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Group of 8 works including first editions, of works by Toynbee, Hinton, and Itard, many in beautiful copies:
Joseph Toynbee. The Diseases of the Ear: their Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment. London: John Churchill, 1860. 8vo, text illustrations, embossed stamp on title of importer. Publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, gold-stamped title and imprint on spine; bottom edge lightly rubbed. first edition. Garrison-Morton 3373: "The foundation of aural pathology. In this book Toynbee described the method of removing the temporal bone and discussed the post mortem appearances in relation to the symptoms observed during life. He made over 2,000 dissections of the ear." — Anton von Tröltsch. Diseases of the Ear, their Diagnosis and Treatment. New York: William Wood, 1864. 8vo, wood-engraved frontispiece and text illustrations; ms. exlibris on title. Publisher’s dark brown blind-stamped cloth, gold-stamped title on spine. Stamped exlibris and bookplate of Medical Society, Kings County. — Anton von Tröltsch. The Surgical Diseases of the Ear. London: New Sydenham Society, 1874. Inscribed by the author to D.B. St. John Roosa, “Wuerzburg, October 1875” facing half title. 8vo, text illustrations. Publisher’s brown blind-stamped cloth, gold-stamped portrait in central medallion and title on spine. Bookplates of Medical Society, Kings County, and New York Hospital. [Together with]: Autograph letter, signed by James Hinton to D.B. St. John Roosa, laid in, Medical Society, County of Kings Library, 19 June 1872, 8vo, 4 pp. —W. Kramer, The Aural Surgery of the Present Day. London: New Sydenham Society, 1863. 8vo, text illustrations. Publisher’s brown blind-stamped cloth, gold-stamped portrait in central medallion and title on spine; small tear in lower joint. — James Hinton. The Questions of Aural Surgery. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1874. 8vo, text illustrations. Publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, gold-stamped title on upper cover and spine. — Wilhelm Kramer (P. Menière, trans.). Traité des Maladies de l’Oreille. Paris: Germer Baillière, 1848. 8vo, text illustrations; some marginal spotting. Contemporary blue quarter leather, gold-stamped title on spine. Discussion of Menière’s necropsy on p. 397. — Jean Marie Gaspard Itard. Traité des maladies de l’oreille et de l’audition. Paris: chez Méquignon-Marvis, 1821. 2 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary quarter calf and boards, spine gilt. first edition. Garrison – Morton 3364. — J. A. Saissy (Nathan R. Smith, trans.). An Essay on the Diseases of the Internal Ear. Baltimore: Hatch & Dunning, 1829. 8vo, folding lithographed frontispiece; some spotting. Contemporary calf; upper cover detached, backstrip worn.
Together 8 works in 9 volumes.
Joseph Toynbee. The Diseases of the Ear: their Nature, Diagnosis, and Treatment. London: John Churchill, 1860. 8vo, text illustrations, embossed stamp on title of importer. Publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth, gold-stamped title and imprint on spine; bottom edge lightly rubbed. first edition. Garrison-Morton 3373: "The foundation of aural pathology. In this book Toynbee described the method of removing the temporal bone and discussed the post mortem appearances in relation to the symptoms observed during life. He made over 2,000 dissections of the ear." — Anton von Tröltsch. Diseases of the Ear, their Diagnosis and Treatment. New York: William Wood, 1864. 8vo, wood-engraved frontispiece and text illustrations; ms. exlibris on title. Publisher’s dark brown blind-stamped cloth, gold-stamped title on spine. Stamped exlibris and bookplate of Medical Society, Kings County. — Anton von Tröltsch. The Surgical Diseases of the Ear. London: New Sydenham Society, 1874. Inscribed by the author to D.B. St. John Roosa, “Wuerzburg, October 1875” facing half title. 8vo, text illustrations. Publisher’s brown blind-stamped cloth, gold-stamped portrait in central medallion and title on spine. Bookplates of Medical Society, Kings County, and New York Hospital. [Together with]: Autograph letter, signed by James Hinton to D.B. St. John Roosa, laid in, Medical Society, County of Kings Library, 19 June 1872, 8vo, 4 pp. —W. Kramer, The Aural Surgery of the Present Day. London: New Sydenham Society, 1863. 8vo, text illustrations. Publisher’s brown blind-stamped cloth, gold-stamped portrait in central medallion and title on spine; small tear in lower joint. — James Hinton. The Questions of Aural Surgery. London: Henry S. King & Co., 1874. 8vo, text illustrations. Publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, gold-stamped title on upper cover and spine. — Wilhelm Kramer (P. Menière, trans.). Traité des Maladies de l’Oreille. Paris: Germer Baillière, 1848. 8vo, text illustrations; some marginal spotting. Contemporary blue quarter leather, gold-stamped title on spine. Discussion of Menière’s necropsy on p. 397. — Jean Marie Gaspard Itard. Traité des maladies de l’oreille et de l’audition. Paris: chez Méquignon-Marvis, 1821. 2 volumes, 8vo. Contemporary quarter calf and boards, spine gilt. first edition. Garrison – Morton 3364. — J. A. Saissy (Nathan R. Smith, trans.). An Essay on the Diseases of the Internal Ear. Baltimore: Hatch & Dunning, 1829. 8vo, folding lithographed frontispiece; some spotting. Contemporary calf; upper cover detached, backstrip worn.
Together 8 works in 9 volumes.