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Elements of Technology, Taken Chiefly from a Course of Lectures Delivered at Cambridge, on the application of Sciences to the Useful Arts
by Bigelow, Jacob
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Boston: Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1829. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. Orig. grey cloth, spine rebacked with orig. spine and printed paper label laid-down. xii, 507pp. Illustrated with 22 plates (8 folding, including frontispiece). From the library of Francis Peabody, his name on ff/ endpaper donated by his wife, Martha Peabody to the Essex Institute, library label on pastedown. Roughly cut edges and foxing, boards somewhat soiled and faded, some chipping to printed paper label affecting text but o/w very good. Jacob Bigelow (1787-1879) practicised medicine and taught botany at Harvard. Elements of Technology in 1829 [Harvard University Herbaria].
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005143
- Title
- Elements of Technology, Taken Chiefly from a Course of Lectures Delivered at Cambridge, on the application of Sciences to the Useful Arts
- Author
- Bigelow, Jacob
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1829
- Keywords
- Science, Technology, Architecture, Arts,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science; Architecture;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- 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...
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