Paris: Laboratoires M. de Rive, 1950. A set of 12 advertising cards for various products from the de Rive laboratory. These are together as a leporello in a blue marbled hardback cover with cloth spine. The cards are bright and fresh, with product details in French to the verso of each card. Excellent condition. The boards, although clean and strong, have some fading to the spine. Dated from the style of the artwork. Raymond Gabutti (active 1937-1974) was primarily a film production designer, but also provided advertising artwork. Closed 165 by 125mm (6½ by 5 inches). fully opened is 140 cm x 12.5 cm Un ensemble de 12 cartes publicitaires pour divers produits du laboratoire de Rive. Ceux-ci sont réunis sous forme de leporello dans une couverture cartonnée marbrée bleue avec un dos en tissu. Les cartes sont lumineuses et fraîches, avec des détails sur les produits en français au verso de chaque carte. Condition excellente. Les planches, bien que propres et solides, présentent une certaine décoloration au dos. Daté du style de l'oeuvre. Raymond Gabutti (actif de 1937 à 1974) était avant tout un concepteur de production cinématographique, mais a également fourni des illustrations publicitaires. Fermé 165 xr 125mm. Entièrement ouvert est de 140 cm x 12,5 cm

Paris: Société Générale des Eaux Minérales de Vittel, 1934. Originaly hardback, faux crocodile skin covered boards with gilt titles. A touch of rubbing to the edges of the front board. Slight bowing to the front board. Blue cloth spine. Unpaginated. Title, memorial to Dr Maurice Casternan - the secretary general of l'association des Ancients Internes until his death in 1933. Frontis illustration showing the Ball of 1933 (a rather rowdy party!). Each hospital in the Paris region is then celebrated with photographs of the medical staff at each, and with their names below. The photographs are taken by Pierre Petit. (They are here printed, rather than tipped in). Often there is also a photograph of the hospital itself. Internally clean and tidy throughout. An excellent example 230 x 320 mm (9 x 12½ inches). Relié à l'origine, planches recouvertes de fausse peau de crocodile avec titres dorés. Une touche de frottement sur les bords du plat avant. Légère courbure au premier plat. Dos en toile bleue. Non paginé. Titre, mémorial au Dr Maurice Casternan - le secrétaire général de l'association des Anciens Internes jusqu'à sa mort en 1933. Illustration frontis montrant le Bal de 1933 (une fête plutôt tapageuse !). Chaque hôpital de la région parisienne est ensuite célébré avec des photographies du personnel médical à chacun, et avec leurs noms ci-dessous. Les photographies sont prises par Pierre Petit. (Ils sont ici imprimés, plutôt que renversés). Souvent, il y a aussi une photographie de l'hôpital lui-même. Intérieurement propre et rangé partout. Un excellent exemple de 230 par 320 mm (9 par 12½ pouces).

Paris: A Durenne, 1910. A trade catalogue of 727 plates / pages with many designs per page. This has been professionally re-bound with some restoration to the title page. One page (523) seems of a different format. The numbering is generally correct, but several of the plates have additions eg. 119 A-P. There are no plates 524-540. Half leather Binding with marbled boards is clean and tidy, with a little handing / bumping only. Title page is quite dirty. The rest of the catalogue is clean, with a touch of darkening to the pages only.
A Durenne was an Établissements métallurgiques (Iron works and foundry) purchased by Aubin Antoine Durenne (1822 - 1895) the foundry was renamed Société anonyme A Durenne on his death. In its heyday it produced much of the street furniture for Paris, including the lighting and entrances to metro stations, and a number of ironwork fountains. After the First World War, it produced many of the ironwork monuments and plaques to the fallen. It still exists today as Générale d'hydraulique et de Mécanique (GHM). 220 by 160mm (8¾ by 6¼ inches). Un catalogue commercial de garde-corps en ferronnerie, de balustrades, d'escaliers, d'entourages de balcons, de remparts, de ferrures ornementales et même de quelques ponts ornementaux. 727 planches / pages avec de nombreux dessins par page. L'ouvrage a été relié professionnellement et la page de titre a été restaurée. Une page (523) semble avoir un format différent. La numérotation est généralement correcte, mais plusieurs des planches ont été ajoutées, par exemple 119 A-P. Il n'y a pas de planches 524-540. La reliure en demi-cuir avec les plats marbrés est propre et en ordre, avec un peu de manipulation / bosses seulement. La page de titre est assez sale. Le reste du catalogue est propre, avec un peu de noircissement sur les pages seulement.
A Durenne était un Établissement métallurgique acheté par Aubin Antoine Durenne (1822 - 1895). La fonderie a été renommée Société anonyme A Durenne à sa mort. A son apogée, elle produit une grande partie du mobilier urbain de Paris, notamment l'éclairage et les entrées des stations de métro, ainsi qu'un certain nombre de fontaines en ferronnerie. Après la Première Guerre mondiale, elle a réalisé de nombreux monuments et plaques en ferronnerie à la mémoire des soldats tombés au champ d'honneur. Elle existe encore aujourd'hui sous le nom de Générale d'hydraulique et de mécanique (GHM). 220 x 160 mm (8¾ x 6¼ pouces).

