Atlas de Estampas de Arte Obstetricia; do Doutor Dietr. Wilh. Heinr. Busch; copiadas e vertidas do original allemão pelo Doutor F. Kessler; coadjuvado por J. da R. Mazarem
by Busch, Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich
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Lisboa [Lisbon]: Imprensa Nacional, 1842. Hardcover. Very Good. xx, 154, vi p., 50 leaves of lithographed plates containing 196 illustrations; 26 cm. Rebacked retaining most of contemporary quarter calf with gilt-tooled spine title and decoration; marbled paper over boards. Blue endpapers. Includes list of subscribers. The extremely scarce Portugese edition of Atlas der Geburtshülflicher Abbildungen, the important work of obstetrical plates by Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich Busch, first published the previous year. This was the first such obstetrical work published in Portuguese. In Very Good Condition: corners of boards are rubbed; reback, as described; browning and foxing to both text and plates, heavy at times; otherwise clean and tight.
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- Atlas de Estampas de Arte Obstetricia; do Doutor Dietr. Wilh. Heinr. Busch; copiadas e vertidas do original allemão pelo Doutor F. Kessler; coadjuvado por J. da R. Mazarem
- Author
- Busch, Dietrich Wilhelm Heinrich
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
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- Publisher
- Imprensa Nacional
- Place of Publication
- Lisboa [Lisbon]
- Date Published
- 1842
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- Leaves
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- Rebacked
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- 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...
- Marbled Paper
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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