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A Practical Dissertation on Bath-waters ... to Which Is Added, a Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person [Samuel Chilton] At Tinsbury Near Bath
by William Oliver
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
London: Darby, Henry Hammond, 1719. Leather Bound. Very Good. London, Printed by J. Darby for Henry Hammond, Bookseller in Bath. viii, 168 p. ; 17 cm. 28 p. 12mo. Fully bound in contemporary calf-skin leather. 5 raised bands. Black Morocco spine label with gilt lettering. Gilt decorative flourishes along spine. Gilt borders on boards. Tight binding and solid boards. Slight bumping to corners. Rubbing to boards. Slight darkening to lower portion of rear board. Personal library bookplate from Irving S. Cutter inside front board. Clean, unmarked pages with slight toning to edges.<br><br>William Oliver was an English physician and philanthropist, and inventor of the Bath Oliver biscuit. The following is a unique early collection of his essays. See our photographs.
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- Title
- A Practical Dissertation on Bath-waters ... to Which Is Added, a Relation of an Extraordinary Sleepy Person [Samuel Chilton] At Tinsbury Near Bath
- Author
- William Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
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- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Darby, Henry Hammond
- Date Published
- 1719
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Edges
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- Rubbing
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- Spine Label
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- Tight
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- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Bookplate
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