OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE, CAUSES, AND CURE OF THOSE DISORDERS WHICH HAVE BEEN COMMONLY CALLED NERVOUS, HYPOCHONDRIAC, OR HYSTERIC: TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED SOME REMARKS ON THE SYMPATHY OF THE NERVES
by Whytt, Robert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh: T. Becket, 1767. Third Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, iii-xiii, 507, [23]. Good; bound in contemporary leather with gilt decorations, some spots of discoloration on covers and slight crack to top of front hinge, wear to edges and corners; front board slightly shaken, binding else tight; text block age-toned and with small area of insect damage; age-toning and foxing to pages throughout; previous owner bookplate to inside front pastedown; ex-library copy with usual markings, including a bookplate to rear pastedown, institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil; MF consignment. 1357568. Special Collections.
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- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1357568
- Title
- OBSERVATIONS ON THE NATURE, CAUSES, AND CURE OF THOSE DISORDERS WHICH HAVE BEEN COMMONLY CALLED NERVOUS, HYPOCHONDRIAC, OR HYSTERIC: TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED SOME REMARKS ON THE SYMPATHY OF THE NERVES
- Author
- Whytt, Robert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- T. Becket
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1767
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
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Glossary
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- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...