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Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences: A Yearly REport o the Progress of the General Sanitary Sciences Throughout the World (Five Volumes)
by Sajous, Charles E. (Ed.)
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Bibliographic Details
- Book condition: Good
- Jacket condition: No Jacket
- Edition: First Edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: F. A. Davis Company, Publishers
- Place: Philadelphia
- Date published: 1893
Book Description
Philadelphia: F. A. Davis Company, Publishers, 1893. Blind stamped cloth covers, with gilt lettering and decoration on spine; Gilt is a little faded, though remains very legible; Spine ends a little frayed; Private library inked stamp on front paste down of all volumes; Volumes remain tight, and are otherwise clean and intact; Numerous illustrations, with many being chromolithographs.. First Edition. Good/No Jacket. 8vo.
jacket : Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book 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. Also known as the back. tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use. gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example. 8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes. Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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