Essays on the Floating-Matter of the Air in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection (The Classics of Medicine Library)
by Tyndall, John
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- Hardcover
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Gryphon Editions. Used - Very Good. 2003. Leather with gilt decoration and lettering. 8vo. xix & 338 pp. Facsimile reprint of the 1882 edition. Decorative marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Mild shelf wear, otherwise very sound. (Subject: Medical History.)
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- Essays on the Floating-Matter of the Air in Relation to Putrefaction and Infection (The Classics of Medicine Library)
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- Tyndall, John
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Gryphon Editions
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