Early Books on Medicine, Natural Sciences and Alchemy
by L'Art Ancien S.A
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Some uniform light tanning to text, no signs of use; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Seller
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Zurich: L'Art Ancien S.A., 1940. First edition. Some uniform light tanning to text, no signs of use; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. 722, 4 full page plates, numerous text-figures. Publisher's original red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, lg 8vo. This presents an annotated bibliography of early books on medicine, natural sciences and alchemy - 1988 titles are listed. Most books included are from the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. All annotations are in English though the books are primarily European in origin and in Latin, German and French. No ownership marks.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3592
- Title
- Early Books on Medicine, Natural Sciences and Alchemy
- Author
- L'Art Ancien S.A
- Book Condition
- Used - Some uniform light tanning to text, no signs of use; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Zurich: L'Art Ancien S.A., 1940. First edition
- Keywords
- Natural history reference works bibliography European books 15th century 16th century 17th century medicine natural science alchemy
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History Reference Works;
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Natural History Books
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Iowa City, Iowa
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Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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