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Published by 1840. 12.5 x 9.5in., 1840
Seller: R.G. Watkins Books and Prints, Ilminster, SOMER, United Kingdom
Art / Print / Poster
No Binding. Condition: Very good. Lithograph, on India paper, good margins, a little foxing, a few tiny pin pricks on surround,
Published by London : Longmans, Green, and co, 1873
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Fourth Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, pictorial cloth over blind-boardered, bevelled boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dust-toned only, as with age. Professionally recased. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 346 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Holland, Henry Sir (1788-1873). Physicians - Biography. Genre; Biography. 2 Kg.
Published by London : Longmans, Green, and co, 1873
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Fourth Edition. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, pictorial cloth over blind-boardered, bevelled boards. Spine bands and panel edges slightly rubbed and dust-toned only, as with age. Professionally recased. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xvi, 346 p. ; 21 cm. Subjects; Holland, Henry Sir (1788-1873). Physicians - Biography. Genre; Biography. 2 Kg.
Published by Mount Street London; 10 April, 1821
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
See the entries in the Oxford DNB of Holland, and of the recipient of the letter, the physician and vaccinator George Gregory (1790-1853), and of the two individuals mentioned in it, James Gregory (1753-1821), Professor of the Institutes of Medicine at Edinburgh, and James Gregory's nephew William Pulteney Alison (1790-1859), who assisted him with his lectures and succeeded him in the professorship. 2pp, 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper adhering to the reverse of the second leaf, which is addressed, with small seal in red wax, 'To | Dr G. Gregory | 98 G Portland street', and endorsed by Gregory. Holland begins the letter, with regard to Gregory's uncle, Dr James Gregory: 'I need not speak to you of the deep regret with which I have received the intelligence of Dr Gregory's death. You will know with what admiration I regarded the various eminent talents & virtues, displayed both in his public & private life, & the sorrow I feel in common with all who knew him in either capacity is enhanced by the memory, which I shall ever retain, of the various personal obligations which I have myself received from him.' Holland points out how Dr Gregory's loss 'will be long & severely felt in Edinburgh, both as a Professor & a Physician'. He hopes that 'our common friend Dr Alison may come forward as a candidate' to fill 'the vacancy which is thus made in the Chair of Medicine'. Holland stresses the knowledge he has 'of his talents & general professional requirements, & the high esteem I feel for his character & personal qualities, founded on a long & intimate acquaintance', leading him to consider that Alison well suited to fill 'this very honourable & important situation'. From the distinguished autograph collection of the psychiatrist Richard Alfred Hunter (1923-1981), whose collection of 7000 works relating to psychiatry is now in Cambridge University Library. Hunter and his mother Ida Macalpine had a particular interest in the illness of King George III, and their book 'George III and the Mad Business' (1969) suggested the diagnosis of porphyria popularised by Alan Bennett in his play 'The Madness of George III'.
Published by London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1840
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
Second Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt titles to spine with raised bands. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. All edges marble. Some tape impressions to title page. An exceptional copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 638 pages; Physical desc. : xvi, 638p ; 23 cm. Subjects: Medicine - Practice - 19th century. Communicable diseases - 19th century. Therapeutics - 19th century. Human physiology - 19th century. Medical climatology - 19th century. 1 Kg.
Published by London : Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1840
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Second Edition. Finely bound in modern aniline calf over marble boards. Gilt titles to spine with raised bands. Spine compartments uniformly tooled in gilt. All edges marble. Some tape impressions to title page. An exceptional copy. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 638 pages; Physical desc. : xvi, 638p ; 23 cm. Subjects: Medicine - Practice - 19th century. Communicable diseases - 19th century. Therapeutics - 19th century. Human physiology - 19th century. Medical climatology - 19th century. 1 Kg.
Published by York Street, 1814
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Condition: Some closed tears. Bifolium with integral address leaf. 12mo. Bifolium with integral address leaf. 12mo.
Published by Brook Street London. 2 November, 1856
Manuscript / Paper Collectible
4pp, 4to. Bifolium. In good condition, lightly aged, with thin strip of paper from mount adhering to one edge. Seventy-four lines of closely and neatly written text. Although the date is somewhat early, the recipient may be Lovell Reeve, editor until 1865 of 'Portraits of Men of Eminence in Literature, Science, and Art, with Biographical Memoirs' (1863-1867). Having received the recipient's letter on his 'return from abroad', Holland states his 'general objection to the biography of living men'. Nevertheless, considering 'the motive you place before me of preventing error in what will be written, I put down a few memoranda, which may serve for the guidance you desire.' He begins his memoranda with the caveat: 'My life has been so active & varied a one, as well before I settled in London, as since, that I could not easily under any circumstances go beyond these few particulars'. He gives details of his birth; 'medical education'; travels in Iceland ('my Thesis on graduation was upon the Diseases of Iceland'); visits to military hospitals during the Peninsular War; travels 'in Greece & other parts of European Turkey'; 'In 1814 I accompanied the Princess of Wales, as her Physician, to Germany & Italy, & remained some months with her R. Highness'; settlement in London in 1816. Of the time which has since elapsed he writes: 'Every year, during these 40 years, I have maintained the habit of travelling for some weeks during the autumn; - my practice, which has been chiefly at the West End of the Town, admitting more readily on that account of this absence. In the course of these travels, I have repeatedly visited America, Africa, Asia, & every part of Europe.' He lists his awards and titles, from his election to the College of Physicians in 1828 to his degree of Doctor of Civil Law at Oxford in 1856. He concludes: 'These Memoranda have gone to greater length than I expected, or intended; & may probably exceed what you desire to know.' Postscript: 'I might perhaps have mentioned, but it is unimportant, that I am a Member of many other Scientific Societies, at home & abroad. It is not easy to write on these matters without the appearance, if not the reality, of egotism. Otherwise I might have given you other particulars as to my professional career, & general position in life, which I have refrained from mentioning.'.
Published by Longman Hurst Rees Orme and Brown, London, 1815
Seller: Worlds End Bookshop (ABA, PBFA, ILAB), LONDON, United Kingdom
First Edition
First Edition. Frontispiece map and 12 engraved plates. Medium 4to (12 x 9.25 ins) pp x, [ii], 551, [1] Rebound in later faux leather with period label mounted to spine between raised bands. New endpapers. Occ. off setting to leaf opposite plates, text generally well thumbed with edges of block toned. Ex.libris Henry Wilkinson, of White Webbs, Enfield, Herts, with his ownership signature at head of titlepage. Holland spent a year and a half travelling through Portugal, Gibraltar, Sardinia, Sicily, the Ionian Isles, Albania and Greece. This book provides an account of the eastern part of tour. In 1814 he again visited Europe, this time as medical attendant to the princess of Wales (later Queen Caroline). He was subsequently asked to testify at the inquiry of 1820 which sought the necessary evidence to divorce her from George IV.(ODNB) NB: AS THIS IS A HEAVY BOOK AN EXTRA SHIPPING CHARGE MAY APPLY. Book.