Physisk Beskrivelse Over Jordkloden
by Bergman, Torbern
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Port Hope, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Kobenhavn [Copenhagen]: : Thiels, , 1771. First Danish edition. 8vo, . Illustrated with 2 folding plates 1/2 calf and boards, lacking most of spine strip, boards rubbed with upper board detached, names to ffep, split to fold on one plate with marginal chips but still a good clean copy. In this work, Bergman identified four major classes of rock strata and examined the importance of fossils. Considered Bergman's most important work, his "Physical description of the Earth" was first published in Sweden in 1766. It became an instant success and was translated into several languages (although not in English).
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- Bookseller
- Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC, ILAB (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1036
- Title
- Physisk Beskrivelse Over Jordkloden
- Author
- Bergman, Torbern
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Danish edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Thiels,
- Place of Publication
- Kobenhavn [Copenhagen]:
- Date Published
- 1771
- Pages
- [xl], 648, [2] pp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Book-Natural History/Science;
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Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC, ILAB
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Port Hope, Ontario
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Spine Strip
- The material covering the spine, or the rear portion of the outside of a book.
- 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...