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THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF WILLIAM GILBERT, GALILEO GALILEI, WILLIAM HARVEY
by Gilbert, William; Galilei, Galileo; Harvey, William; Mottelay, P. Fleury [Translator]; Crew, Henry [Translator]; De Salvio, Alfonso [Translator]; Willis, Robert [Translator]; Yankus, Marc [Illustrator]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1984. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 496 pages. In Very Good condition. Bound in green fine genuine leather, paneled spine has gilt lettering and spine, front, and back covers have profuse gilt and black tooling. Minor shelfwear to spine and to edges of front and back boards. Slight chipping to front board. All edges gilt with slight scratching to edges of textblock. Illustrations tipped in at the beginning of each author's writings. Contains a silk ribbon, silk endpapers. Shelved in Franklin Library. The selected writings include Gilbert's 'On the Loadstone and Magnetic Bodies and on the Great Magnet the Earth'; Galilei's 'Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences'; and Harvey's 'An Anatomical Disquisition on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Animals,' 'The First Anatomical Disquisition Addressed to John Riolan,' 'A Second Disquisition Addressed to John Riolan,' and 'Anatomical Exercises on the Generation of Animals.'. 1369336. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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- Second Story Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1369336
- Title
- THE SELECTED WRITINGS OF WILLIAM GILBERT, GALILEO GALILEI, WILLIAM HARVEY
- Author
- Gilbert, William; Galilei, Galileo; Harvey, William; Mottelay, P. Fleury [Translator]; Crew, Henry [Translator]; De Salvio, Alfonso [Translator]; Willis, Robert [Translator]; Yankus, Marc [Illustrator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1984
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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