Tractatus De Arboribus Coniferis Et Pice Conficienda, Aliisque Ex Illis Arboribus Provenientibus [plates]
by Axt, Johann Conrad
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- Paperback
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- Very Good with no dust jacket
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Jena: Samuel Krebs for Joh. Bielk. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1679. First Paperback Edition. Hardcover. Forestry; Industry; Maritime; Manufacturing; FARMING; Engravings; 24mo 5" - 6" tall; [2], 131 pages; Tractatus de arboribus coniferis et pice conficienda, aliisque ex illis arboribus provenientibus. 5 engraved plates. [2], 131 pages, including engraved additional title. 12mo, contemporary mottled calf gilt, worn, spine ends chipped; some toning and foxing. 18th-century signature ("Guettard") and 19th-century stamp of the Bibliothèque du Château d'Oublesse. Managing conifer forests and extracting pitch, illustrated emblem book. LOC returns no copies. First edition of a work on common conifers, including instructions for making resin, pitch, charcoal, lamp-black, etc. Duveen, page 34; Ferguson I, 61. .
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- Title
- Tractatus De Arboribus Coniferis Et Pice Conficienda, Aliisque Ex Illis Arboribus Provenientibus [plates]
- Author
- Axt, Johann Conrad
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Samuel Krebs for Joh. Bielk
- Place of Publication
- Jena
- Date Published
- 1679
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- 17th Century;
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- 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...
- Spine
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- 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...
- 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...
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