A TREATISE ON SMALL-POX AND MEASLES , TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ARABIC BY WILLIAM ALEXANDER GREENHILL
by Ar-Razi, Abu Becr Mohammed Ibn Zacariya, commonly called Rhazes [Author]; Greenhill, William Alexander [Translator]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: The Sydenham Society, 1848. Hardcover. Octavo, vii, 3-212, 44 pp. Good; bound in contemporary black cloth and marbled paper with extensive wear to spine edges and corners; binding tight; text block age-toned with slight discoloration; ex-library copy with usual markings, including a bookplate to front pastedown, institutional stamps to several pages and call number written in pencil; MF consignment. 1356835. Special Collections.
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- Seller
- Second Story Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1356835
- Title
- A TREATISE ON SMALL-POX AND MEASLES , TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL ARABIC BY WILLIAM ALEXANDER GREENHILL
- Author
- Ar-Razi, Abu Becr Mohammed Ibn Zacariya, commonly called Rhazes [Author]; Greenhill, William Alexander [Translator]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- The Sydenham Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1848
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- 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....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...