Medicine & Pharmacy

HELMONT, Johannes Baptista van. Ortus medicinae.
Amsterdam, Lowijs Elzevier, 1648. With engraved portrait of Helmont and his son Franciscus Mercurius, surrounded by eight coat of arms of related families.
With: (2) HELMONT, Johannes Baptista van. Opuscula medica inaudita. Amsterdam, Lowijs Elzevier, 1648. 4to. 2 works in 1 volume. Contemporary calf, both sides elaborately blind-tooled. [36], 800; [8], 110; 115, [1]; 88 pp. Full description

HENDERSON, William Augustus. The housekeepers instructor; or, universal family cook. Being an ample and clear display of the art of cookery in all its various branches ... Likewise the making and keeping to perfection British wines, and proper rules for brewing malt liquor. ... To which is added the complete art of carving.
London, W. & J. Stratford, [ca 1790?]. 8vo. With an engraved frontispiece and 11 engraved plates (2 folding), mostly showing carving techniques or how to arrange the dishes on the table during suppers. Contemporary half calf, marbled paper sides, red morocco spine label. 456, [24] pp. Full description

HENNEBO, Robert. Verzamelde dicht-werken.
The Hague, Pieter van Os; Leiden, Pieter van der Eyk and Johannes Le Mair, etc., [1767]. 8vo. With 2 half-page engravings in the text. Contemporary half calf. [26], 120, [3], [1 blank] pp. Full description

[HERBAL]. Nöthige, zuverlässige und kurze Nachricht von denenjenigen Stücken aus dem Pflanzenreiche, welche in den Apotheken der meisten Länder Europens aufbehalten werden müssen, zum Gebrauche der Apotheken verfertiget und dem Drucke übergeben.
Dresden, Johann Nikolaus Gerlach and son, 1764. 8vo. With an engraved plate showing the annual flowering plant Chenopodium botrys. Contemporary boards, spine strengthened with marbled paper. [8], 724, [2] pp. Full description

HERMBSTÄDT, Sigismund Frederik. Catechismus der apothecars-kunst, of, de eerste grondbeginselen der artsenijmengkunde, voor eerstbeginnenden opgesteld. Aanhangsel van den catechismus der apothecars-kunst.
Amsteldam, J.B. Elwe, 1813. 8vo. With a folding engraved plate (160 x 125 mm.) of a Toestel om luchtvormige vloeistoffen op te vangen (a device to catch vaporized liquids), facing p. 302. Blue paper over thin boards as published, with rests of a printed title label on spine. Uncut copy (partly unopened). [1], [blank], [2], 320 pp. = 324 pp. Full description

HERTODT, Matthias Franciscus ab. Medicus euporistus duodecim medicamentorum generalium supellectile e materia passim obvia instructus ...
The Hague, Guillaume de Voys, 1711. With 1 engraved plate. Title-page in red and black, with woodcut device. Contemporary calf with gold-tooled spine. [12], 9-170, [2] pp. Full description

HIPPOCRATES and Janus CORNARIUS (translator). Opera quae ad nos extant omnia, per Ianum Cornarium Medicum Physicum Latina lingua conscripta, & recognita.
Basel, (colophon:) Hieronymus Froben and Nikolaus Episcopius, 1558. Folio. With Frobens woodcut printers device on the title page, repeated on the otherwise blank verso of the final leaf, and 2 decorated woodcut initials. Contemporary overlapping vellum. 804, [116] pp. Full description

HULLIET, N. Hygiène des blancs, des mixtes et des Indiens à Pondichéry.
Puducherry, Géruzet, 1867. 8vo. Modern wrappers. 272 pp. Full description

HUNTER, John. Historia naturalis dentium humanorum: in qua eorum structura, usus, formatio, incrementum, ac morbi explicantur ... Anglice consscripta; a Johanne Huntero ... In linguam Latinam et Batavam versa a Petro Boddaert / Natuurlyke historie der tanden van den mensch, in welke hun zamenstel, gebruik, vorming, groey, en ziekten uitgeleyd worden. Uit het Engelsch in het Latyn en Nederduitsch vertaald; door Pieter Boddaert.
Dordrecht, A. Blussé & Zoon, 1773. 4to. With 16 full-page engraved plates with the original English caption ("Published according to Act of Parliament May 15 1771 by I. Johnson"). Contemporary tree-marbled boards. XXII, 213, [1] pp. Full description

IBN SARABIYUN, Yahya (SERAPIO the elder). Iani Damasceni Decapolitani summae inter Arabes autoritatis medici, Therapeutice methodi, hoc est, curandi artis Libri VII. partim Albano Torino Vitodurano paraphraste, partim Gerardo iatro Cremonensi metaphraste.
Basel, Heinrich Petri, (colophon: March 1543). Folio (20.5 x 29 cm). 17th century black vellum, made from an earlier liturgical music manuscript. [24], 491, [1] pp. Full description