Elements of Psychology: Included in a Critical Examination of Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding
by Cousin, Victor
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Anselmo, California, United States
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About This Item
Hartford. Cooke and Co. 1834. Bound in full trade leather over boards. Gilt title label. Thick 8vo. The First Edition in English. Translated from the French with an introduction, notes, and additions, by C.S. Henry. Covers have been rather crudely re-attatched with some loss of surface leather at hinges. Front free endsheet re-glued and lacking a portion at gutter. Foxed throughout. A serviceable and firm copy of one of the most vital books on the psychological sciences- The first book in English to mention the word "Psychology". This first edition is exceedingly rare and very infrequently offered for sale to the general public.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8270
- Title
- Elements of Psychology: Included in a Critical Examination of Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding
- Author
- Cousin, Victor
- Format/Binding
- Bound in full trade leather over boards. Gilt title label.
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cooke and Co.
- Place of Publication
- Hartford.
- Date Published
- 1834.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
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San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
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- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...