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CASES OF DISEASED BLADDER AND TESTICLE. ILLUSTRATED WITH ETCHINGS
by Wadd, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: J. Callow, 1817. Hardcover. Quarto, vii-x, 3, 72 pages with 21 plates. In Good condition. Rebound in modern quarter black leather with boards covered in marbled paper and red leather label bearing gilt titling to spine. Text block significantly age toned and foxed. Front free endpaper loosened. Plates all present and intact. An ex-library copy with usual markings, including a bookplate to front pastedown, institutional stamps to several pages, and embossed stamp. MF Consignment. Shelved in Upstairs Hall. 1355632. Special Collections.
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Details
- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1355632
- Title
- CASES OF DISEASED BLADDER AND TESTICLE. ILLUSTRATED WITH ETCHINGS
- Author
- Wadd, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. Callow
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1817
- Keywords
- Infectious Diseases, Medical Illustration
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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