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![[Advertisement] Bioplasm (Bower) in Neurasthenia: A Specific for the Nerve Tire and Brain Fag of the Overworked](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/201/001/1602001201.0.m.jpg)
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[Advertisement] Bioplasm (Bower) in Neurasthenia: A Specific for the Nerve Tire and Brain Fag of the Overworked
by Bioplasm Company (firm)
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- Used - Near Fine binding
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- Unbound
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$50.00
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New York: Bioplasm Company. Unbound. Near Fine binding. Bifolium. 5" x 4." Very crisp copy with only trivial wear. Bioplasm Company was one of a great number offering pseudo-remedies at the turn of the century. In his expose of patent medicines The Great American Fraud, Samuel Hopkins Adams singles out Bioplasm Company of "[deserving] some special attention. … Read more about this item Item Price
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BULLETIN OF THE BUFFALO SOCIETY OF NATURAL SCIENCES (Volume III, No. 4)
by Dellenbaugh, F. S.; Aug. R. Grote, and M. C. Cooke
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1877
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- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$39.00
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Buffalo, NY: Courier Company, Printers, 1877. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. 137-192 pp., plate. As issued, stitched and in printed wrappers; one mounted photograph of black-winged catocala; textblock unopened. A bright copy with limited wear and soiling. Contents include the conclusion of D. S. Jordan's "Check List of Fishes of the Fresh Waters of North America"; F.… Read more about this item Item Price
$39.00
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THE PAPERS OF MICHAEL TUOMEY
by Tuomey, Michael | edited by Lewis S. Dean
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- Used - Near Fine binding
- Published
- 2001
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- Hard Cover
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$105.00
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Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Company, Publishers, 2001. Hard Cover. Near Fine binding. Octavo. xxviii, 364 pp., frontis. First edition. Signed by Dean on the title page, additionally, there is a note written on the verso of his business card and laid in. In publisher's cloth. A bright fresh copy. An uncommon collection by the mid-19th century State Geologist of… Read more about this item Item Price
$105.00
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HISTORIARUM ANATOMICARUM RARIORUM CENTURIA I et II
by [Bartholin, Thomas] Bartholini, Thomae
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- Used - Very Good binding
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- 1654
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- Hard Cover
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$550.00
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Hafniae [Copenhagen]: Academicis Martzani sumptibus Petri Hauboldt, 1654. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Small octavo. [16], 360, [8] pp., plates, illus. First edition. Rebound in recent cloth with morocco title label; engraved title plus 9 engravings, of which 2 are folding. Additional in-text woodcuts scattered throughout. Complete. Preliminary leaves and final leaves of the index are a bit… Read more about this item Item Price
$550.00
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HAUS-UND REISE-APOTHEKE
by Schaffers, Johan Gottlieb
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- Used - Fair binding
- Published
- 1760
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$275.00
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Regensburg: Johann Leopold Montag, 1760. Hard Cover. Fair binding. Octavo. [24], 56, [14] pp. First edition. In early paper over scaleboard binding; spine is lacking. Boards are rubbed exposing the scaleboard underneath in a few places; despite the missing spine the binding is fairly stable. Internally a very good copy.
The first edition of Schaffer's pharmaceutical… Read more about this item Item Price
$275.00
FLORA OF RICHMOND AND VICINITY (Exclusive of Grasses, Sedges and Trees)
by Merriman, Paul R. | illustrated by Mary S. Lynn
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1930
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$33.00
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Richmond: Virginia Academy of Sciences, 1930. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo. 353 pp., illus. First edition. As issued, in publisher's green cloth. Binding a trifle soiled, but a nice, tight copy, clean throughout. Item Price
$33.00
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DE EPIDEMIIS MAXIME MEMORABILIBUS, QUAE IN DANIA GRASSATAE SUNT, DE DE MEDICINAE STATU. Disquisitio Historico-Medica (Particula Prima)
by Mansa, F. G.
