allen g debus (141 resultados)

Condición: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. 1st Edition. VG+ NO markings on pages. 8vo. xvi, 280 pp. Illus. ; notes, index. This book is from the library of historian John L. Brooke, who may have consulted it for the early background chapters of his book The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844, which won the Bancroft Prize for best book in American history in 1994. Ships fast with tracking.

Soft cover. Condición: Near Fine. This is a clean, unmarked copy with light shelf wear.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

Hardcover. Condición: Good Plus. Estado de la sobrecubierta: No jacket. First Edition. [SCIENCE]. Allen G. Debus. "The English Paracelsians (Oldbourne History of Science Library)." London: Oldbourne Book Co. LTD. Printed in Norwich by Jarrold and Sons Ltd., 1965. First edition. English language. Hardcover with blue boards stamped gold and black. No jacket. Nonfiction history of science text in five chapters with seven black-and-white plates and one woodcut, preface, bibliography, and index. 9 x 6 inches. 19 oz. 222 pp. No jacket. Shelf-wear on boards and some small white markings on front board. A bit of pencil underlining and marginalia, rest of text clean. Good Plus. No ISBN. ASIN: B0000CMSS2. "Debus explores the influence of Paracelsus and his followers on the scientific revolution. It includes a comprehensive bibliography of Paracelsian literature.".

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. From the library Dr. Owen Hannaway. Hannaway was director of the Center for the History and Philosophy of Science at Johns Hopkins University. He authored numerous books and served as an editor of academic magazines in the history of science. Partial list of publications: Chemists and the Word: The Didactic Origins of Chemistry (1975); Observation, Experiment, and Hypothesis in Modern Physical Science (1985); The Evolution of Technology (1989); Science and the Practice of Medicine in the Nineteenth Century (1994); and The Foundations of Modern Science in the Middle Ages: Their Religious, Institutional and Intellectual Contexts (1996).

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition. American Elsevier Pub. Co., 1970. Hardcover, 9-1/2 inches tall, 307 pp., with dust jacket. This copy is an ex-library copy but it is in good or better condition. Usual library markings (public library) but no marks in text. Clean, relatively lightly used. Front free endpaper has been removed. Dust jacket protected in library's clear cover, lightly rubbed. Sound, sturdy binding. No serious flaws. The introductory chapters contain many references to other works on educational reform in the late Renaissance. Pictorial dust jacket (not the same as stock image you'll see accompanying the Abe listing).

Condición: New.

Condición: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Red cloth over boards with silver stamping on spine. Title page not dated. Copyright page dated 1973. 677 pages. In good condition. Cloth is a bit faded, with a few light scratches here and there. Head and foot of spine bumped. Binding feels a bit fragile, but there are no cracks or loose signatures. Fore edge foxed. Pages otherwise free of marks or tears. A good reading copy.

Stapled. Condición: Good+. Allen G. Debus was a professor at the University of Chicago, and Robert P. Mulhauf was a fellow with the Smithsonian Institute. Subjects of the presentation were: Renaissance Chemistry and teh Work of Robert Fludd, by Mr. Debus; And, Some Nonexistent Chemistry of the Seventeenth Century: Remarks on the Use of the Dialogue in Scientific Writing, by Mr. Multhauf. Orange covers lightly edge worn and foxed; Strong staple binding; Clean Text. Professional book seller with storefront since 1975. All orders carefully packaged and promptly shipped.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st American Edition. Green cloth covers with black lettering on spine and front cover which is clean and unmarked. Covers exhibit light wear on corners and bottom edges. Light soiling on upper edges. Light bumping on spine ends. Moderate foxing to inside front and back covers. Light yellowing to page ends. Text and b&w illustrations are clean and unmarked. Illustrated dj is in a protective mylar cover with moderate soiling and shelf wear to edges, hinges and spine. A volume from The Watts History of Science Library. "Paracelsus and his followers, considered by some as charlatans but by others as the great forerunners of modern science, are here portrayed as occupying the middle position between the old world and the new." All books are individually examined and described. Never ex-library unless explicitly described as such.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. Light soiling to covers, otherwise text clean and tight; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 296 pages.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [5], 307 pages : facsimiles ; 25 cm. Notes: Contains facsimile reprints of Webster's Academiarum examen, 1654; Vindiciae academiarum, by J. Wilkins and S. Ward, 1654, and Hall's Histrio mastix, 1654.Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Includes facsimile reprints of: Academiarum examen / by John Webster -- Vindiciae academiarum / by John Wilkins and Seth Ward -- Histrio-mastix: a whip for Webster / by Thomas Hall. Instead of Histrio-mastix some copies have: Vindiciae literarum / by Thomas Hall (p.261-335). Subjects: Webster, John 1610-1682Webster, John (Arzt)Science Study and teaching Great Britain History.1600-1699. Geschichte 1600-1700. 17th CenturyEducation History 17th century. Education ; Early works to 1800. Science History 17th century.Education history. Science history. Universities.Éducation ; Ouvrages avant 1800. 3 Kg.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. Pictures are included in the book. Slight edge wear. Green coloring on head of the book. Pages are clean. Book is tight. Jacket condition is very good.

