Lot 935
935
[BIBLIOGRAPHY]. -- HORBLIT, Harrison D. One Hundred Books Famous in Science. New York: The Grolier Club, 1964. Numerous full-page photographic text illustrations. t.e.g. Original quarter blue cloth, gray cloth sides, gilt spine, matching slipcase. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 1,000 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To Dr. Haskell Norman. With the warm regards of the author. Harrison D. Horblit". Norman 1105. -- [OSLER]. Bibliotheca Osleriana: A catalogue of books illustrating the history of medicine and science collected, arranged and annotated by Sir William Osler, Bt. and bequeathed to McGill University. Montreal and London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1969. Original red buckram. Provenance: Haskell F. Norman (presentation inscription from Lloyd G. Stevenson, author of the prologue: "For Dr Haskell Norman Lloyd G. Stevenson 17 Nov 1971". Second Edition, presentation copy. -- SPIELMANN, Marion Harry (1858-1948). The Iconography of Andreas Vesalius, Anatomist and Physician 1514-1564. London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd, 1925. Numerous half-tone plates. Half brown morocco, cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: Marion Spielmann, the author (bookplate, signature on first leaf); Percy E. Spielmann (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Norman 2144. -- O'MALLEY, Charles Donald. Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California, 1964. 64 plates. Original quarter cloth, printed boards, dustjacket. Provenance: Herbert M. Evans (inscription on front free endpaper from author: "To Herbert Evans with the hope that this account of a great 16th century anatomist will be of interest to another great anatomist of the 20th century Donald O'Malley"). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Norman 2147. -- EVANS, Herbert McLean (1882-1971). Exhibition of First Editions of Epochal Achievements in the History of Science. Berkeley: University of California, 1934. 12o. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with tipped-in ANS of Evans presenting this copy "to my friend, the gifted man Haskell Norman, a paradigm among those who have contemplated the ageless order of nature...". Norman 743. FULTON, John Farquhar (1899-1960). A Bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Fellow of the Royal Society. Oxford: John Johnson for the University Press, 1932. Uncut. Photographic frontispiece, 16 plates. [Bound with:] Addenda to A bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle [Oxford, n.p., 1933]. Half red morocco, gilt-ruled, gilt-lettered spines, preserving original gray printed wrappers. Provenance: Logan Clendening (1884-1945), medical historian (inscription on the front wrapper of the Bibliography: "To Logan Clendening with warm regards J.F. Fulton"; Murray Gottlieb, founder of the Old Hickory Bookshop (laid-in slip inscribed: "To my valued friend Murray Gottlieb a master medical historian and bibliographer Logan Clendening June 1944". FIRST EDITIONS. Norman 310. -- DUVAL, Mathias, E. RENAN, Paul BERT, Armand MOREAU, Roger DE LA COUDRAIE, G. MALLOIZEL. L'Oeuvre de Claude Bernard. Paris: Baillire et Fils, 1881. 8o. Extra-illustrated with an albumen photographic print of Bernard by Simonet, bound with three other pamphlets. Contemporary quarter black morocco, gilt-lettered spine, marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. Norman 209. -- FORBES, John (1787-1861). A Manuel of Select Medical Bibliography, in which the books are arranged chronologically according to the subjects, and the derivations of the terms and the nosological and vernacular synoyms of the disease are given. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1835. 4o. Contemporary blue cloth, unopened. Provenance: Aberdeen University Library (bookplate commemorating Forbes's gift, stamp and withdrawal stamp). FIRST EDITION. Norman 814. -- GRAESSE, Johann Georg Theodor (1814-1885). Bibliotheca magica et pneumatica, oder wissenschaftliche geordnete Bibliographie... Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann 1843. 8o. Original printed wrappers, uncut (spine rebacked, minor losses to wrappers, light browning). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with Latin presentation inscription to an unidentified recipient, on front wrapper. An early bibliography of the literature of magic and demonology. Caillet 4695 ("an excellent work"); Norman 928 (not noting presentation inscription). -- GRAESSE. Bibliotheca psychologica oder Verzeichniss der wichtigsten ber das Wesen der Menschen- und Thierseelen und die Unsterblichkeitslehre handelnden Schriftsteller lterer und neuerer Zeit. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1845. 8o. Contemporary half cloth, marbled boards, uncut. FIRST EDITION. Norman 929. -- BUCKNILL, John Charles (1817-1897) The Medical Knowledge of Shakespeare. London: Longman, 1860. 8o. Original plum patterned cloth, gilt spine, uncut (base of spine and rear hinge chipped). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with tipped-in ALS of the author, dated 14 May 1860, presenting this copy to William L. Hughes in thanks for a favorable review of another book, Bucknill's Pyschology of Shakespeare. Norman 366. (11)

