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ACCOUNT OF THE FOXGLOVE, AND SOME OF ITS MEDICAL USES: WITH PRACTICAL REMARKS ON DROPSY, AND OTHER DISEASES
by Withering, William
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Birmingham, AL: The Classics of Medicine Library. As New. 1979. Facsimile Reprint of 1785 First Edition. Hardcover. An as new limited edition privately printed for members of The Classics of Medicine Library. Binding is top grain genuine maroon cowhide with marbled endpapers & maroon silk bookmark. Brass stamped cover design and edges are gilded in 22-karat gold. Curtis Rag paper specially made for this edition. Publisher's bookplate produced for each member is laid-in. Large fold-out color frontispiece of foxglove. [xx, 1, 207pp, 2]. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 207 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17788
- Title
- ACCOUNT OF THE FOXGLOVE, AND SOME OF ITS MEDICAL USES: WITH PRACTICAL REMARKS ON DROPSY, AND OTHER DISEASES
- Author
- Withering, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Edition
- Facsimile Reprint of 1785 First Edition
- Publisher
- The Classics of Medicine Library
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham, AL
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- Medical
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medical;
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Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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