Obras del P. Bernabé Cobo (Biblioteca de autores españoles desde la Formacion del Lenguaje hasta Nuestros Dias, (Continuacion)--Volumes 1 & 2
by Bernabé Cobo et Francisco Mateos
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Coventry, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Madrid: Estades, Artes Graficas. Frontispieces and headpiece on title page. 439; 516 pp. Handsome light brown marbled covers with black gilt lettered title labels on spine. Name stamp of renowned Robert Carneiro on flyleaf. Clean, bright, tight copies of this scarce set; inside front hinge of Vol. I is broken. " Padre Bernabé Cobo (born at Lopera in Spain, 1582; died at Lima, Peru, 9 October 1657) was a Spanish Jesuit missionary and writer. He played a part in the early history of quinine by his description of cinchona bark." Extra shipping costs may be required. . Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition Assumed. 1956.
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- Bookseller
- Sheila B. Amdur (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021823
- Title
- Obras del P. Bernabé Cobo (Biblioteca de autores españoles desde la Formacion del Lenguaje hasta Nuestros Dias, (Continuacion)--Volumes 1 & 2
- Author
- Bernabé Cobo et Francisco Mateos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition Assumed
- Publisher
- Estades, Artes Graficas
- Place of Publication
- Madrid
- Date Published
- 1956
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Quinine; Botany
Terms of Sale
Sheila B. Amdur
Two week return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to two weeks after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Sheila B. Amdur
Biblio member since 2008
Coventry, Connecticut
About Sheila B. Amdur
Specializing in the history of medicine and psychiatry; Connecticut History; scholarly books; rare and antiquarian; general stock.
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