Handbuch der Naturgeschichte fur die Jugend und ihre Lehrer..
by WILMSEN, Friedrich Philipp
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Rare.
Bibliography: Nissen 436; not in Gumuchian. Three octavo text volumes and oblong quarto atlas; the text volumes with fine engraved titles, the atlas illustrated with 50 plates, 48 of them finely hand-coloured; original half mottled calf, spines gilt with ivory title-labels (texts) and original quarter shagreen over blind-stamped boards (atlas); a most attractive set, with some offsetting to the plates in the atlas.
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- Bookseller
- Rare Illustrated Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1747
- Title
- Handbuch der Naturgeschichte fur die Jugend und ihre Lehrer..
- Author
- WILMSEN, Friedrich Philipp
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Carl Friedrich Amelang
- Place of Publication
- Berlin
- Date Published
- 1821
- Keywords
- natural history childrens books exotic animals education illustration hand-coloured plates atlas world
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustration; Natural History Illustration;
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...