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A Compendium of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Delivered by Professor Chapman in the University of Pennsylvania
by Chapman, Nathaniel; Prepared by N. D. Benedict, M.D
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Lea and Blanchard, 1846. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavo. [4], viii, [17]-258, [30] pages. Includes a 30-page publisher's catalog (erratically paginated) at the rear. Hardcover bound in full leather. The binding shows some old wear and cover stains but is quite sound. Sturdy hinges. Early owner's light pencil inscription on the front flyleaf and a later doctor's inscription on the front pastedown. The text block is sound, and the text is foxed, sometimes quite heavily. Still, a sturdy copy of a scarce work and in the original binding. From a Mocksville (Davie County), North Carolina 19th century doctor's collection.
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- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044516
- Title
- A Compendium of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine, Delivered by Professor Chapman in the University of Pennsylvania
- Author
- Chapman, Nathaniel; Prepared by N. D. Benedict, M.D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Lea and Blanchard
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1846
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 99.99 lbs
- Keywords
- 1846; Nathaniel Chapman; N. D. Benedict; Treatise; Medical; Theory; Practice; Leather Binding; Mocksville; Davie County; North Carolina; 19th Century.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings; Medical Books;
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Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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