Cleave's Biographical Cyclopaedia of Homoeopathic Physicians and Surgeons
by Cleave (?)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Galaxy Publishing Company, 1873. Green cloth, gilt spine title, gilt cover vignette, black covers borders, beveled edges, top edge gilt, chocolate endpapers / pastedown, Tissued frontice portrait of Samuel Hahnemann, & many full page engraved portraits protected by tissue throughout the book; A good binding with edgewear over a very good text block; 512 pages.. 6.25"x9.5".
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Raven Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CG17921
- Title
- Cleave's Biographical Cyclopaedia of Homoeopathic Physicians and Surgeons
- Author
- Cleave (?)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Galaxy Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1873
- Bookseller catalogs
- Medicine/Diet/Longevity;
- Size
- 6.25"x9.5"
Terms of Sale
White Raven Books
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About the Seller
White Raven Books
Biblio member since 2009
Ypsilanti, Michigan
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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....
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