- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: M9198
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 2
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Masson et Cie
- Place: Paris:
- Date published: 1935
Book Description
Paris:: Masson et Cie. 1935. hardcover. 2. Series: Socété Française d'Ophthalmologie. 8vo. 483 pp. 76 figs., 15 color plates. Blue cloth; spine joints rubbed, inner hinge cracked. Very good. Very scarce. . FIRST EDITION. With an extensive chronological bibliography from the year 1740 through 1935, listing 777 books.
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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.
cracked : In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate, revealing the stitching or binding underneath.
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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
