Science

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Science at Quaritch is broadly defined, ranging from medicine, anatomy, pharmacology (including herbals) and natural history to astronomy, physics, chemistry and mathematics.

An interest in the origins of modern chemistry has led to a specialisation in works on alchemy and distillation, and from there we have also branched out into occultism and hermeticism. We have developed an interest in gastronomy and books on nutrition and wine, an area which over the years has become one of our specialities.
  1. HERSHBERGER, H.R.

    The Horseman: A Work on Horsemanship, containing...

    New York, R. Craighead for Henry G. Langley,...

    First edition of a rare military manual...

    £450

  2. HIPPOCRATES.

    The Eight Sections of Hippocrates Aphorismes...

    London, W. G. for Rob. Crofts, 1665.

    First edition of this translation of the...

    £850

  3. HIRSCH, William.

    Genius and Degeneration. A Psychological Study.

    New York, Appleton, 1896.

    First edition in English, translated...

    £150

  4. [INTERSEX.]

    Three pamphlets.

    Paris, 1892–1920.

    A collection of rare French pamphlets on...

    £450

  5. [JOCKEY CLUB.] HERVEY, John.

    Racing in America, 1922-1936, written for...

    New York, Scribner Press for the Jockey...

    First edition of the first volume to be...

    £350

  6. [JOCKEY CLUB.] HERVEY, John.

    Racing in America, 1665-1865 … written...

    New York, Scribner Press for the Jockey...

    First edition, limited, numbered 323 of...

    £720

  7. [JOCKEY CLUB.] KELLEY, Robert F.

    Racing in America, 1937-1959, written for...

    New York, North River Press for the Jockey...

    First edition, limited, numbered 474 of...

    £180

  8. [KEENE, Marian].

    The History of a tame Robin. Supposed to...

    London: Printed for Darton, Harvey, and...

    First and only edition. The tame Robin...

    £325

  9. KIRAM, Zeki Hasmet. 

    Vocabularium anatomiae latine-turcice. ...

    Berlin, Morgen- und Abendland-Verlag, 1923.

    First edition of a comprehensive glossary...

    £375

  10. KIRAM, Zeki Hasmet. 

    Vocabularium anatomiae latine-arabice. ...

    Berlin, Morgen- und Abendland-Verlag, 1923.

    First edition of an uncommon glossary of...

    £375

  11. [KNIGHT, Charles.]

    The Elephant, principally viewed in Relation...

    London, William Clowes & Sons for Charles...

    First editions of treatises on the elephant...

    £275

  12. KÖLLIKER, Albert von.

    Handbuch der Gewebelehre des Menschen für...

    Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1852.

    First edition, scarce. ‘A Swiss by birth,...

    £650

  13. KÜLPE, Oswald.

    Grundriss der Psychologie. Auf experimenteller...

    Leipzig, Wilhelm Engelmann, 1893. 

    First edition of this important work in...

    £400

  14. LANDI, Bassiano.

    De origine et causa pestis Patauinae, anni...

    Venice, apud Balthassarem Constantinum...

    First edition of this important work investigating...

    £1250

  15. LAWRENCE, Richard.

    The complete Farrier and British Sportsman,...

    London, W. Clowes for Thomas Kelly, [c. 1816].

    Likely first edition, dedicated ‘to the...

    £250

  16. LAWRENCE, Richard.

    The complete Farrier and British Sportsman,...

    London, W. Clowes for Thomas Kelly, [c. 1823].

    A sporting compendium, dedicated ‘to...

    £180

  17. LEE, Edwin.

    The Principal Baths of Germany [– The...

    London, Whittaker & Cp., Paris, Galignani...

    First edition, scarce, of Edwin Lee’s...

    £350

  18. LEE, Henry.

    [Cover title:] The White Whale …

    London, R. K. Burt & Co. … 1878.

    First edition, an account of the white...

    £225

  19. LEIGH, William R.

    The Western Pony … Foreword by James L. Clark.

    New York, Huntington Press, 1933.

    First edition of Leigh’s finely printed...

    £450

  20. LISTER, Joseph.

    Three autograph letters, signed, to Sir...

    London, 12 Park Crescent, Portland Place,...

    Three letters by the great surgeon Joseph...

    £750