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A General History of Quadrupeds
de Bewick, T[homas]
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- Muy bueno
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- Muy bueno/No Jacket
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Newcastle Upon Tyne: Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beiley, & T. Bewick, 1792. 3rd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo. Half calf, teal cloth boards. Marbled edges and endpapers. x, 483 pp. Engraved title vignette. Engravings in text. Recently professionally rebacked, new leather spine with gilt tooled compartments and new title label. Light wear to extremities of original leather, some rubbing to boards. Bookplate of Lt. Col. J. Hare to front pastedown. Small spot of wear with minimal loss to p. iv. A few spots of light worming. Browning, foxing, and some staining to interior. A few instances of ink marginalia A General History of Quadrupeds, first published in 1790, showcases Bewick's groundbreaking engraving techniques. This volume features engravings of over four hundred animals with accompanying descriptions of their characteristics as understood at the time.
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- Librería
- Minotavros Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 012437
- Título
- A General History of Quadrupeds
- Autor
- Bewick, T[homas]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 3rd Edition
- Editorial
- Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beiley, & T. Bewick
- Lugar de publicación
- Newcastle Upon Tyne
- Fecha de publicación
- 1792
- Palabras clave
- natural history, nature, quadrupeds, Thomas Bewick
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Nature and Biodiversity; Natural History;
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- New
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Vignette
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- Rebacked
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- Jacket
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- Marginalia
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- Calf
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