A red sun-like shape with a dial at the center and a fleur-de-lis on top is at the top center of this bookplate. A three-lined red square border surrounds this and the text beneath. This library was founded by Bern Dibner in 1941 and contains books on the History of Science. After Dibner's death in 1988, the collection was divided between the Smithsonian, MIT, and the Huntington.
Subject (Name):
Burndy Library, Dibner, Bern, b. 1897, and Yale School of Medicine
Title above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Craniology, Phrenology, Scientists, Baldness, and Wigs
Title derived from volume title., Frontispiece for: Essai sur l'ectricité́ des corps, Paris, 1746., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Scales & Balances; Weights & measures.
Publisher:
Chez les Frères Guérin
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, Experiments, Biomagnetism, Spectators, Scientists, and Scientific equipment
A plaque with two seashells adorning the top ends and two shells and a starfish completing the bottom. Moving down, there is a window looking out at trees and a steeple in the distance. Beneath this is a bookshelf with several shelves of books and various items on the top shelf. In the foreground is a coat of arms. A large flower is on either side of the plaque. In the middle, alongside the plate owner's name, are two circles with microscopic creatures inside. Beneath this is the image of a ship on the high seas dragging a net amongst 27 various marine creatures in the water.
Subject (Name):
Kofoid, Charles Atwood and Yale School of Medicine
Subject (Topic):
Bacteria, Books, Libraries, Nature, Scientists, and Ships
A room featuring a microscope and two mounted butterfly specimens in a box. An open book is to the lower right. In the background is a large bookcase filled with books, and various instruments about. To the right of the shelf is an open window looking out onto an open field, some trees, and a distant windmill.
Subject (Name):
Uppingham School Natural Science Society
Subject (Topic):
Books, Microscopes, Nature, Schools, Scientists, Societies, and Windows
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., Although the text refers to "Doctor S.", which could be Johann Spurzheim, the caricature resembles F. J. Gall., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Spinsters.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Harrison Isaacs, Charles Street Soho
Subject (Name):
Gall, F. J. 1758-1828. (Franz Joseph),
Subject (Topic):
Phrenology, Quacks and quackery, Anatomy, Comparative, Single women, Straw hats, Scientists, Wigs, Dogs, and Scientific equipment
