Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .L37 1542
nueua menta por el auctor corregido y en esta impressi[o] tercera añedido vn notable tractado de secretos curatiuos... . : Title page in red and... Show morenueua menta por el auctor corregido y en esta impressi[o] tercera añedido vn notable tractado de secretos curatiuos... . : Title page in red and black inks Author taken from the Spanish CCPB. Tipographic device at the end Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .L37 1542 Book Item-ID: i22818133 BIB-ID: 2427922 Show less
Pharmacy, Pharmacy--Early works to 1800, RS79 .I266 1508
Text in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden... Show moreText in Gothic letters in double columns, some woodcut initials, and spaces with guide letters; washed; recased in its original calf backed wooden boards, four clasps, the thongs renewed. The penultimate incunable edition of what "remained for centuries the standard text-book of pharmacy in the West" (Sarton), with the commentary of Mondino, the great anatomist, and other texts including Abulcasis' Liber servitoris. Mesue "was for centuries the authority on the composition of medicaments. The book was not only in use in practically every European pharmacy but in addition became the basis of the later official pharmacopoeias. The Grabadin [or Antidotarium, contained here] is, as Sudhoff calls it, 'the pharmacological quintessence of Arabian therapeutics' and contains the entire armamentarium of compounded medicines which we owe to the Arabians. The arrangement is like that of the later pharmacopoeias. The compounded medicines are divided into groups according to their forms - confections, juleps, syrups, etc. - the monographs containing directions for the preparation of the respective products and also notes on their medical uses" (Edward Kremers and George Urdang, History of Pharmacy, 1940, p. 21). Much of the basic terminology of pharmacy, words such as julep and syrup, derives from the Arabic. EI, III, pp. 872-73; Sezgin, III, pp. 231-36. H *IIIII; Choulant p. 355; Goff M516; Klebs 680.14; Sarton I 728. Imprint from colophon. Includes Registrum at the end Capital spaces with guide letters. Main Heritage Shelves General RS79 .I266 1508 Book Item-ID: i22814644 BIB-ID: 2427303 Show less
Thousand and One Arabian Nights., PJ7725.A1 M55 1952
Selections from the 1001 Nights, including the story of Aladdin and his lamp, 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,' 'The Magic Horse,' 'The Fisherman... Show moreSelections from the 1001 Nights, including the story of Aladdin and his lamp, 'Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,' 'The Magic Horse,' 'The Fisherman and the Genie,' and 'The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor.'. Main Heritage Shelves General PJ7725.A1 M55 1952 Book Item-ID: i10122710 BIB-ID: 1013907 Show less
del Signore conte di Marsigli ... Title pages in red and black. Printed in double columns. Main Heritage Shelves General UA810 .M27 1732 Book Item-ID:... Show moredel Signore conte di Marsigli ... Title pages in red and black. Printed in double columns. Main Heritage Shelves General UA810 .M27 1732 Book Item-ID: i15807460 BIB-ID: 2558034 Show less
Moriscos, Moriscos--Spain--Valencia (Region)--Early works to 1800, DP104 .V36 1566
fetes per les autoritats Apostolica y Real y ordinaria per... dō Jordi ́d Austria Archebisbe de Valencia e don Antonio Ramirez de Haro, Bisbe de... Show morefetes per les autoritats Apostolica y Real y ordinaria per... dō Jordi ́d Austria Archebisbe de Valencia e don Antonio Ramirez de Haro, Bisbe de Ciudad Rodrigo... Main Heritage Shelves General DP104 .V36 1566 Book Item-ID: i15720652 BIB-ID: 1015027 Show less
Main Heritage Shelves General DS407 .R45 1670 Book Item-ID: i15804884 BIB-ID: 1018584 Show moreMain Heritage Shelves General DS407 .R45 1670 Book Item-ID: i15804884 BIB-ID: 1018584 Show less
A large scale topographic map of Matrah and Maskat (modern Muttrah and Muscat) made by F.S. Weller, a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society to... Show moreA large scale topographic map of Matrah and Maskat (modern Muttrah and Muscat) made by F.S. Weller, a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society to accompany a paper by Captain Arthur William Stiffe. Stiffe was the co-author of the famous "Persian Gulf Pilot" books for navigating the Gulf. Topography is indicated by contour lines though no information as to their height is given. Settled areas are indicated by grey shading. Palm trees indicated agricultural areas around the settlements. The map also shows important pathways and passes. F.S. Weller. The geographical Journal 1897 [up marg.r.h.].F.S. Weller, FRGS. [ben. marg. r. h.] Published by the Royal Geographical Society, 1897 [ben. marg. middle. Relief shown by form lines. Scale 1:30,000. 1 in. = 0.47 miles. "The Geographical Journal, 1897." Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00380 Print Map Item-ID: i11401096 BIB-ID: 1172452 Show less
Discovery and exploration--Maps, G8331.C2 C67 1695
del P.M. Coronelli M.C. cosmografo dell seren. Rep. di Venetia. Relief shown pictorially. "Dedicata all'. illmo. et eccmo. sig. Michele Foscarini,... Show moredel P.M. Coronelli M.C. cosmografo dell seren. Rep. di Venetia. Relief shown pictorially. "Dedicata all'. illmo. et eccmo. sig. Michele Foscarini, sauio grande e storigrafo della seren. Rep. di Venetia." Appears in the author's Atlante veneto. In Venetia, 1695. Inset: Origine, e corso del Nilo, descrito secondo l'osseruationi dè passati geografi. Main Heritage Compact General HC.MAP.00573 Print Map Item-ID: i1140193x BIB-ID: 1172536 Show less
Bibliograph. Nachweis: VD17-23:230918N. Main Heritage Shelves General R126 .K57 1611 Book Item-ID: i22819484 BIB-ID: 2427937 Show moreBibliograph. Nachweis: VD17-23:230918N. Main Heritage Shelves General R126 .K57 1611 Book Item-ID: i22819484 BIB-ID: 2427937 Show less