New York & London: D. Van Nostrand & Sampson Low, Son & Co, 1861. Attractive first edition in original black blind stamped buckram with gilt titles to spine. The binding is quite rubbed to the front hinge with cracking to the spine edge. A little bumping. Small bookseller stamp from A. Franck in Paris to the inside paste down. Moderate foxing to the end papers, and light foxing, particularly to the edges of the rest of the book. The binding shows signs of having been re-sewn at some point to plate 17 - it would appear the block split. The repair is quite crude but only at this point and not affecting plate. Complete with all 77 engraved plates. Lovely Frontis engraving of a steam locomotive, "The Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works". Discrete library / owner's stamp to the title page shows that this belonged to the Chemins de Fer in Algeria. After the title and colophon, there is a full page railway map of Great Britain in 1858. Many of the engravings are very specific engine parts shown in full detail, others show whole locomotives. 192 pages + plates. 370 x 250 mm (14½ x 9¾ inches).

Edinburgh: Mundell and Son, 1797. Title continues: "Together with observations on hollow and surface draining in general. The whole illustrated by explanatory engravings." Quarter leather with marbled boards. gilt title on label to spine. Owner's bookplate to the inside board. Scarce First Edition. 16 engraved plates (2 folding) - Complete. The binding (later re-back) has been done a little tight, so there is some breaking to the first gather. One of the plates has scuffing to the surface (not particularly noticeable). One leaf of "Conclusion." xv, 182 pp. Large 4to. 270 by 220mm (10¾ by 8¾ inches).

Johnstone (d. 1838), an Edinburgh surveyor, was promised a grant of £1000 by the recently formed Board of Agriculture to provide a detailed and accurate account of the system of land drainage developed by Joseph Elkington (d. 1806), a farmer in Warwickshire and designer of land drainage systems. Elkington was known to be in poor health, and it was feared that knowledge of his innovations might perish with him. "About 1763 Elkington inherited a farm at Princethorpe, where some years later he discovered, at Long Harold Pits along a geological fault, the method of land drainage for which he is remembered. He discovered by accident, after losing more than 800 sheep to liver rot, how some strata were porous and pervious to water while others were not, and that he could locate the former with the auger used in exploring for marl and coal."-ODNB

London: The author by R. Hindmarsh, 1792. Second edition. Full marbled leather with titles to spine. There is some edge wear, with 5 cm of edge loss to the base of the spine, and some loss to the front board where the leather has worn through.
Folding engraved plate with a small repair to the foot of the plate. The rest of the book is in good, slightly darkened condition. Bound to the rear is a 14 page catalogue of spectacles and other equipment.
viii, 157, [1], [14], [2], pp. 215 x 140 mm (8½ x 5½ inches). The collation is interesting. The Wellcome Foundation copy has [xi] pages to the front. Pages [ix-xi] are an advert for other works by the author. In this copy these pages are lacking. In all auction copies we have seen, these pages are also lacking, and it would seem that the publisher often did not include them. However, in this copy, there is an additional leaf to the rear, which has substantially the same information. This leaf is dated 1799. It would seem that by 1799, the publisher was still binding up the second edition, but with an updated "author's works" to the rear.

