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Observations on the Medical and Domestic Management of the Consumptive ; on the Powers of Digitalis Purpurea; and on The Cure of Schrophula
by Beddoes, Thomas
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Longman and Rees, 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo. Rebound in half red cloth over floral paper boards and gilt lettered spine, without the half-title, engraved plate to face p. 47 placed in after p.87. 270pp. With Appendix 1, 2, and 3 by Robert Kinglake, M. D., with a second Appendix 3 and a conclusion, 124p., plus index with irregular pagination and the errata at the end. Ink stamp of the 'Medical Faculty Library, McGill University', with ink call number to lower margin of the advert leaf. Damp stain to the top third of the engraved plate with light occasional spotting to the text, but overall a good clean copy.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5519
- Title
- Observations on the Medical and Domestic Management of the Consumptive ; on the Powers of Digitalis Purpurea; and on The Cure of Schrophula
- Author
- Beddoes, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman and Rees
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1801
- Keywords
- medicine
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
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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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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