[Extracts] Kelp.
by KELP
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
[n.p., s.l.], [N.d., c. 1800]. 8vo (215 x 135 mm), [2], 37, [1]pp., with half-title, recent quarter calf, marbled paper boards, morocco title label on upper cover. Three extracts from larger works but with pagination continues: 1. Extract from the Foreign Communications to the Board of Agriculture of London. Vol. I. Of Sea Weed or Wreck in Jersey. 2. Extract from an Essay on Kelp, By the Rev. Dr. Walker, Professor of Natural History in the University of Edinburgh. History of the Plants from which the Kelp in Made. 3. Extract from a Memoir on the Art of Making Kelp, &c. By Mr. Angus Beaton, Canongate, Edinburgh. How to prepare the Shore, so as to increase the materials of which Kelp is made.
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- Bookseller
- Forest Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 35535
- Title
- [Extracts] Kelp.
- Author
- KELP
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- [n.p., s.l.], [N.d., c. 1800]
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Glossary
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...