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Application des principes de mécanique aux machines les plus en usagemues par l'eau, la vapeur, le vent et les animaux et a diverses Constructions
by Taffe, A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Granville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Bruxelles: Meline, 1837. Leatherbound. Published Bruxelles: Meline, 1837. text in french. 8vo., 341pp., 8 fold-out plates. 1/4 leather with gilt spine titles and designs over burgundy and black marbled boards, marbled endpapers and edges. Crack to the leather at the front hinge, hinge strong, cover intact. some rub to the boards. Internally very good plus, pages and plates clean, crisp and bright with no foxing.. Hard. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 8vo.
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- The Wild Muse
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008542
- Title
- Application des principes de mécanique aux machines les plus en usagemues par l'eau, la vapeur, le vent et les animaux et a diverses Constructions
- Author
- Taffe, A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Publisher
- Meline
- Place of Publication
- Bruxelles
- Date Published
- 1837
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science;
- Size
- 8vo
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Granville, New York
About The Wild Muse
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- Edges
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
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