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MEMOIRS OF MEDICINE; INCLUDING A SKETCH OF MEDICAL HISTORY, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
by Walker, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: J. Johnson, 1799. Hardcover. Octavo, xvi, 3-250 pp. Good; bound in contemporary marbled paper and leather, with cracks to hinges and wear to spine edges and corners; binding tight; text block age-toned with some areas of discoloration; light foxing to pages throughout; previous owner name in ink on ffep "W. Carr;"MF consignment. 1357341. Special Collections.
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- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1357341
- Title
- MEMOIRS OF MEDICINE; INCLUDING A SKETCH OF MEDICAL HISTORY, FROM THE EARLIEST ACCOUNTS TO THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
- Author
- Walker, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. Johnson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1799
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Rockville, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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....