The Wonders of the human body: Being a familiar introduction to a knowledge of its anatomy and physiology: For the use of students, and young persons of both sexes.
by JAUFFRET, Louis Francois (AIKIN, Lucy, tr.)
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glendale, California, United States
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About This Item
First U.k. Edition. Hardback. 8vo. pp [4], 250, [2], [7] plates. Bound in contemporary quarter red leather over grey papered boards, Spine sympathetically rebacked by the Heritage Bindery with a refreshed label. The sheets are chiefly translated from a small French work, by Jauffret. Aimed at young people with the facts communicated in a question and answer mode. A very good copy with some rubbing and marking to boards - otherwise sound with complete uncut text and plates in clean condition showing the parts of the eye, the skeleton, the system of nerves in the body, and digestive organs. OCLC records 4 copies in America (UCLA, Princeton, Texas Medical College of Wisconsin). Rousseau, Nervous Acts 31.
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- Bookseller
- Reginald C. Williams Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 326
- Title
- The Wonders of the human body: Being a familiar introduction to a knowledge of its anatomy and physiology: For the use of students, and young persons of both sexes.
- Author
- JAUFFRET, Louis Francois (AIKIN, Lucy, tr.)
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's paper boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Phillips
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1810
- Pages
- 250
- Size
- 8vo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Science, Medical History
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