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[BIBLIOGRAPHY]. -- HORBLIT, Harrison D. One Hundred Books Famous in Science. New York: The Grolier Club, 1964. Numerous full-page photographic text illustrations. t.e.g. Original quarter blue cloth, gray cloth sides, gilt spine, matching slipcase. FIRST EDITION, ONE OF 1,000 COPIES, PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed "To Dr. Haskell Norman. With the warm regards of the author. Harrison D. Horblit". Norman 1105. -- [OSLER]. Bibliotheca Osleriana: A catalogue of books illustrating the history of medicine and science collected, arranged and annotated by Sir William Osler, Bt. and bequeathed to McGill University. Montreal and London: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1969. Original red buckram. Provenance: Haskell F. Norman (presentation inscription from Lloyd G. Stevenson, author of the prologue: "For Dr Haskell Norman Lloyd G. Stevenson 17 Nov 1971". Second Edition, presentation copy. -- SPIELMANN, Marion Harry (1858-1948). The Iconography of Andreas Vesalius, Anatomist and Physician 1514-1564. London: John Bale, Sons & Danielsson Ltd, 1925. Numerous half-tone plates. Half brown morocco, cloth boards, gilt-lettered spine. Provenance: Marion Spielmann, the author (bookplate, signature on first leaf); Percy E. Spielmann (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Norman 2144. -- O'MALLEY, Charles Donald. Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California, 1964. 64 plates. Original quarter cloth, printed boards, dustjacket. Provenance: Herbert M. Evans (inscription on front free endpaper from author: "To Herbert Evans with the hope that this account of a great 16th century anatomist will be of interest to another great anatomist of the 20th century Donald O'Malley"). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY. Norman 2147. -- EVANS, Herbert McLean (1882-1971). Exhibition of First Editions of Epochal Achievements in the History of Science. Berkeley: University of California, 1934. 12o. Original printed wrappers. FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with tipped-in ANS of Evans presenting this copy "to my friend, the gifted man Haskell Norman, a paradigm among those who have contemplated the ageless order of nature...". Norman 743. FULTON, John Farquhar (1899-1960). A Bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle, Fellow of the Royal Society. Oxford: John Johnson for the University Press, 1932. Uncut. Photographic frontispiece, 16 plates. [Bound with:] Addenda to A bibliography of the Honourable Robert Boyle [Oxford, n.p., 1933]. Half red morocco, gilt-ruled, gilt-lettered spines, preserving original gray printed wrappers. Provenance: Logan Clendening (1884-1945), medical historian (inscription on the front wrapper of the Bibliography: "To Logan Clendening with warm regards J.F. Fulton"; Murray Gottlieb, founder of the Old Hickory Bookshop (laid-in slip inscribed: "To my valued friend Murray Gottlieb a master medical historian and bibliographer Logan Clendening June 1944". FIRST EDITIONS. Norman 310. -- DUVAL, Mathias, E. RENAN, Paul BERT, Armand MOREAU, Roger DE LA COUDRAIE, G. MALLOIZEL. L'Oeuvre de Claude Bernard. Paris: Baillire et Fils, 1881. 8o. Extra-illustrated with an albumen photographic print of Bernard by Simonet, bound with three other pamphlets. Contemporary quarter black morocco, gilt-lettered spine, marbled boards. FIRST EDITION. Norman 209. -- FORBES, John (1787-1861). A Manuel of Select Medical Bibliography, in which the books are arranged chronologically according to the subjects, and the derivations of the terms and the nosological and vernacular synoyms of the disease are given. London: Sherwood, Gilbert and Piper, 1835. 4o. Contemporary blue cloth, unopened. Provenance: Aberdeen University Library (bookplate commemorating Forbes's gift, stamp and withdrawal stamp). FIRST EDITION. Norman 814. -- GRAESSE, Johann Georg Theodor (1814-1885). Bibliotheca magica et pneumatica, oder wissenschaftliche geordnete Bibliographie... Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann 1843. 8o. Original printed wrappers, uncut (spine rebacked, minor losses to wrappers, light browning). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with Latin presentation inscription to an unidentified recipient, on front wrapper. An early bibliography of the literature of magic and demonology. Caillet 4695 ("an excellent work"); Norman 928 (not noting presentation inscription). -- GRAESSE. Bibliotheca psychologica oder Verzeichniss der wichtigsten ber das Wesen der Menschen- und Thierseelen und die Unsterblichkeitslehre handelnden Schriftsteller lterer und neuerer Zeit. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, 1845. 8o. Contemporary half cloth, marbled boards, uncut. FIRST EDITION. Norman 929. -- BUCKNILL, John Charles (1817-1897) The Medical Knowledge of Shakespeare. London: Longman, 1860. 8o. Original plum patterned cloth, gilt spine, uncut (base of spine and rear hinge chipped). FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY, with tipped-in ALS of the author, dated 14 May 1860, presenting this copy to William L. Hughes in thanks for a favorable review of another book, Bucknill's Pyschology of Shakespeare. Norman 366. (11)