesystem was expanded. Peake's book gives a comprehensive account of the history of the Indian Factory System during the twenty-seven years that it was in operation. The thirteen chapters deal with the organization of the system, the factories themselves and their buildings and furniture, the merchandise purchased for sale, its transportation, its sale together with gifts and annuities, and the products purchased from the Indians and their transportation and sale. Other chapters give the effects of the War of 1812 on the System, the educational and religious work that it did, the contemporary criticism which it met, and the major and minor reasons for its failure. The book is more than a history of the Indian Factory System since it gives considerable attention to the Indian trade in general during this period and the work of the various private fur companies and of individual traders.
Cloth,
Octavo. pp.[iv]. xvi.999. London: Printed for the Governors, 1919.
The
institute was founded on April 8, 1891. One of the first matters dealt with
was the purchase of the library of master printer William Blades (1824-1890).
Blades’ library eventually became the
foundation for the collections of the St. Bride Foundation. The Library of the
Institute is entirely devoted to works on printing and related subjects and
was founded with the object of collecting and preserving the literature that
would instruct or interest printers, and provide a reliable source of information
on all matters relating to that craft. The
scope of the library includes all branches of typographical history; antecedents,
the invention controversy, general histories and monographs on towns, presses
and individual printers. Also specimens of their work, including the private
presses are fully represented. Special attention was given to the practical
textbooks of the trade, including composition, stereotyping and electrotyping,
ink, paper, presses, and machines. In all 17,500 books are described.
Peet, T. Eric. THE GREAT TOMB-ROBBERIES OF THE TWENTIETH EGYPTIAN DYNASTY;
BEING A CRITICAL STUDY, WITH TRANSLATIONS AND COMMENTARIES, OF THE PAPYRI IN WHICH THESE ARE RECORDED. $110.00
Oversized Folio. 9 X 12 Inches. 2 Volumes bound in one. XXXIX Plates. Oxford Pub. In Conjunction With The Provost & Fellows Of Worcester College At The Clarendon Press, 1930 .
T. Eric Peet was one of a handful of English scholars who devoted their time to the decipherment and understanding of many of the payyri collected at Thebes. In 1930 Peet published his magnum opus, the Great Tomb-Robberies of the Twentieth Egyptian Dynasty. He died four years later.
He documented how the robberies had been organized and how the culprits were caught and punished.
Volume one is text, volume two contains 39 large plates of the papyri.
Contents of volume two were reduced to fit into the 9 X 12 inch format of the reprint.
Peet, T. Eric. The Mayer Papyri A & B: Nos. M. 11162 And M. 11186 Of The Free Public Museums, Liverpool. $ 85.00.
Hardbound. Folio. Book 3 p. l., 20 p. 1 l. facsim: 13, 13, [3] p. London, Egypt exploration Society, 1920. The tomb robberies perpetrated during the later years of the 20th Egyptian dynasty have long been notorious. But not all of the ancient documents dealing with them were available before 1920. The Papyri Mayer A and B in Liverpool, as published in 1920 by T. Eric Peet with the collaboration of Alan H. Gardiner, represent the first fruits of an effort to understand the tomb robberies of this period. The Mayer Papyri [1] are Ancient Egyptian documents that contain records of court proceedings held in the first year of the reign of Ramesses X. A panel consisting of the vizier of the South and three high officials cross-examined suspects charged with tomb robbery at Deir el-Bahri, cf. also the Abbott Papyrus and the Amherst Papyrus. The interrogation of bothsuspects and witnesses was preceded by a bastinado and an oath in the name of the king was administered. The confessions of the six suspects were corroborated by the testimony of the chief of police of the Theban Necropolis and other witnesses, among them the son of one of the thieves who had died in the meanwhile. This witness had been a child at the time of the crime; still, he was beaten when he was being examined, as was a woman witness. While the ancient Egyptian judicial system was quite brutal, a verdict of guilty was not a foregone conclusion: The Mayer Papyri record the discharge of five men who had been found to be innocent. Bookseller Inventory # 1310
Penzer,
Norman. AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SIR RICHARD FRANCIS BURTON. $75.
8vo.
351 pp. Cloth. Illustrated. London 1923. Reprint 1994. ISBN 1-888262-58-3.
