Apologie and Treatise of Ambroise Pare
by Pare, Ambroise
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket, As Issued
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Birmingham: Gryphon Editions / Classics of Medicine Library, 1984. Full leather. Facsimile reprint of the 1951 London Falcon edition. Published NY: Gryphon Editions, privately printed for Classics of Medicine Library, 1984. 8vo., 6" x 9." Frontis+xxiii+227 pp., illustrated. Bound in black cowhide with gilt design to covers, spine with raised bands and designs, gilt stamped in 22 karat gold, lavish marbled end papers, all edge gilt, attached blue ribbon marker. A pristine, fine copy of a beautifully produced book. "Notes from the Editors" booklet laid in.. Hard. Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo..
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- Bookseller
- The Wild Muse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003715
- Title
- Apologie and Treatise of Ambroise Pare
- Author
- Pare, Ambroise
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Publisher
- Gryphon Editions / Classics of Medicine Library
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham
- Date Published
- 1984
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Medicine;
- Size
- 8vo.
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