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A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
de GOLDSMITH, Oliver
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very good
- Librería
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London, Ontario, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Glasgow: A. Fullarton and Co., 1832. Full leather. Very good. iv, 552; iv, 552; vi, 567; vii, 703 pp., including Index. 16mo (17 cm). Frontis portrait of the author and 98 engraved black and white plates, plus one folding. Full brown calf, compartmented spines stamped in gilt on maroon labels, marbled endpapers. Some scuffs and worn edges. Plates moderately foxed. Rear hinge of Vol. IV professionally repaired.
Sinopsis
A History of the Earth, and Animated Nature is a fascinating work of natural history. It was first published in 1774 in eight volumes, these volumes brought together a history of the earth with a description of its geographical features and species. Oliver Goldsmith was a novelist, poet and journalist as well as the author of many works of natural history. He is now best known for his 1766 novel, The Vicar of Wakefield .
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Detalles
- Librería
- Attic Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 107162
- Título
- A History of the Earth and Animated Nature
- Autor
- GOLDSMITH, Oliver
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Full leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- A. Fullarton and Co.
- Lugar de publicación
- Glasgow
- Fecha de publicación
- 1832
- Palabras clave
- Science, Zoology, Geology
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Nature;
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