Exhaustive
and still definitive bibliography of the great explorer. Every entry is fully
collated, making reference to contents, maps and illustrations. Bindings are
discussed, as are issue points and scarcity.
L. Perceau & G. Apollinaire & F. Fleuret. L'ENFER DE LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE NATIONALE: Bibliographie Méthodique et Critique de Tous les Ouvrages Composant cette Célèbre Collection avec une Préface, un Index des Titres et une Table des Auteurs. $70.00
Cloth. pp.415. Paris: Bibliotheque des Curiuex, 1919. Second edition.
Deakin refers to this bibliography as "A complete catalogue, mainly the
work of the last-named author, Perceau, with full bibliographical details and
useful and copious background information on some of the publications described.
Occasionally very detailed synopses are provided. As in the work of Ashbee,
the critical comments are well-informed and reliable. The Enfer, as may be expected,
consists mostly of French books, and is particularly rich in French erotic poetry
of all periods. An invaluable book." Deakin, Catalogi Librorum Eroticorum:
A Critical Bibliography of Erotic Bibliographies and Book-Catalogues [1964].
We reprint the second edition of this work, describing nearly one thousand works
on the subject. Remains a useful work to this day. Besterman 2056
Perceau, Louis. BIBLIOGRAPHIE DU ROMAN ÉROTIQUE AU XIX, SIÈCLE, DONNANT UNE DESCRIPTION COMPLÈTE DE TOUS LES ROMANS, NOUVELLES, ET AUTRES OUVRAGES EN PROSE, PUBLIÉS SOUS LE MANTEAU EN FRANÇAIS, DE 1800 À NOS JOURS, ET DE TOUTES LEURS RÉIMPRESSIONS ... $120.00
Cloth. Oversized Octavo. Two volumes bound in one. Pp.401 + 417. Paris: Georges Fourdrinier, 1930.
Perceau is the well-known author of several erotic bibliographies, including
L'Enfer de la Bibliothèque Nationale, co-authored with Apollinaire Apollinaire
and Fernand Fleuret.
The current work is the first part of Perceau's grand ambition to create a bibliography
of French erotic literature covering the period from the 16th century to 1930.
The current bibliography covers works published from 1800 to the date of publication.
The arrangement of the bibliography is chronological. Perceau describes 870
erotic prose works published in the French language. The author includes very
useful annotations for almost every book described, as well as pagination, format,
size, illustrations, binding variants and a discussion of states.
The original edition was published in 1930 in an edition of 1050 numbered copies
of which 10 copies were on Japon Imperial numbered I-X, 40 copies on vergé
d'Arches numbered XI-L, and 1000 copies on vélin blanc numbered 1-1000.
Besterman 2056-2057.
Peterson, Harold Leslie. American Indian Tomahawks.$85.00
Cloth. Hardbound. Octavo. viii, 142 p. illus., plates (part col.), ports. [New York] Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1965.
The author examined more than 2000 tomahawks in museum and private collections, including the more than 700 specimens in the Museum of American Indian, Heye Foundation, comprising the largest known collection of tomahawks. The author provides a listing of makers and dealers of tomahawks, providing the names of more than 100 individuals or firms that manufactured or distributed them. More than half of the text consists of detailed descriptions of more than 300 selected specimens, which are handsomely illustrated in the halftone illustrations accompanying the text. Still a standard work. Two color illustrated reproduced in color. Bookseller Inventory # 1261
Petherick, Edward Augustus & Silver, S William. CATALOGUE OF THE YORK GATE LIBRARY FORMED BY S. WILLIAM SILVER.AN INDEX TO THE LITERATURE OF GEOGRAPHY, MARITIME AND INLAND DISCOVERY, COMMERCE AND COLONISATION. REVISED EDITION. $75.00
Oversized octavo. Second edition. Book cxxxii, 333, [3] p. facsimiles illustrations. London: J. Murray, 1886
First published in 1882 in an edition of 134 pages listing 1000 titles, and revised and expanded in 1886 to 450 pages listing 4000 titles.
This second edition is considerably enlarged by acquisitions at the Beckford, Hamilton, Ellis, and Woodhull sales as well as from the shelves of Quaritch and Ellis. This is an interesting private library catalogue consisting of antiquarian books on discovery, travel, and colonization. There are over 6000 volumes including many of the great rarities.
The catalogue provides listing in order of their date and classified according to countries.
