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HINTS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE BENEFICENCE, TEMPERANCE, & MEDICAL SCIENCE. Volume 1 of 3 only
de John Coakley Lettsom, M&LL.D. &c
- Usado
- Estado
- Very Good binding
- Librería
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
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London: J. Manman, 1801. Hard Cover. Very Good binding. Volume 1 only of a three volume set, Hints Designed to Promote Beneficence, etc. by Quaker physician and philanthropist John Coakley Letssom. This volume with Hints respecting the Immediate Effects of Poverty; ... the Distress of the Poor, in the Years 1794, 1705; ... respecting the society for bettering the condition, and encreasing the Comforts of the poor; respecting the Discharge and Relief of persons imprisoned for Small Debts; ... respecting Female Character, and a Repository for Female Industry; ... respecting the Prevention and Cure of Infectious Fevers and the Establishment of Houses of Recovery . All plates are present, including the numerous and appropriately Quakerish silhouettes of various medical luminaries. With Coakley's silhouette on the title page. Also a satirical plate of a poor family with a child walking in their hovel entitled "A Morning Walk in the Metropolis", a folding plate of "Ground Plan of the Soup-House in Orchard Street, Westminster"; a "Sketch of a Fever Hospital" and a "Sketch of an Iron Cot-bedstead". Previous owner's bookplate attached to front paste-down. Ex-university library bookplate attached to front endpaper. One-half brown leather and marbled boards; spine lettered in gilt. Moderate edgewear to boards with heavier wear at head and tail of spine. Small loss of leather at head of spine. Very Good binding.
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- Librería
- Black Swan Books, Inc.
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 285628
- Título
- HINTS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE BENEFICENCE, TEMPERANCE, & MEDICAL SCIENCE. Volume 1 of 3 only
- Autor
- John Coakley Lettsom, M&LL.D. &c
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Hard Cover
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good binding
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- J. Manman
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1801
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Black Swan Books, Inc.
Miembro de Biblio desde 2006
Richmond, Virginia
Sobre Black Swan Books, Inc.
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Title Page
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- Bookplate
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- Plate
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- 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....
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
