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Verlag: Palala Press, 2016
ISBN 10: 1357460023ISBN 13: 9781357460020
Anbieter: moluna, Greven, Deutschland
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Gebunden. Zustand: New. KlappentextThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original w.
Verlag: Kimber & Richardson, Philadelphia, 1813
Anbieter: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, VA, USA
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First Edition. Two volumes; octavo (21.5cm.); Vol. I bound in slightly later half calf over marbled boards, black gilt spine label, Vol. II in full contemporary sheep, red gilt spine label; [4],506; [6],484pp.; engraved title pages, 25 leaves of plates, including eight folding. Evidence of previously removed library bookplates to Vol. 1 pastedowns, some scuffing to boards, more heavily so to Vol. II, some light foxing , one leaf trimmed close with slight loss of text, a couple of closed tears to folding leaves, else Very Good and sound overall. Attractive engraved pictorial bookseller ticket to rear pastedown of Vol. II. Complete first and second volumes of the New Series, edited by the Anglo-American chemist Thomas Cooper. Though not a particularly brilliant scientist, Cooper's "greatest service to science was undoubtedly the dissemination of information" (Dictionary of Scientific Biography III, p. 400). The present collection includes detailed articles on sugar from beets and grapes, "Comparative Height of Mountains on the Earth, the Moon, and Venus," turnpike roads, making "fine Cutlery," foreign and homemade wines, criminals from 1805 to 1811, and "the uses of a dead horse, by the editor." SHAW & SHOEMAKER 28226.
Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018
ISBN 10: 026796756XISBN 13: 9780267967568
Anbieter: Buchpark, Trebbin, Deutschland
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Zustand: Wie neu. Zustand: Wie neu | Seiten: 520 | Sprache: Englisch.