The work is especially useful in providing detailed information of the printed collected voyages of Hakluyt, DeBry, Rasmusio, Purchas, Churchill, Harris and others. A complete content list of all the works contained in each of these collections is provided. Besterman 2638.
Petrie, W. M. Flinders. Hawara, Biahmu and Arsinoe.$85.00
Hardbound. Large Quarto. English Book leaves, 66 p. : 30 pl. ; London : Field & Tuer, 1889. The present volume records the results of excavations carried on in the winter of 1887-8 near the pyramid of Hawara, where Lipsius had fancied he recognized the actual ruins of the Labyrinth. Hawara is an archaeological site of Ancient Egypt, south of the site of Crocodilopolis (Arsinoe) at the entrance to the depression of the Fayyum oasis. The first excavations at the site were made by Karl Lepsius, in 1843. William Flinders Petrie excavated at Hawara, in 1888, finding papyri of the first and second centuries, and, north ofthe pyramid, a vast necropolis where he found 146 portraits on coffins dating to the Roman period, famous as being among the very few surviving examples of painted portraits from Classical Antiquity, the "Fayoum portraits" illustrated in Roman history textbooks. Amenemhet III was the last powerful ruler of the 12th Dynasty, and the pyramid he built at Hawara (illustration, right) is believed to post-date the so-called "Black Pyramid" built by the same ruler at Dahshur. It is this that is believed to have been Amenemhet's final resting place. At Hawara there was also the intact (pyramid) tomb of Neferu-Ptah, daughter of Amenemhet III. This tomb was found about 2km South of the king's pyramid. In common with the Middle Kingdom pyramids constructed after Amenemhet II, it was built of mudbrick round a core of limestone paassags and burial chambers, and faced with limestone. Most of the facing stone was later pillaged for use in other buildings- a fate common to almost all of Egypt'spyramids- and today the pyramid is little more than an eroded, vaguely pyramidal mountain of mud brick, and of the once magnificent mortuary temple precinct formerly enclosed by a wall there is little left beyond the foundation bed of compacted sandand chips and shards of limestone. The entrance to the pyramid is today flooded to a depth of 6 metres as a result of the waters from a canal built nearby. The huge mortuary temple that originally stood adjacent to this pyramid is believed to have formed the basis of the complex of buildings with galleries and courtyards called a "labyrinth" by Herodotus (see quote at Labyrinth), and mentioned by Strabo and Diodorus Siculus. (There is no historicity to the assertion of Diodorus Siculus that this was the model for the labyrinth of Crete that Greeks imagined housed the Minotaur,) The demolition of the "labyrinth" may date in part to the reign of Ptolemy II, under whom the Pharaonic city of Shedyt (Greek Crocodilopolis, the modern Medinet el-Fayum) was renamed to honour his sister-wife Arsinoë; a massive Ptolemaic building program at Arsinoe has been suggested as the ultimate destination of Middle Kingdom limestone columns and blocks removed from Hawara, and now lost. Among the discoveries made by Flinders Petrie were papyrus manuscripts, including a great papyrus scroll which contains parts of books 1 and 2 of the Iliad. Very rare. Bookseller Inventory # 1311
Three
volumes. Small 4to., cloth, 1350pp.
New
Castle, Delaware and Los Angeles: Oak Knoll Press & Heritage Book Shop Inc.,
1997. Limited to 700 copies.
Originally printed and limited to only 150 copies, this legendary three-volume work describes over 1,300 English literary rare books and manuscripts in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, one of the foremost American collections of early English literature, now housed at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center. The original catalogue, extremely difficult and expensive to find on the antiquarian market (normally priced around the $8,000 mark), fully describes all the books and manuscripts in Pforzheimer’s collection of English literature, making it a most valuable reference for the scholar, researcher, librarian, book collector and bookseller. This work puts each description into various contexts: authorship, textual authority, sequence of editions and publishing history, reference concordance and rarity. The collection also gathers together the best books by the best authors in this period of English literature. Begun by Emma V. Unger and completed by William A. Jackson, the catalogue is primarily arranged in alphabetical order by author. Translations and anonymous books in most cases have been placed under the name of the translator or the attributed author. These can be readily found through full cross-references and in the Index of Anonymous Books. A new addendum consisting of thirteen pages of books added later to the Library is included.