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1831
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$165.00
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Hauniae: Jani Hostrup Shultz, 1831. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. [4], 133, [3] pp. In blue paper over flexible boards; spine is reinforced with a sympathetically colored paper--appears to be a 19th or early 20th century repair. Generally worn at the extremities with some creasing to the covers; front hinge and first gathering are a trifle loose, but… Read more about this item Item Price
$165.00
![[Cover Title] COLT PRESS FIRST ANNIVERSARY, 1939](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/450/537/1525537450.0.m.jpg)
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[Cover Title] COLT PRESS FIRST ANNIVERSARY, 1939
by [Grabhorn, Jane. Colt Press]
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- Used - Very Good+ binding
- Published
- 1939
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- Original Wrappers
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$94.00
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San Francisco: Colt Press, 1939. Original Wrappers. Very Good+ binding. 12mo. [12] pp., illus. As issued, stapled into stiff, printed wrappers; loose order form laid in. Light soiling to the bright yellow wrappers; some faint wrinkling to the inner margin of the contents, likely from folding and binding; contents clean. A bright copy of an uncommon piece of… Read more about this item Item Price
$94.00
A LETTER TO THE CITIZENS OF PENNSYLVANIA, ON THE NECESSITY OF PROMOTING AGRICULTURE, MANUFACTURES, AND THE USEFUL ARTS
by Logan, George
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- Used - Good binding
- Published
- 1800
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- Disbound
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$550.00
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Philadelphia: Patterson & Cochran, 1800. Disbound. Good binding. Octavo. 30, [2] pp. Second edition. Removed from nonce volume. Final blank leaf is detaching; text us otherwise loose but holding together; original stitching holes in the inner margin; pencil note and 5-digit ink stamp on the title page; the top corner of the recto of each leaf has manuscript… Read more about this item Item Price
$550.00
![PROCEEDINGS OF THE ALABAMA INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, Volumes 1-9, 1891-1899 [with] CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS . . . . Adopted at the Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Jan. 28, 1891 [All Published]](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/737/465/1500465737.0.m.jpg)
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ALABAMA INDUSTRIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, Volumes 1-9, 1891-1899 [with] CONSTITUTION & BY-LAWS . . . . Adopted at the Annual Meeting, Birmingham, Jan. 28, 1891 [All Published]
by Alabama Industrial and Scientific Society
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1900
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- Original Wrappers
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$495.00
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Tuscaloosa and Atlanta: Alabama Industrial and Scientific Society | various printers, 1900. Original Wrappers. Very Good binding. Octavo. First edition. All are as issued, in printed wrappers. Variously paginated; a few volumes with plates, one folding; volumes I, IV, VI, VII, IX are in two parts, all other volumes are in a single issues. Generally in remarkably nice… Read more about this item Item Price
$495.00
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THE CONQUEST OF DEATH
by [Americana] Kinney, Abbot
- Condition
- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1893
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$165.00
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New York: Privately published, 1893. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. x, 259 pp. First edition. In publisher's cloth with title in gold on the front cover and spine. Relatively light shelfwear and soiling including a vertical scratch in the center of the front cover; spine is a trifle darkened; rear board is a bit bumped on the… Read more about this item Item Price
$165.00
SURGICAL CARE OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY
by Stark, Richard B. and Janet C. Stark
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1958
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- Stapled Pamphlet
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- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$50.00
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New York: Reprinted from Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine, 1958. Stapled Pamphlet. Very Good binding. Large octavo. [2], 387-408 pp. Off-print, in stiff orange wrappers. Light foxing to the first and last page, otherwise clean. An interesting history of medicine during the Civil War, including sections on sanitation, anesthesia, treatment of hemorrhage and wound care,… Read more about this item Item Price
$50.00
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THE ELEMENTS OF EXPERIMENTAL CHEMISTRY (The Fourth American, from the Seventh London Edition, Greatly Enlarged)
by Henry, William | edited and expanded by John Redman Coxe
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- Used - Good binding
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- 1817
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- Full Leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$220.00
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Philadelphia: James Webster, 1817. Full Leather. Good binding. Octavo. xxx, [2], 656, xcv pp., plates, folding table. Fourth American edition. In marbled calf with red morocco title label on the spine. A handsome binding with trivial shelfwear; contemporary owner name and bookplate of William E. Allen on the front endpaper and title page; evidence of early moisture exposure… Read more about this item Item Price
