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NOUVELLE-HOLLANDE, PORT JACKSON – SAUVAGES DES MONTAGNES-BLUES – Louis de Freycinet – Atlas Historique 1822

Original stipple engraving of Blue Mountains Aboriginals by Forget being Plate 101 of the Atlas to Voyage Autour du Monde by Louis de Freycinet published in Paris 1822.

A rare engraving depicting the Aboriginal Chiefs in an unusual (if not classical) pose. Approximately 32cms x 22cms with a strong plate impression – in good condition. Framed external dimensions 52cms x 32cms in a cream mat and simple burr wood frame. A fine item of some historical significence.

Rare – de Freycinet

$240.00

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The Integrative Action of the Nervous System – Charles Sherrington.

Leather bound and beautifully gilt embossed all edges richly gilt associated with the Classics of Medicine Library 1989. Heavily illustrated 411 pages with mild signs of use otherwise a very good copy.

Dr Sherrington FRS was the Holt Professor of Physiology at the University of Liverpool – this book originally published in the USA in 1906 followed a series of lectures at Yale and in itself is a landmark publication regarding the development of understanding the central nervous system.

Nervous System Explored and Documented

$50.00

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A Treatise on the Diseases of the Chest – Laennec

Leather bound and beautifully gilt embossed from the Classics of Medicine Library 1979. Fine condition 428 pages plus 8 plates all edges gilt.

Originally published as an English translation in 1821 by Doctor John Forbes. The French physician Laennec pioneered the use of “Acoustick Instruments” in the diagnosis of diseases of the chest.

Pioneering French Medicine for the Short of Breath.

$60.00

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The Wisdom of Confucius – Who else

“Music rises from the heart when it is touched by the external world” so said Confucius. A nice Modern Library edition.

Immortal wisdom

$30.00

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Thin Geological Section Microscope Slides -1913 – Set of Five

A group of five thin section slides from the UK, India and Iceland all nice samples, well labelled and in nice condition

Obsidian with spherulites from Iceland
(Spherulites are small rounded bodies that occur in vitreous igneous rocks such as obsidian)

Chert – Blue Limestone – Somerset
(This unusual blue coloured limestone is from a Lias Quarry in Shepton Mallet)

Chloritic Marl – Compton Abbas – Dorset
(Fossil containing bedrock to the chalk of southern England)

Anorthite from Salem South India
(A Gneiss rock structure from the Sittampundi Complex at Salem near Madras)

Augen Gneiss from Strahnaver, Sutherland, Scotland
(A Metamorphic rock which is clotted with flesh coloured feldspar “augen”)

A very good selection

$90.00

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La Jeune Fille Aux Joules Roses – Gazette du Bon Ton – Ebel – 1921

A beautiful hand coloured “Pochoire” by Ebel for the Paris Gazette du Bon Ton. “Le Jeune Fille Aux Joules Roses – the Girl with Rosy Cheeks”. The ultimate in fashion print from a perfect era.

Prices are as framed in the style and standard shown in the item described as “Bon Ton Framed Example” in this Fashion section. Please contact us if you prefer an unframed item or alternative.

$240.00

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