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Additions to the General Anatomy of Xavier Bichat
by Béclard, P.A
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Richardson and Lord, 1823. Hard Cover. Fair. 328 p.: frontispiece portrait of Xavier Bichat; 22 cm. Contemporary full calf. Translated from the French by George Hayward. Front fixed endpaper bears bookplate indicating that this book was given to Haverford College in 1866 from the library of Prof. Paul Swift, M.D., partially covered by the bookplate of the Academy of the New Church Library, stamped "Discard." Front fixed endpaper also bears small stamps of Haverford College and of Charles S. Cole, Jr., Bryn Athyn, Pa. Title page also bears the same stamps, as well as former owner Paul Swift's name at the head and the perforated stamp of the Academy Library, Bryn Athyn, Pa. A 6-digit number is stamped at the foot of the third page. The spine is covered in clear library tape, affixing typed library labels identifying the book. In Fair Condition: leather is rubbed and scraped; spine covered in clear tape with paper labels; back board nearly detached (but held by tape); front board detached (but held by tape); frontispiece separated from text block, with front board; occasional soiling and foxing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001857
- Title
- Additions to the General Anatomy of Xavier Bichat
- Author
- Béclard, P.A
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richardson and Lord
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1823
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine & Psychology;
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About the Seller
Classic Books and Ephemera
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
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- 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...
- Bookplate
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- Title Page
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- Fair
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- New
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- 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....
- Spine
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