A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye. [bound with] The Cure of Strabismus by Surgical Operation
by MACKENZIE, William
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About This Item
London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840, 1841.. Two works bound in one. 8vo. 1. Third edition. (iii)-xxxiv, 923, (1), bound without the half title; 2. Sole edition. 30 pp. Contemporary brown half calf over marbled boards, spine rebacked to style in a close matching leather with raised bands and a gilt lettered label. Frontispiece, another plate and illustrations in the text to the first work, just one illustration to the second. Some wear to the boards and the edges of the endpapers, else very good.
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- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
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- Title
- A Practical Treatise on the Diseases of the Eye. [bound with] The Cure of Strabismus by Surgical Operation
- Author
- MACKENZIE, William
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans
- Date Published
- 1840, 1841.
- Keywords
- Natural History Medicine Science
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- 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....
- Edges
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- Marbled boards
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- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...