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LE MECHANISME OU LE NOUVEAU TRAITE DE L'ANATOMIE DU GLOBE DE L'OEIL, AVEC L'USAGE DE LES DIFFERENTES PARTIES, & DE CELLES QUI LUI SONT CONTIGUES. ORNE DE PLANCHES GRAVES EN TAILLE DOUCE
by Jean Taylor
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Good binding
- Seller
-
Richmond, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Michel-Estienne David, 1738. First Edition. Full Leather. Good binding. A treatise of the mechanisms and anatomy of the eye, by Jean Taylor, 'Oculiste du Roy de la Grande Bretagne.' With five folding plates at the rear. Early owner's name on the half title. Full speckled calf with gilt lettering; joints cracked but holding well, with minor loss at the head and tail of the spine. Good binding.
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- Bookseller
- Black Swan Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 290018
- Title
- LE MECHANISME OU LE NOUVEAU TRAITE DE L'ANATOMIE DU GLOBE DE L'OEIL, AVEC L'USAGE DE LES DIFFERENTES PARTIES, & DE CELLES QUI LUI SONT CONTIGUES. ORNE DE PLANCHES GRAVES EN TAILLE DOUCE
- Author
- Jean Taylor
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chez Michel-Estienne David
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1738
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About the Seller
Black Swan Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Richmond, Virginia
About Black Swan Books, Inc.
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- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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