- Bookseller: Boston Book Company
- Seller Inventory #: 78845
- Book condition: Fine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Date published: 1909
Book Description
1909. Fine. ASCHOFF, L. [Karl Albert Ludwig], & A[dolf]. Bacmeister. DIE CHOLELITHIASIS. Jena: Gustav Fischer, 1909. First edition. German language text. 117 pp. + 18 color and monochrome lithographic plates, some folding. Tall 8vo, green cloth with gilt spine. Ex-library, with only a canceled bookplate on front pastedown and no other library markings. Light shelfwear and a small faint ink mark on spine, else a near-fine copy illustrated with excellent plates. (Garrison & Morton 3645).
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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. Also known as the back.
Ex-library : A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of the library's use.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. 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.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
shelfwear : Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
