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MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL MEMOIRS, CONTAINING, AMONG OTHER SUBJECTS, A PARTICULAR ENQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE LATE PESTILENTIAL EPIDEMICS OF THE UNITED STATES
by Caldwell, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Thomas & William Bradford, 1801. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, [16], 296, [4], [305]-348 pages. Good+; Bound in contemporary full tree calf with red leather label to spine; Bumping and rubbing to edges and corners of boards and head and tail of spine; Minor insect damage to lower fore edge corner of front board; Damp staining to lower fore edge corner of boards and text block throughout; Bookplate to front pastedown; Text block age-toned and foxed. MF consignment. 1357071. Special Collections.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1357071
- Title
- MEDICAL AND PHYSICAL MEMOIRS, CONTAINING, AMONG OTHER SUBJECTS, A PARTICULAR ENQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF THE LATE PESTILENTIAL EPIDEMICS OF THE UNITED STATES
- Author
- Caldwell, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas & William Bradford
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1801
- Keywords
- Infectious Diseases
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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