$220.00
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AN ESSAY ON THE DISEASES OF THE INTERNAL EAR. With a Supplement on the Diseases of the External Ear by the Translator
by Saissy, Jean Antoine | translated by Nathan R. Smith
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- Used - near Very Good binding
- Published
- 1829
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- Full Leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$165.00
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Baltimore: Hatch & Dunning, 1829. Full Leather. near Very Good binding. Octavo. 228 pp., folding frontis. First American edition. In contemporary sheep with black morocco title label on the spine. Lower corner of the front board is stained in addition to some spot staining to the rear cover; moderate to heavy foxing throughout; folding frontispiece is crisp. "Saissy… Read more about this item Item Price
$165.00
HEALTH, DISEASE, AND REMEDY, FAMILIARLY AND PRACTICALLY CONSIDERED, IN A FEW OF THEIR RELATIONS TO THE BLOOD
by Moore, George
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1850
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$55.00
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New York: Harper & Brothers, 1850. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. 12mo. 320 pp. First American edition. As issued, in red embossed cloth with title in gold on the spine. Covers are a trifle soiled, but on the whole, a very nice copy; solid; contemporary owner name in pencil on the front free endpaper and the title page… Read more about this item Item Price
$55.00
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, COMMENCEMENT 1905
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- Used - Good binding
- Published
- 1905
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- Suede
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$39.00
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Richmond: University College of Medicine, 1905. Suede. Good binding. [10] pp. Laced with a suede thong into stamped limp suede covers. Leaves are heavily toned from the suede, but legible and still strong. Leaves printed on the recto only, contents include Commencement announcement with engraved vignette, program, class officers, and graduating class from medical, dental, and pharmacy. One… Read more about this item Item Price
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THE NATURE AND TREATMENT OF DEAFNESS AND DISEASES OF THE EAR; AND THE TREATMENT OF THE DEAF AND DUMB
by Dufton, William
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- Used - Good binding
- Published
- 1848
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$66.00
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Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1848. Hard Cover. Good binding. Octavo. 120, [24 (publisher ads)] pp. frontis. First American edition. As issued, in brown cloth. Covers stained; printed title label is lacking; binding remains solid; tideline to the top margin of the textblock throughout. Previous owner name on the front free endpaper. Item Price
$66.00
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MEDECINE MATERNELLE, OU L'ART D'ELEVER ET DE CONSERVER LES ENFANS
by Leroy, Alphonse
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1803
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- Quarter Leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$165.00
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Paris: Mequignon l'aîné, 1803. Quarter Leather. Very Good binding. Octavo. xxiv, 442, [1 errata] pp., frontis. First Edition. Backed in specked calf with pastepaper over boards and parchment tipped corners. A solid binding with light rubbing to the extremities. Interior has a faint tideline in the top margin to the first 100 pages or so; previous bookseller notes… Read more about this item Item Price
$165.00
TECHNIQUE OF CONTRACEPTION: THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF ANTI-CONCEPTIONAL METHODS
by Cooper, James F.
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- Used - Very Good binding
- Published
- 1928
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- Hard Cover
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$28.00
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New York: Day-Nichols, 1928. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Octavo. xvi, 271, [1] pp. First Edition, limited to 1000 copies. As issued, in dark cloth with gold titling on the front cover and spine. Covers are lightly stained; hinges are a bit loose; some toning to the page edges; previous owner name on the front pastedown else contents… Read more about this item Item Price
$28.00
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LA PHYSIQUE EXPLIQUEE EN TABLES PAR LOUIS DE LESCLACHE. Avec privil. du roy. P. Richer
by Lesclache, Louis de; Pierre Richer
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- Used - Good binding
- Published
- 1652
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- Full Leather
- Quantity Available
- 1
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Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, USA
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$275.00
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[Paris], 1652. Full Leather. Good binding. Small quarto. Engraved title page and 26 engraved plates, constituting "De l'Utilite de la Physique." Bound in contemporary calf; chipping at the spine ends; corners worn; some desiccation to the covers, nevertheless, binding is solid. Contemporary owner name and date, "1653" on a preliminary blank. Additional owner stamp on the back of… Read more about this item Item Price
$275.00
