2021 New York Antiquarian Book Fair
A chronological list of 50 items
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5Two groundbreaking works in the history of medicineLiber theoricae necnon practicae Alsaharavii [...].Augsburg, 1519.
InquireFirst Latin edition of the first two books, namely the medical and therapeutic section, of "al-Tasrif", a 30-volume Arabic encyclopaedia on medicine and surgery written ca. 1000 CE by the Arab physician Abulcasis, edited by the physician Paul Ricius, and containing "what is probably the earliest description of haemophilia" (Garrison/M.). Abu al-Qasim, …
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27A European merchant between Arabia, Northern Africa and the west coast of IndiaAutograph travel and trade journal from the Middle East.Aden, Bombay, Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Berbera etc., 1859-1860.
InquireExtensive journal, kept from 17 December 1859 (Aden) to 17 March 1860 (Berbera) by the trading agent Charles Westendarp, apparently a member of the Hamburg family of merchants but who settled in London in the mid-19th century and achieved success in the ivory trade. Contains a wealth of details on the commercial activities of European merchants between …
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