- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: E0021
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 11
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Félix Alcan
- Place: Paris:
- Date published: 1902
Book Description
Paris:: Félix Alcan. 1902. hardcover. 11. 8vo. 199 pp. Illustrated title-page, 144 illustrations, index. Original quarter brown cloth with marbled paper over boards, cloth tips, gilt spine title; new endpapers. . FIRST EDITION. A rare work based on Debierre's lectures as professor of medicine on the faculty of the University of Lille. Much of his information and several of his illustrations, are drawn on the studies of Haeckel and to a lesser extent from Duval and others. Archiv Biographiques Françaises, fiche 286, nos. 412 - 414, 415 - 416.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
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.
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
marbled paper : A decorative, multi-colored paper, sometimes used as end papers, or to cover the outside of a hardcover.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.