Strassburg: Balthasar Beck [?], 1532. Ca. 1900 three-quarter morocco, pebbled cloth. Collates complete: 6 unnumbered leaves, 142 numbered leaves (no leaf numbered 74: two leaves numbered 79). Front inner hinge cracked; title-page leaf and following two leaves restored (about 20 percent of title leaf missing and upper corners of following two leaves with loss of text; tear in upper edge of folio 61 affecting 4 or 5 letters; stain in center of folios 126-134 (heavy on folio 130); blue ink stamp on text of Boston Medical Library; some early ink underlining. See Durling 1665 (3 printings in 1532, same collation "but exhibiting minor differences in title page, colophon, etc.").. Hard Cover. Good.

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Bookseller: By Books Alone (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 010384
Title: Spiegel Der Artzney
Author: Fries, Lorenz
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Good
Publisher: Balthasar Beck [?]
Place of Publication: Strassburg
Date Published: 1532
Keywords: Medicine

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Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Leaves: Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
Folio: A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
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Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...