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MEDICINE 
“What Delights of Lasciviousness Were Safe,
[Farmer, John Stephen?]. Love and safety, or, Love and lasciviousness with safety and secrecy. A lecture delivered with practical illustrations by the Empress of Asturia (the modern Sappho); assisted by her favorite Lizette and others. London & New York: The Erotica Biblion Society, 1908 [really, ca. 1930]. 12mo. 160 pp.
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contraceptives and their use is included, as well as recipes for aphrodisiacs, offered in between explicitly described scenes of decadent excess led by the titular empress. After the main work follows the short story “Only a Boy, or A Summer Amour,” about the sexual initiation of a 12-year-old boy.
Straight's online bibliography of famous publisher of pornography Charles Carrington suggests that he may have been responsible for this volume.
• Straight, “Charles Carrington,” 133. Publisher's printed paper wrappers, taped some time ago into a translucent oilcloth protective wrapper (which doesn't photograph well but which we didn't want to take off). Light spotting along inner margins, pages otherwise clean. (30192)
Theatrical/Poetical Works from a
German Protestant Humanist Polymath Frischlin, Nicodemus. Operum poeticorum ... pars scenica: in qua sunt comoediae septem: Rebecca, Susanna, Hildegardis, Julius redivivus, Priscianus vapulans, Helvetiogermani, Phasma. Tragoediae duae: Venus, Dido. Argentorati: Haeredes Bernhardi Iobini, 1595. 8vo (16.1 cm, 6.4"). [16], 678 pp. (pagination erratic & incorrect, text complete).
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“Hildegardis,”
“Julius redivivus,” “Priscianus vapulans,” “Helvetiogermani,”
“Phasma,” “Venus,” and “Dido.” Also present
are a woodcut portrait of the author and five in-text woodcut vignettes (in
“Priscianus vapulans”); the last few leaves are printed in black-letter.
• VD16 F 2908. See Brunet, II, 1401 for 1585 and 1596 eds. On Fenton, see: Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online. Contemporary vellum, covers framed in blind, spine with early hand-inked title; vellum moderately dust-soiled, joints repaired, upper corners and edges rubbed. Early pages with inked underlining; a few subsequent instances of pencilled bracketing. Scattered light staining, pages mostly clean. (27755)
CORNERSTONE
for an
AMERICAN
SPORTING
LIBRARY
“Gentleman
of Philadelphia County, A” [i.e.,
Jesse Y. Kester]. The American shooter's manual, comprising
such plain and simple rules, as are necessary to introduce the inexperienced
into a full knowledge of all that relates to the dog, and the correct use of
a gun; also a description of the game of this country. Philadelphia: Carey,
Lea & Carey, 1827. 12mo (18.5 cm; 7.125"). [2] ff., pp. [ix]–248,
[1] p., [1 (errata)] f., [3 (ads)] ff.; frontis., 2 plts.
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recipes
for common ailments and gun-shot wounds.
The plates are signed “F. Kearny,” an artist born in Perth Amboy, NJ, who studied drawing with Archibald and Alexander Robertson and engraving with Peter Maverick. From 1810 to his death in 1833 he practiced engraving in Philadelphia.
There are two states of gathering “U”: this copy has the typographical error “tibbon” with the stop-press correction to “ribbon” on p. 235.
The volume ends with advertisements for several sporting and fishing goods suppliers.
• Shoemaker 27838; Howes K108; Henderson, American Sporting
Books, 6; Phillips, Sporting Books, 21; Streeter Sale 4084; Bennett,
Practical Guide, 60–61. On Stauffer, American Engravers,
I, 148–49. Publisher's sprinkled sheep with simple rope roll
in blind on board edges, some abrasion to leather; round spine with gilt double
rules forming “spine compartments,” black leather title label.
The usual light and scattered foxing noted in all copies, nothing more. A
very nice copy. (28553)
A Very Broad Range of Natural History & Philosophy,(Just) Two Volumes Good, John Mason. The book of nature. Boston: Wells & Lilly, 1826. 8vo (22.9 cm, 9"). 2 vols. I: xii, 435, [1] pp. II: [4], 443, [1] pp.
