Rarities
The following items are believed to represent the only copies of these works, or editions of works, in the United Kingdom. Where possible we have then investigated holdings wordwide and have noted the number of copies discoverable. Three items in the collection are believed to be unique.
Rare and unique items
| Author | Title | Place of publication | Date of publication | Shelfmark (click to view record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paracelsus |
Drey Bücher. I. Das Holtzbüchlin, darinnen... der recht Nutz... des frantzosen Holtzes |
Strasbourg | 1565 | Ferguson Ap-d.28 |
| Paracelsus | De morbo gallico. Warhaffte Cur der Frantzosen (8 copies worldwide) |
Strasbourg | 1578 | Ferguson An-x.29 |
| Harvey, Gideon | Venus unmasked: or a more exact discovery of the venereal evil, or French disease (1 other copy) |
London | 1665 | Ferguson An-d.60 |
| Lister, Martin | Martini Lister Sex exercitationes medicinales de quibusdam morbis chronicis: quarum … quarta, De lue venerea (14 worldwide) |
Frankfurt | 1696 | Bo7-m.13 |
| Verduc, Jean-Baptiste | Les opérations de la chirurgie, par vne methode courte et facile, [Jean-Baptiste Verduc]. Avec deux traitez, l'un des maladies de l'estomac, et l'autre des maux vénériens (1 other copy) |
Paris | 1698 | Hunterian At.3.3 |
| Jackson, Joseph | Enchiridion medicum theoretico-practicum … Appendix de lue venerea. (12 copies worldwide) |
Brussels | 1705 | Hunterian Au.4.21 |
| Vercellone, Jacopo | ... De pudendorum morbis et lue venerea (8 copies worldwide) |
Asti | 1716 | 86.b.13 |
| Evans? | A specifick by which any person may be preserved from being ever infected with the venereal disease (Believed to be unique) |
London | 1727 | Hunterian Em.3.1 |
| Janson, Nicolas de | Tableau des maladies vénériennes, consideré par raport aux differentes … (1 other copy) |
Paris | 1745 | Hunterian Ab.7.16 |
| [Keyser, Jean] | Methode de M. Keyser, : pour l'administration de ses dragées dans le traitement des maladies venériennes (5 copies worldwide) |
1762 | RB 2676 | |
| Daran, Jacques | A complete treatise on the virulent gonorrhoea (1 other copy) |
London | 1766 | NH.6.24 |
| Daran, Jacques | A complete treatise on the virulent gonorrhoea (1 other copy) |
London | 1766 | Hunterian Ab.7.24 |
| Plenck, Josef Jakob, Ritter von | Neue und leichte Art den mit der Lustseuche angesteckten Kranken das Quecksilber zu geben (1 other copy) |
Vienna | 1767 | Ferguson Ap-y.101 |
| Horne, Jacques de | Exposition raisonée des différentes méthodes d'administrer le mercure dans les maladies vénériennes (18 copies worldwide) |
Paris | 1775 | Hunterian Add. 190 |
| A modest and critical enquiry into the various modes of preventing the venereal disease (Believed to be unique) |
London | 1775 | Robertson Bf66-e.18 | |
| Smyth, J. H. | A new treatise on the venereal disease (Believed to be the only copy of this edition) |
London | 1777 | Hunterian Ek.1.4 |
Title page of A complete treatise on the virulent gonorrhoea
Title page of De morbo gallico
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Title page of Meisters der Wundarzney und Geburtshülfe
Title page of Tableau des maladies veneriennes
