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DE SECRETIS MULIERUM LIBELLUS. De Virtutibus Herbarum, Lapidum et Animalium.
by ALBERTUS MAGNUS. Michaelis Scotus.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Amsterdam, no publisher, MDCCXL (1740).. Later edition of an early work, 1740. Text in Latin. 12mo, approximately 160 x 90 mm, 6½ x 3¾ inches, pages: 1-328, [6] - index, contemporary vellum, gilt lettered label to spine, blue sprinkled edges. Binding lightly stained, 1 small scuff with slight loss of vellum, small repair to bottom corner of title page, chipping to edges of endpapers, title page and 2 other leaves, 1 tiny hole to 1 leaf (173), affecting a few letters verso and recto, pale age-browning throughout, no loose pages, a good tight copy. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47582
- Title
- DE SECRETIS MULIERUM LIBELLUS. De Virtutibus Herbarum, Lapidum et Animalium.
- Author
- ALBERTUS MAGNUS. Michaelis Scotus.:
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary vellum
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam, no publisher, MDCCXL (1740).
- Date Published
- 1740
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- medical women's health Medieval medicine reproduction secrets of women
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
We have been established booksellers for 42 years. We are a postal business only (strictly no callers). We are long-standing members of the P.B.F.A. the largest trade association for antiquarian booksellers in the UK. We wrap all our parcels in new materials and all our books are insured at our expense. Books may be returned if wrongly described, all costs will be met by us. ****PLEASE NOTE: POSTAGE WILL BE CHARGED AT COST, MEANING THAT POSTAGE WILL BE REDUCED ON PARCELS WEIGHING UNDER 1 KILO, AND IT WILL BE INCREASED ON MOST PARCELS WEIGHING MORE THAN 1 KILO****
About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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