Click the images for enlargements. • Shoemaker 24712. Contemporary speckled sheep, spines with gilt-stamped black leather title-labels, board edges cornered with gilt roll; bindings scuffed and worn overall, partially darkened, gilt mostly lost. Ex–social club library: paper shelving label at spine heads, 19th-century bookplates, call number on fly-leaves with an inked library ownership inscription joining that in vol. II, no other markings. Vol. I: front hinge (inside) tender; one leaf with tear from lower margin, extending into text without loss. A few scattered stains and smudges, pages largely clean. (29888)
Geomancy Chiromancy & Metoposcopia — Many Plates Gran-Pescatore,
di Chiaravelle. Metoposcopia et chiromantia curiosa. Das ist: Kurtze
und deutliche Anweisung Wie man aus dem Gesichte und Gestalt eines Menschen,
von dessen Verstand, Gedachtniss, Sitten und seinen Verrichtungen, wie auch
Gluck und Ungluck, so wohl Vergangenen, als Zukunfftigen, kan einige vernunfftige
Muthmassung fallen. Jena: Verlegts Heinrich Christoph Croker, 1701. 12mo (13.5
cm; 5.25"). Frontis., [5] ff., 250, [18] ff., [30] leaves of plates. [also
bound in] Anonymous. Vollkommene Geomantia, oder sogenante Punctier-Kunst.
Worin nicht allein, was von verschiednen in dieser bissher ziemlich ohnbekanten
Wissenschafft hocherfahrnen Leuthen, Arabern, Welschen, Franzosonen, und Engellandern
durch Fleiss und Erfahrung beobachtet worden, der curiosen teutschen Welt zu
Dienst zusammen getragen. Freystadt [i.e., Jena]: [Cröcker], 1702. 12mo
(13.5 cm; 5.25"). Frontis., 408 p., [3 of 5] fold. plates.
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• Vollkommene: Jantz Collection, 3334. Neither work in Coumont, Demonology and Witchcraft. Contemporary vellum over paste boards, with slightly yapp edges; all edges red. Text unmarked and untattered. A very nice pair of uncommon books. (26955)
Cowper's Life a “Striking Instance of the Instability of Earthly Hopes” Greatheed, Samuel. A practical improvement of the divine counsel and conduct, attempted in a sermon, occasioned by the decease of William Cowper Esq; preached at Olney, 18 May 1800. Newport-Pagnel: J. Wakefield, [1800]. 8vo (22.5 cm, 8.9"). [4], 47, [1] pp.
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descriptions of the poet's mental illness. This is the
first issue of the first edition, with “sermon” in solid type on
the title-page and a semi-colon after Wakefield in the imprint.
ESTC
lists no publication prior to this occurring in Newport-Pagnel.
• ESTC T44132; NCBEL, II, 598. Uncut copy and stitched as issued. Title-page with rubber-stamped numeral and internal tear touching the first line of title without loss; first and last pages dust-soiled, fore-edges chipped and slightly ragged. Not pristine, but a desirable example of this uncommon piece in its original state. (29490)
Poetry from Springfield, MassachusettsGreene, Aella. After night, a summer-place talk, with other poems. Boston: Lee & Shepard; New York: Lee, Shepard & Dillingham, 1873. 8vo. Frontis., 93, [1] pp.; 2 plts. (incl. in pagination).
Sickness
is a theme here, along with the pain of it bravely borne;
and the last piece expresses the hope that “all the allopaths” would
vanish from the earth and that only “pleasant herbs” and “mild
botanics” be given to the sick, rather than calomel and drugs.
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The volume is illustrated with a total of three wood-engraved depictions of New England buildings.
• Publisher's pebbled terra cotta cloth, front cover and spine with gilt-stamped title; spine darkened and worn with gilt rubbed, sides with small spots of discoloration, cover gilt nice and bright. Some light smudging to margins, pages otherwise clean. All edges gilt. (27649)
Dance of Death Chapbook — “Très Rare”La grande danse macabre des hommes et des femmes, historiée & renouvellée de vieux Gaulois, en langage le plus poli de notre temps. Troyes: Jean-Antoine Garnier, 1728. 4to (22 cm, 8.6"). 76 pp.
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Over60 large woodcuts illustrate the text, with some images appearing in both sections. The volume concludes with several poems on the themes of life, death, and the afterlife.
Uncommon: We trace only nine copies in the U.S., all but one in libraries east of the Mississippi.
• Fairfax-Murray, French, 108; Morin, Bibliothèque bleue de Troyes, 435; Nisard, Histoire des Livres Populaires, II, 303. Binding with old, good repairs to head and foot of spine; joints and corners with additional subtly neat repairs and refurbishment. Pages lightly age-toned, with some signature marks and a few bottom lines shaved; a treasure from multiple points of view.
