VAN SWIETEN'S COMMENTARIES ABRIDGED
by By Dr. Schomberg, of Bath
- Used
- Condition
- good, full leather (hardcover) leather cracking at hinges
- Seller
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Walpole, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for W. Johnson, 1762. HC. good, full leather (hardcover) leather cracking at hinges. An important medical education book from the mid to late 18th century. Original calf binding with wear, leather cracked at hinges, lacks front free endpaper but nice 1770 bookplate on front pastedown. Only about right 1/3 of original spine label remains. 416pp, index.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ray Boas, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS072082I
- Title
- VAN SWIETEN'S COMMENTARIES ABRIDGED
- Author
- By Dr. Schomberg, of Bath
- Format/Binding
- HC
- Book Condition
- Used - good, full leather (hardcover) leather cracking at hinges
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for W. Johnson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1762
- Bookseller catalogs
- MEDICAL;
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Ray Boas, Bookseller
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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 Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...