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A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and Its Domestic Economy: Timber Tree, Fruits
by Lankester, Edwin
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- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Charles Knight, 1830. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. The Library of Entertaining Knowledge. Published under the superintendence of the society for the diffusion of useful knowledge. Half bound calf over marbled boards and edges, gilt compartments, raised bands and two black leather spine labels, vi, 422 pp., illustrated with in-text wood engravings of trees and fruits and their uses in art. Some wear to corners and edges, foot of front joints starting, but otherwise a very good copy. Edwin Lankester was an English surgeon and Naturalist. He studied medicine at University College, London from 1834-1837, and in 1843 became a lecturer of Materia Medica and Botany at the School of Medicine adjoining St. George's Hospital [The British Medical Journal, 'Obituary', Nov. 7, 1874].
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002942
- Title
- A Description and History of Vegetable Substances, Used in the Arts, and Its Domestic Economy: Timber Tree, Fruits
- Author
- Lankester, Edwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Knight
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1830
- Keywords
- Plants, Trees, Timber, Fruit, Vegetables
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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Glossary
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Half Bound
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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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