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216. [SPAIN. Laws, Statutes, etc.] Ordenanza de S.M. para el gobierno
económico de la Real Hacienda de Marina. Madrid: Imprenta Real, por D.
Pedro Julian Pereyra, Impresor de Cámara de S.M., 1799. 4°, stitched.
Woodcut royal arms of Spain on title page. Some dampstaining. Overall
a good to very good copy. 172 pp. $800.00
FIRST EDITION; it was reprinted in Havana the same year. Includes instructions for
the ministers in Havana (pp. 37-43) and rules dealing with hospitals for navy personnel,
supplies of hemp and pitch, contracts, expenses, etc.
j Palau 202957: calling for 182 pp. (in error). See Trelles, Bibliografía cubana de los
siglos XVII-XVIII p. 178, for the Havana reprint. NUC: DLC, RPJCB (collation agrees
with our copy). Not located in RLIN. Not located in the online Catálogo Colectivo del
Patrimonio Bibliográfico Español. Not located in WorldCat, which cites several similar
decrees. Not located in COPAC, which lists similar decrees. Not located in Hollis or
Orbis. Not located in Melvyl.
217. STILLWELL, Margaret Bingham. The Awakening Interest in Science
During the First Century of Printing, 1450-1550. An Annotated Checklist of
First Editions Viewed from the Angle of Their Subject Content. New York:
The Bibliographical Society of America, 1970. Very large 8°, original
publisher’s cloth, spine stamped in black and gilt. As new. xxix, [1],
399, [2] pp. One of 1,500 copies. $75.00
FIRST and ONLY EDITION. Deals with astronomy, mathematics, medicine, natural
science, physics and technology.
218. SUE, Pierre. Dictionnaire portatif de chirurgie, ou tome III du Dictionnaire
de santé …. Troisième edition, revue & augmentée. Paris: Joseph Barbou,
1777. 8°, contemporary mottled calf (very worn), spine gilt with raised
bands in six compartments, burgundy and green leather lettering and
numbering pieces, marbled endleaves, text block edges rouged, pink
silk place marker. Small typographical vignette on title page. Woodcut
headpieces. Woodcut tailpiece. Typographical headpiece. A few small
stains; minor soiling on plates. Overall a good copy; internally very
good. xiv, 720 pp., 2 folding engraved plates. $300.00
Third edition. The Dictionnaire portatif de santé, generally attributed to Charles
Augustin Vandermonde, appeared in 2 volumes; this supplementary volume first appeared
with the fourth edition of the Dictionnaire, in 1771. It includes entries from “abaissement”
and “abcès” through “fracture” (with subheads on the head, sternum, and extremities) to
“xerophthalmie” and “ypsiloide.” Information varies from straight definitions to historical
notes and methods of treatment. The plates illustrate surgical instruments.
j Cf. National Library of Medicine, Eighteenth-Century Short-Title Catalogue p. 120,
listing other editions. NUC: PPC.