Leipzig: Deutsche Verlag-Aktien-Gesellschaft, 1904-1913. First Edition. 10 hardback volumes (I-X). Complete - although Krauss did later add supplementary volumes. Privately printed by Krauss. (From Vol. VII onwards publication is by the Ethnologischer Verlag). Some of the volumes are numbered, indicating a limited edition, but this is different with each volume. The Anthropophyteia is probably the most comprehensive collection of sexual folklore and ethnological sex research and one of the most important basic works on sex research and the history of customs and, in its outstanding achievement, the most important work in the life's work of FS Krauss. From Vol VII onwards, Freud contributed to the work. Red cloth with gilt titles to each volume. Overall in very good condition, with many of the pages uncut. A little bumping and edgewear overall. Vol I (1904) is clean and bright, with a little fading to the spine. Smaller catalogue bound in to rear; Vol II (1905) has some water staining to the front board. Smaller catalogue (32 pages) outlining Duhren's work on Marquis de Sade bound in to rear; Vol III(1906) good overall condition. 11 photographic plates bound in to the rear; Vol IV (1907) good overall condition. 10 photographic plates to rear; Vol V (1908) good overall condition. 9 photographic plates to rear; Vol VI, (1909) good overall condition. A little crinkling to the cloth on the spine. 22 photographic and illustrated plates; Vol VII. (1910) good overall condition. 19 photographic plates to rear; Vol VIII, (1911) Good overall condition. 29 photographic plates; Vol IX, (1912) Good overall condition. 16 photographic plates; Vol X, (1913): 5 photographic plates. This final volume contains the Jahrbucher, followed by the Erotische Zabuerwahnprozesse zu Berlin im Jahre 1913: Collation: XXIV, 530, [2]; XVI, 480, [4]; VI, 449, [6], 18, XI (plates); IV, 479, [9], X (plates); 413, [9], IX (plates); 519, [4], XXII (plates); 539 (including 19 plates); 528, [8], XXIX (plates); 602, [6], XVI (plates); 416, 69, V (plates). 270 x 200 mm (10¾ x 7¾ inches).

Pierre Lafitte, 1913. Beautiful edition of this work. From the Sports Bibliothèque series. Three quarter leather, with marbled boards, and decoration to the spine and gilt titles. Adorned with 48 pages of photographic illustrations. Although not stated, this has the uneven size and cut of high quality paper, and would seem to be a luxury edition. Light foxing, but overall an attractive copy. Text in French. viii, 370 pages. 220 x 160 mm (8¾ x 6¼ inches). Belle édition de cet ouvrage. De la série Sports Bibliothèque. Trois quarts de cuir, à plats marbrés, et décor au dos et titres dorés. Orné de 48 pages d'illustrations photographiques. Bien que cela ne soit pas indiqué, cela a la taille et la coupe inégales du papier de haute qualité, et semblerait être une édition de luxe. Légères rousseurs, mais dans l'ensemble bel exemplaire. Texte en français. viii, 370 pages. 220 x 160 mm

Paris: Roret, Libraire, rue Hautefeuille. First edition. No date but circa 1820 (OCLC). Although no author mentioned, is actually by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759-1828). He was also author of the "Histoire naturelle des coquilles". Full leather binding with a mottled patterned finish to it. Black label and gilt decoration to spine. There is some rubbing to the boards and spine edges, with a little loss to the edge of the front panel. 16 pages of text (table of the engravings) and hundreds of molluscs on 51 numbered plates. The majority of these are beautifully hand coloured. (3 plates are still in black and white). Marbled end papers. Internally clean and bright with almost no foxing throughout. A scarce and unusual item. The only other copy we can locate is in black and white. Conforms to OCLC: 18179956. 147 by 115mm (5¾ by 4½ inches). Première édition. Pas de date mais vers 1820 (OCLC). Bien qu'aucun auteur ne soit mentionné, il s'agit en fait d'un ouvrage de Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (1759-1828). Il est également l'auteur de l'"Histoire naturelle des coquilles". Reliure en plein cuir avec une finition tachetée. Étiquette noire et décoration dorée au dos. Quelques frottements sur les plats et les bords du dos, avec une petite perte sur le bord du panneau avant. 16 pages de texte (table des gravures) et des centaines de mollusques sur 51 planches numérotées. La plupart d'entre elles sont magnifiquement colorées à la main. (3 planches sont encore en noir et blanc). Papiers de fin marbrés. L'intérieur de l'ouvrage est propre et brillant, avec une absence quasi-totale de rousseurs. Un ouvrage rare et inhabituel. Le seul autre exemplaire que nous ayons pu localiser est en noir et blanc. Conforme à OCLC : 18179956. 147 x 115 mm

London: George Bell and Sons, 1900. An interesting copy of this reprint edition. There are 31 steel plates (and 12 in page woodcuts) in the book. Of these the 30 steels that contain birds are all expertly hand-coloured. This was not part of the publication, so has presumably been done by an owner. This adds significantly to the attraction of the book. Contemporary green buckram boards with gilt titles. This is part of the Bohn's Libraries series, and has the Bohn's name and stamp to the spine in gilt. There is a little marking and bumping to the boards. The front end paper has been removed from this copy. The binding is a little loose, and slightly shaken, but still holding together well. There is some foxing / darkening throughout the book. xvi, 500, 32. pp. Advertising catalogue for Bohn's libraries to rear. 180 x 125 mm (7 x 5 inches).

