The Awakening Interest in Science during the First Century of Printing 1450-1550 : An Annotated Checklist of First Editions [1970 first edition; new, still sealed in publisher's shipping carton]
by Stillwell, Margaret Bingham
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
- New/in publisher's shipping carton
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- Title
- The Awakening Interest in Science during the First Century of Printing 1450-1550 : An Annotated Checklist of First Editions [1970 first edition; new, still sealed in publisher's shipping carton]
- Author
- Stillwell, Margaret Bingham
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- in publisher's shipping carton
- Edition
- First Edition, Limited to 1500 copies
- Publisher
- The Bibliographical Society of America
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Size
- xxix, 401pp
- Bookseller catalogs
- Physics; Mathematics; Astronomy; Medicine / Medical History / Health; Nature / Natural History / Ecology / Gardening; Book Collecting / References for Book Collectors;
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