An Essay on Vital Suspension: being an Attempt to Investigate and to Ascertain those Diseases, in which the Principles of Life are Apparently Extinguished. By A Medical Practitioner
by MEDICAL PRACTITIONER
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for Rivington and Sons, 1741. Second edition, 8vo, [4], 23, [1]pp., some light spotting, recent quarter calf, marbled boards, red morocco spine label lettered in gilt. ESTC locating just 3 locations (all UK) for the first edition of the same year and none of this second edition. Wellcome II, p.532.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Forest Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40258
- Title
- An Essay on Vital Suspension: being an Attempt to Investigate and to Ascertain those Diseases, in which the Principles of Life are Apparently Extinguished. By A Medical Practitioner
- Author
- MEDICAL PRACTITIONER
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed for Rivington and Sons, 1741
- Bookseller catalogs
- MEDICINE;
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About the Seller
Forest Books
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Grantham, Lincolnshire
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Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Marbled boards
- ...