Mediolani: Ex Tipografia Joannis Pirottae, 1817. First edition of this large and important work on the structure of the urethra. Four large engraved plates by Filippo Bedetti, engraved by Carlo Dellarocca, to the rear of the book. Green softback covers with some marking to the cover. The paper on the spine has has considerable loss, but the binding is still holding well. Internally mainly clean, with a little marking, foxing and few small worm holes. Plates have light staining to the edges, but still mainly clean and tidy. A scarce item. xii, 60 pp. 460 x 330 mm (18 x 13 inches). In the beginning of the 19th century, when both vascular and cellular texture theories concerning the penis structure were still coexisting, three figures were involved in the controversy about the priority of the discovery of the vascular nature of human erectile tissues: Paolo Mascagni (1755-1815), represented by
his pupil Tommaso Farnese (1780-1829), and Alessandro Moreschi (1771-1826). In the Elogio del celebre
anatomico Paolo Mascagni (1816), Farnese attributed to his mentor the demonstration in 1809 of the continuity between arteries and veins and the description of venous plexuses, this term replacing the previous (and misleading) name of spongy body attributed to the inner part of penis. But in 1817 Moreschi inflamed the dispute, claiming for the priority of that discovery, with the publication of his anatomical work and a polemical essay against Farnese. Farnese promptly replied with Note addizionali del Dottore Tommaso Farnese al suo elogio di Paolo Mascagni (1818), where he reported a meeting with Moreschi in Bologna in 1810. On that occasion, Farnese explained a Mascagni's technique to perfuse urethral blood vessels that Moreschi would have plagiarized. Furthermore, Farnese also included eight testimonies claiming to have seen Mascagni performing such injections before 1810. The Prodromo della grande anatomia, a posthumous work of Mascagni edited in 1819, includes a plate dedicated to the structure of the urethra and a comprehensive view of this scientific story. In short, Mascagni developed a technique to inject urethral blood vessels, but Moreschi was the first to publish an accurate work on this subject. For this reason, many Italian and international authors have attributed to the latter the discovery of the venous circulation of the urethra. Edition originale de ce grand et important ouvrage sur la structure de l'urètre. Quatre grandes planches gravées par Filippo Bedetti, gravées par Carlo Dellarocca, au dos du livre. Couvertures vertes avec quelques marques sur la couverture. Le papier sur le dos a une perte considérable, mais la reliure tient toujours bien. Intérieur principalement propre, avec un peu de marquage, des rousseurs et quelques petits trous de vers. Les assiettes ont de légères taches sur les bords, mais restent généralement propres et bien rangées. Un objet rare. xii, 60 pages.
Au début du XIXe siècle, lorsque les théories de la texture vasculaire et cellulaire concernant
la structure du pénis coexistaient encore, trois personnalités étaient impliquées dans la polémique sur la priorité de la découverte de la nature vasculaire des tissus érectiles humains : Paolo Mascagni (1755-1815), représenté par son élève Tommaso Farnese (1780-1829) et Alessandro Moreschi (1771-1826). Dans l'Elogio del celebre anatomico Paolo Mascagni (1816), Farnèse attribue à son mentor la démonstration en 1809 de la continuité entre les artères et les veines et la description des plexus veineux, ce terme remplaçant le nom précédent (et trompeur) de corps spongieux attribué à la partie interne du pénis. Mais en 1817, Moreschi enflamma la dispute, revendiquant la priorité de cette découverte, avec la publication de son ouvrage anatomique et d'un essai polémique contre Farnèse. Farnese a rapidement répondu avec Note addizionali del Dottore Tommaso Farnese al suo elogio di Paolo Mascagni (1818), où il a rapporté une rencontre avec Moreschi à Bologne en 1810. À cette occasion, Farnese a expliqué la technique de Mascagni pour perfuser les vaisseaux sanguins de l'urètre que Moreschi aurait plagié. En outre, Farnèse a également inclus huit témoignages affirmant avoir vu Mascagni effectuer de telles injections avant 1810. Le Prodromo della grande anatomia, un ouvrage posthume de Mascagni édité en 1819, comprend une planche consacrée à la structure de l'urètre et une vue complète de ce scientifique récit. Bref, Mascagni a mis au point une technique pour injecter des vaisseaux sanguins urétraux, mais Moreschi a été le premier à publier un ouvrage précis sur ce sujet. Pour cette raison, de nombreux auteurs italiens et internationaux ont attribué à ce dernier la découverte de la circulation veineuse de l'urètre.