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Observations physiques et morales sur l'instinct des animaux, leur industrie & leurs moeurs. 2 vols.
by Reimar, Hermann Samuel. [Reimarus]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A very good tight clean set, light wear to spine labels, small piece of leather missing on back cover, a few pages are browned a
- Seller
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Reno, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam. : Changuion. , 1770. Contemporary half calf over speckled boards, gilt spine bands and titles, leather spine labels, yellow edges, ribbon markers. . A very good tight clean set, light wear to spine labels, small piece of leather missing on back cover, a few pages are browned at corners.. 12mo., 17x10.5 cm. . French text. Bookplate of Mr. Le Syndic Masbou dated 1827 on the verso of both half-titles. Jean-Louis Masbou was State Counselor and President of the Geneva city council. Natural history treatise by the Deist philosopher. Originally published in German. weight: 1.2 lb. Translated by Reneaume De Latache. Title pages printed in black and red with engraved vignettes. .
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- Bookseller
- Zephyr Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 200763
- Title
- Observations physiques et morales sur l'instinct des animaux, leur industrie & leurs moeurs. 2 vols.
- Author
- Reimar, Hermann Samuel. [Reimarus]
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary half calf over speckled boards, gilt spine bands and titles, leather spine labels, yellow edges, ribbon markers.
- Book Condition
- Used - A very good tight clean set, light wear to spine labels, small piece of leather missing on back cover, a few pages are browned a
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Changuion.
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam.
- Date Published
- 1770
- Pages
- (2), lvii, 288; (2), 373 pp.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
- Size
- 12mo., 17x10.5 cm.
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About Zephyr Books
Zephyr Books is owned and operated by Lee and Ivye Johnson. We have been in the book business in Reno, Nevada since 1994. We have operated both brick and mortar, as well as online exclusive shops. We closed our brick and mortar shop in 2013, and now offer an exclusive selection of rare, collectible, and antiquarian books online only.
Glossary
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- 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....
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