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a bio-bibliography of andreas vesalius
by CUSHING, HARVEY
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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About This Item
1943. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper. Large 8vo. - limited edition of 800 copies - green quarter leather binding over green buckram boards - gilt emblem to front cover and gilt titles and decoration to spine - - corners bumped and boards slightly rubbed faded and shelfworn with some slight grubby marks - leather to spine is rubbed and chipped around edges with scuffs and scratches - dust mark to base edge of text block - endpapers foxed and toned and previous owners stamp to front free endpaper - old booksellers sticker to front pastedown endpaper - Book ow/ solid, content clean and bright - 229 pages
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- Title
- a bio-bibliography of andreas vesalius
- Author
- CUSHING, HARVEY
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1943
- Size
- No dustwrapper
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Hay on Wye, Powys
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