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Ivory Diptych Sundials 1570-1750
by Steven A. Lloyd, with Penelope Gouk and A.J. Turner
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0674469771
- ISBN 13
- 9780674469778
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
Item Price
CA$58.16CA$43.62
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About This Item
Cambridge: The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and Harvard University Press , 1992. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., no flaws or wear. clean. no markings. no bumps, tears, the like. tight binding. appears unused.; this copy contains a gift inscription of appreciation from the project director to a member of the advisory committee on the half-title page.; 169pp., illustrated throughout in color, b/w., scholarly catalogue of harvard's collection of this particular type of sundial.. Signed. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- art longwood books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22286
- Title
- Ivory Diptych Sundials 1570-1750
- Author
- Steven A. Lloyd, with Penelope Gouk and A.J. Turner
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0674469771
- ISBN 13
- 9780674469778
- Publisher
- The Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments and Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- Sundials.; Ivory Sundials.; Ivory Diptych Sundials.; Time Keeping Devices.; Scientific Instruments.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science, Cognition, Technology; Decorative Arts;
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall
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