A
Temperance Tome
adapted forAMERICANS
Grindrod, Ralph Barnes. Bacchus. An essay on the nature, causes, effects, and cure, of intemperance ... first American edition.... New York: J. & H.G. Langley, 1840. 12mo. xvi, 512 pp.
history of drinking and of “intoxicating liquors” stretching back to the Philistines, Thracians, and Babylonians, followed by discussions of the moral and physical causes of intemperance, the results of indulgence, and the efficacy of various means of quitting drinking. One of the final chapters contrasts the temperance and intemperance of the Hebrews with those of the primitive Christians; in this chapter, the author promotes the theory that many biblical references to wine actually meant unfermented, non-intoxicating grape juice. Grindrod (1811–83) was a well-known British “water cure” physician and temperance crusader.
Click the images for enlargements. • American Imprints 40-2804; NSTC 2G23438. This ed. not in Amerine & Borg; see entry 1599 for later, 1848 ed. Publisher's brown cloth, covers blind-stamped, spine with decorative gilt-stamped title; showing only light shelf wear. Ex–social club library: paper shelving label on spine, 19th-century bookplate and presentation plate (bequest of George Fox), call numbers on endpapers, title-page and one other rubber-stamped, no other markings. Pages lightly cockled but clean. (28182)
That
WATER in
the Fountain of Youth
Is . . . Serpent
Broth?
Harcouet de Longeville. Histoire des personnes qui ont vecu plusieurs
siecles, et qui ont rajeuni: Avec le secret du rajeunissement. Paris: Chez la
Veuve Carpentier & Laurent le Comte, 1716. 12mo (14.7 cm, 5.75"). Frontis.,
[14], 248 pp.
Click the interior image for an enlargement. • Brunet, III, 39; Osler, Biblotheca Osleriana, 5950 (first ed.). 19th-century quarter calf over marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label and raised bands ruled in gilt fillets; edges and spine moderately rubbed, paper chipped over corners, corners bumped. Pages slightly age-toned, otherwise clean.
A
PRB&M “FEATURED BOOK” —
Not Perfect butEvocative on Many Fronts Hazlemore, Maximilian. Domestic economy: Or, a complete system of English housekeeping ... also, the complete brewer ... likewise the family physician. London: J. Creswick & Co., 1794. 8vo. xxxii, 392 pp. (lacking pp. 331/32, 341–44, 357–62, & 365–84 ).
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remedies “which will be found applicable to the
relief of all common complaints incident to families, and which will be particularly
useful in the country, where frequent opportunities offer of relieving the Distressed,
whose situation in life will not enable them to call in Medical Aid”
(p. 4).
Many of the recipes in the first portion of this book are attributed to such well-known names as Glasse, Raffald, and Mason. Oxford points out that both the extended subtitle and the overall contents of the work as a whole are strikingly similar to Mary Cole's Lady's Complete Guide of 1791, commenting “One wonders who was the real author.” Whatever its origins, the present volume as attributed to Hazlemore is now uncommon: WorldCat, ESTC, and Cagle cite only seven U.S. institutional holdings.
Provenance: Front free endpaper with ownership inscription and title-page with pressure-stamp of prominent cookbook collector Eloise Schofield; title-page also with early inked inscription of Charlotte Booty; front pastedown with early ticket of J. Rackham, a late 18th-/early 19th-century printer and bookseller in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk.
• ESTC T93869; Cagle, Matter of Taste, 734; Oxford, English
Cookery, 122. Not in Bitting. Incomplete copy. Contemporary treed
sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label, scuffed; spine label and
extremities chipped, joints open and volume tender, front cover with spots
of insect damage extending through to upper inner margins of first few leaves,
touching two letters of title but no other text. Pp. 331/32, 341–44,
357–62, and 365–84 excised with great neatness (and no, we cannot
work out any theory of “why”). Scattered instances of early
pencilled or inked marginal annotations, including alternate instructions
in two cases anda
full recipe for dressed spinach inked at the end of the vegetables
section, intended to replace the crossed-out printed recipe provided. Pages
age-toned, otherwise clean. An incomplete copy, priced accordingly, of a still
interesting work. (29554)
Mrs. Hening onAfrican Missions Hening, Mrs. E.F. History of the African mission of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, with memoirs of deceased missionaries, and notices of native customs. New York: Stanford & Swords, 1850. 12mo. xii, [13]-300 pp.; 1 fold. map.
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an
appendix discussing the effects of the African climate on “the European
constitution” gives this interest as to the history of medicine.
• Library Company, Afro-Americana, 4726. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title; spine and board edges sunned, cloth torn (repaired) and chipped at spine, spine with call number label. Front pastedown with institutional bookplate, title-page and map each with rubber-stamp, back free endpaper with circulation slip. Map and a few other leaves lightly foxed. (19500)
Sutton's
Hospital inCharterhouseCharterhouse
School
Herne, Samuel. Domus carthusiana: Or an account of the most noble foundation of the charter-house near Smithfield in London. Both before and since the Reformation. London: Pr. by T.R. for Richard Marriott & Henry Brome, 1677. 8vo (18.2 cm, 7.2"). Frontis., [46], 287, [1] pp.; 2 plts.
