A Materia Medica Animalia, Containing the Scientific Analysis, Natural History, and Chemical and Medical Properties and Uses of the Substances That Are the Products of Beasts, Birds, Fishes, or Insects. Illustrated by Colored Engravings of Original Drawings Copied from Nature

Good, Peter Peyto

Published by Published by the Author, Cambridge, MA, 1853

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xxiv, 8, 8, 8, 8, 18, 6, 8, 8, 4, 8, 4, 12, 4, 8, 4, 16, 4, 12, 8, 12, 16, 55, [7]pp + 8pp of advertisements. Original brown cloth stamped in blind on the sides and the spine, and lettered in gold on the spine panel. Lithographed half-title and portrait frontispiece, and twenty-four hand-colored plates by E. C. Kellogg. In this copy plate #22 is bound opposite page xviii. Includes twenty-four parts, each dedicated to a different animal (with taxonomy, natural history, and characteristics), and a fifty-five page glossary. Expertly rebacked using the original cloth, some scattered foxing throughout. A bright, very good+ copy. ; Octavo. Seller Inventory # 24383

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Title: A Materia Medica Animalia, Containing the ...

Publisher: Published by the Author, Cambridge, MA

Publication Date: 1853

Binding: Hardcover

Edition: First Edition.

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