Condición: very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: near fine. First edition, complete line of . NOT an ex library book. 222 pages including the index. Dust jacket has no chips or tears, price is clipped.

Condición: Good. 1st. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 8vo, iv, 65pp; 67-239pp [Facsimile] some pencil annotations, Signature to front endpaper, Green Cloth (Very Good), Dust Jacket (minor wear o/w Good).

18pp. sq. 8vo Saddle stapled off-white wrappers. Inaugural Lecture as The Morris Fishbein Professor of the History of Science & Medicine, University of Chicago, 27 November 1978. Presentation copy SIGNED by the author. Front cover fore-edge stained, else VG+.

First Edition. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: [5], 307 pages : facsimiles ; 25 cm. Notes: Contains facsimile reprints of Webster's Academiarum examen, 1654; Vindiciae academiarum, by J. Wilkins and S. Ward, 1654, and Hall's Histrio mastix, 1654.Includes bibliographical references. Contents: Includes facsimile reprints of: Academiarum examen / by John Webster -- Vindiciae academiarum / by John Wilkins and Seth Ward -- Histrio-mastix: a whip for Webster / by Thomas Hall. Instead of Histrio-mastix some copies have: Vindiciae literarum / by Thomas Hall (p.261-335). Subjects: Webster, John 1610-1682Webster, John (Arzt)Science Study and teaching Great Britain History.1600-1699. Geschichte 1600-1700. 17th CenturyEducation History 17th century. Education ; Early works to 1800. Science History 17th century.Education history. Science history. Universities.Éducation ; Ouvrages avant 1800. 1 Kg.

sewn PAPERBACK, attractive copy, very good. DEBUS, ALLEN G. / WALTON, MICHAEL THOMSON, 1945-, ed. . Reading the book of nature: the other side of the Scientific Revolution. Allen G. Debus and Michael T. Walton, editors. Kirksville, Mo: Sixteenth Century Journal Publishers, 1998, xvi, 280pp., . Series: Sixteenth century essays & studies ; v. 41 The present volume is composed of papers read at a series of sessions centered on the history of Renaissance and early modern science and medicine held in Saint Louis at the Sexteenth Century Studeies Conference, October 24-27, 1996. - CONTENTS: Genesis and chemistry in the sixteenth century / Michael T. Walton -- Seeds with a mechanical purpose: Severinus' semina and seventeenth-century matter theory / Jole Shackelford -- Erastus and Patracelsianism: theological motifs in Thomas Erastus' rejection of Paracelsian natural philosophy / Charles D. Gunnoe, Jr. -- Libavius the Paracelsian? Monstrous novelties, institutions, and the norms of social virtue / Bruce T. Moran -- Alchemical and Baconian views on the art-nature division / William R. Newman -- Wisdom of the ancients and Francis Bacon's New Atlantis / Stephen A. McKnight -- John Dee and the Paracelsians / Nicholas H. Clulee -- "Older" view about matter in John Wilkins' "Modern" mathematical magick / Ana Maria Alfonso-Goldfarh -- Paracelsus and the delayed scientific revolution in Spain: a legacy of Philip II / Allen G. Debus -- Danish medicines for the Danes and the defense of indigenous medicines / Martha Baldwin -- Diversity in alchemy: the case of Gaston "Claveus" DuClo, a scholastic mercurialist chrysopoeian -- Lawrence M. Principe -- Many worlds of Jean D'Espagnet / Thomas Willard -- Talismans, incubi, divination, and the Book of M*: the bureau d'adresse confronts the occult / Kathleen Wellman -- Nature and art in seventeenth-century French chemical textbooks / Ursula Klein -- Contribution of Laurent Joubert's Traité du ris to sixteenth-century physiology of laughter / Vera Cecília Machline. 9780940474482 ISBN 0940474484.

Paperback. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. First Edition. Evidence of a previous price sticker on front cover near top corner. No DJ. Previous owner name on inside back cover. No other markings in book. Binding is tight. 222pp.

Journal. Condición: As New. Clean, unmarked pages. Good binding and cover. Softcover. A lecture presented by Allen G. Debus on the history of chemistry. Minimal wear to cover. Signed by Debus. Ships daily.

Frontispiece, xiii, 485 pp; illustrations. Original cloth. Very Good. This copy does NOT have any library markings. First Edition.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. 1st Edition.

Condición: good. May show signs of wear, highlighting, writing, and previous use. This item may be a former library book with typical markings. No guarantee on products that contain supplements Your satisfaction is 100% guaranteed. Twenty-five year bookseller with shipments to over fifty million happy customers.

Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. First American Edition. A really fine social history of science and the Old and New worlds in European medicine and scien. Five chapters, augmented with seven black-and-white plates and then also a single woodcut, depicting Paracelsus and his students and followers. Sturdy, attractive, tightly bound in hardcover format, generally clean, lightly toned at worst, minimal rubbing to extremities. Bound simply in green cloth over boards, black-stamped lettering to front cover and spine. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. [6], 7-222 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.