Click the images for enlargements. Provenance: Rolle family armorial bookplate.
• ESTC R10688; Wing (rev.) H1578; Allibone 813. Contemporary sheep, covers framed in blind double fillets; leather rubbed and scuffed, partially cracked along front joint. All edges marbled. Pastedowns peeled up, front pastedown with early inked inscription; inside front cover with armorial bookplate. Title-page with inked numeral in upper outer corner. (21012)
“The First Age of Pennsylvania”Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. [Vol. I]. Philadelphia: M'Carty & Davis, 1826. 8vo (22.1 cm, 8.75"). 432, [4 (2 blank, 2 contents)] pp.
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to the Medical History of Pennsylvania,” and Bettle's
“Notices of Negro Slavery, as Connected with Pennsylvania,” among
other works. Part II has a separate title-page; the “Account of the First
Settlement of the Townships of Buckingham and Solebury” has an errata
slip tipped in.
• Vol. I not in Shoemaker (see 30192 for vol. II). Contemporary
speckled sheep, spine with gilt-stamped leather title-label; moderately rubbed
and scuffed overall, spine darkened, spine head reinforced some time ago with
library cloth tape. Ex–social club library: paper shelving label on
spine, 19th-century bookplate, call number on endpaper, title-page and two
others rubber-stamped, one page pressure-stamped. Mild age-toning, scattered
small spots of foxing. 
Despite
condition notes reflecting onetime residence in a lending library, this is
a nice old thing. (29879)
To
Amputate or Not? Hooper, Robert. The surgeon's vade-mecum: containing the symptoms, causes, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of surgical diseases. Accompanied by the modern and approved methods of operating, select formulae of prescriptions, Latin and English, and a glossary of terms. Albany: Pub. & sold by E.F. Backus...; E. & E. Hosford, printers, © 1813. 12mo. xviii, 275, [1 (blank)] pp., [5] ff.
Click the images for enlargement.At rear are “Select Formulae of Prescriptions, Latin & English, and a Glossary of Terms.”
Provenance: Early 19th-century signature on title-page of “John Stevens, No. 6" at top of title-page.
• Shaw & Shoemaker 28770. On Hooper, see the DNB, XXVII, 306–307. Publisher's acid-stained sheep with red leather spine label, modest gilt ruling on spine; leather joints and worn corners repaired with toned tissue. Occasional foxing only. In all, a nice copy of a volume that was a must for American doctors at the beginning of the 19th century. (29572)
Systematic SkepticismHudson, Thomas Jay. The law of psychic phenomena. A working hypothesis for the systematic study ofhypnotism, spiritism, mental therapeutics, &c. Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1905. 8vo. [2], 409, [5 (adv.)] pp.
• Publisher's cloth, spine with gilt-stamped title; cloth lightly rubbed over edges and extremities, with two small creases over the front cover. One page with lower corner torn away. (14304)
Skepticism from anEcclesiastical SavantHuet, Pierre-Daniel. Pet. Dan. Huetii episcopi Abrincensis De imbecillitate mentis humanae libri tres. Amstelodami: Apud H. Du Sauzet, 1738. 12mo (17 cm, 6.75"). xxxviii, [10], 223, [1] pp. (frontis. lacking). 
of
medical interest for the author's theory of the nature of the mind.
The title-page is printed in red and black, bearing an elegant engraved vignette
of a printer's shop done by B. Picart.
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• Recent quarter calf and marbled paper–covered sides, spine with gilt-stamped leather title and author labels. Frontispiece lacking and pages showing light cockling; clean and attractive. (21114)
White
Savage? —
Trustworthy
Memoirs?Hunter,
John Dunn. Memoirs of a captivity among the Indians of North
America, from childhood to the age of nineteen: With anecdotes descriptive of
their manners and customs. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1823.
8vo (21 cm, 8.25"). ix, [1], 447, [1] pp.
medicine
as practiced by the Native Americans of Hunter’s
alleged acquaintance.
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• Ayer, Narratives of Indian Captivity, 142; Howes H813; Sabin 33921. Contemporary half morocco over cloth, rebacked using original spine with gilt-stamped title and decorations in compartments; leather worn and chipped. Hinges (inside) reinforced. Pages slightly age-toned, with occasional instances of small spots of staining, and a few stray pencil marks.
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