Cato Major; or, A Treatise on Old Age. With explanatory notes by the Honourable Mr Logan
by Cicero (Marcus Tullius) [Notes by James Logan]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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About This Item
Philadelphia, reprinted Glasgow: R. Urie, 1751. "Philadelphia printed, Glasgow reprinted". 12mo, pp x, 11-168, (3), a little age-toning, but overall very clean and tight, recently bound in an extremely attractive full speckled calf, spine with raised bands, the spine lettered Cicero, 1751. [The introductory three page advertisement was by Benjamin Franklin, and was originally published in his first edition of 1744.].. Full-Leather. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012616
- Title
- Cato Major; or, A Treatise on Old Age. With explanatory notes by the Honourable Mr Logan
- Author
- Cicero (Marcus Tullius) [Notes by James Logan]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- R. Urie
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia, reprinted Glasgow
- Date Published
- 1751
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine; Early works;
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Mike Park Ltd
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in 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....
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