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PLATES OF THE THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL NERVES, Reduced from the Original, Accompanied By Coloured Explanations and a Description of the Par Vagum, Great Sympathetic and Phrenic Nerves
by Walter, John Gottlieb (1734-1818)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: By Order of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin/John Murray, 1804. First Edition in English. Hard Cover. Very Good. Quarto. [vii], 50pp., four engraved plates, each accompanied by a detailed hand-colored outline plate keyed to the text explanation; eight plates in total. Rebound to style in half-calf and marbled boards; new endpapers. Light age-toning to some page edges, internally very clean; expert paper repair to the fore-edge of page 41 not affecting text. Overall, very good and quite scarce on the market. [Cushing W30].
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- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6913
- Title
- PLATES OF THE THORACIC AND ABDOMINAL NERVES, Reduced from the Original, Accompanied By Coloured Explanations and a Description of the Par Vagum, Great Sympathetic and Phrenic Nerves
- Author
- Walter, John Gottlieb (1734-1818)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition in English
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- By Order of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Berlin/John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1804
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Surprise, Arizona
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- Quarto
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