The Works of Aristotle, in Four Parts. Containing I. His Complete Master-Piece [.] II. His Experienced Midwife [.] III. His Book of Problems [.] IV. His Last Legacy [.] A new edition.
Published by Printed for, and sold by all the Booksellers, London, 1792
- Hardcover
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Seller: McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB, Edinburgh, United KingdomMcNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
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Condition: Used
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16mo, pp. 491, [1] + engraved folding frontispiece. Several woodcuts within pagination. Contemporary roan, spine divided by triple gilt rules. Some foxing and toning. Binding rubbed, front joint cracked but cords holding, spine defective at head and foot. Contemporary ink manuscript price to front pastedown. A typically rare printing of this perennial clandestine bestseller of reproductive health. ESTC locates only two copies in the UK at the BL and Glasgow University Library, with further copies in Poland and the US. Besides the usual woodcuts of ?monstrous births? within the text, this copy has an engraved folding frontispiece featuring ?the form of a child in the womb, disrob?d of its tunicles, proper and common? ESTC T118669.
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Works of Aristotle, in Four Parts. Containing I. His Complete Master-Piece [.] II. His Experienced Midwife [.] III. His Book of Problems [.] IV. His Last Legacy [.] A new edition.
- Author
- 'Aristotle' [i.e. William Salmon]
- Publisher
- Printed for, and sold by all the Booksellers, London
- Publication year
- 1792
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Seller catalogs
- Science
McNaughtan's Bookshop, ABA PBFA ILAB
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Situated near the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk thoroughfare, we are within easy walking distance of Waverley Station and the central bus terminal.
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Derek Walker and Anna Fomicheva t/a McNaughtan's Bookshop
3a & 4a Haddington Place
Edinburgh, United Kingdom EH7 4AE
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All books listed subject to prior sale. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association and bound by their Code of Conduct. Anything found to be not as described may be returned for a full refund. This does not affect or limit statutory rights of return under EU distance selling regulations. McNaughtan's Bookshop is a trading name of the partnership Derek Walker & Anna Fomicheva, VAT reg. GB218182907. Please address any communication to McNaughtan's Bookshop, 3a & 4a Haddington Place, Edinburgh, EH7 4AE. Telephone +44 (0)131 556 5897. Email info@mcnaughtans.co.uk.
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