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A Practical Synopsis of the Materia Alimentaria and the Materia Medica
by Richard Pearson
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
John Murray, London, 1808. Early Edition. Hardcover (Half Leather). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. RICHARD PEARSON, M.D. A Practical Synopsis of the Materia Alimentaria and the Materia Medica, London: Baldwin and John Murray, 1808. Octavo, new edition (Pearson used a pseudonym for a version released 10 years earlier), pp. viii, 535, 1 (ad), brown paper-covered boards half bound in brown calf with gilt lettering and rules to spine. Surprisingly rare: not in Garrison-Morton, OCLC and the NUC turn up no copies. Preface says the book is intended to give "a precise account of such substances from the Animal, Vegetable, or Mineral Kingdom, as are used either for food or medicine." Covers nutrition and remedies for various maladies. Condition of this book: Very good with a few stains to the covers and the fore edge, scattered minor foxing throughout. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; Britain/UK; 19th century; Medicine & Health. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 53706. .
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 53706
- Title
- A Practical Synopsis of the Materia Alimentaria and the Materia Medica
- Author
- Richard Pearson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Half Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1808
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Antiquarian & Rare; Britain/UK; 19th century; Medicine & Health. Richard Pearson A Practical Synopsis of the Materia Alimentaria and the Materia Medica
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- 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....
- 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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