John Pecham and the Science of Optics
by Pecham, John; David C. Lindberg [editor]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0299057305
- ISBN 13
- 9780299057305
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
Madison, Milwaukee, and London: The University of Wisconsin Press, 1970. Hardcover. Very Good in Fair dust jacket. 25 x 17 cm. Octavo. xvii 300pp [1]. Grey cloth in dust jacket. Parallel text in English and Latin of Peacham's Middle Ages treatise "Perspectiva communis". Jacket is worn with chipping and a closed tear to the spoine and a piece out of the back of the jacket and some toning. Previous owner's bookplate on front fixed endpaper. Date written on front free endpaper. Toning to the cloth at the spine and edges.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 66901
- Title
- John Pecham and the Science of Optics
- Author
- Pecham, John; David C. Lindberg [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Fair dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0299057305
- ISBN 13
- 9780299057305
- Publisher
- The University of Wisconsin Press
- Place of Publication
- Madison, Milwaukee, and London
- Date Published
- 1970
Terms of Sale
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...