- Bookseller: Argosy Book Store
- Seller Inventory #: 102007
- Format: Hardcover
- Binding: Hardcover
Book Description
hardcover. Transl. from the original German by J.W. Muller. One plate, 229pp., small 4to, cloth. N.Y.: Fuchs and Lang, 1911. A full account of the nature and history of his 1796 invention.
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4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
