A GUIDE TO THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS FAMILIAR; BY REV. DR. BREWER, TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE, . . . CAREFULLY REVISED, AND ADAPTED FOR USE IN FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES. (Spine title: "Science of Things Familiar.")

Brewer, Rev. Dr. [Ebenezer Cobham Brewer], 1810-1897.

Edité par New York - Boston: C. S. Francis & Co. - J.H. Francis, 1851.

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Presumed American second printing (1851 date at foot of title page with 1850 copyright on verso). i-viii, 9-426, [6] pages. Hardcover: H 15.75cm x L 10cm. Contemporary blue-green cloth rubbed, soiled, stained; glue repair to tearing and lifting of spine's surface cloth; some flaking/rubbing to spine's gilt lettering and gilt vignette but all still reasonably bright. Old pencil inscriptions on front free endpaper; some foxing/toning to leaves. Binding firm. Publisher ads on leadoff pages 1-2 (immediately preceding title leaf) and six unnumbered pages of publisher advertisements at rear. OCLC cites British editions as early as 1848 with the earliest American edition being published in New York in 1850.

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• Titre: A GUIDE TO THE SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE OF THINGS FAMILIAR; BY REV. DR. BREWER, TRINITY HALL, CAMBRIDGE, . . . CAREFULLY REVISED, AND ADAPTED FOR USE IN FAMILIES AND SCHOOLS OF THE UNITED STATES. (Spine title: "Science of Things Familiar.")
• Éditeur: New York - Boston: C. S. Francis & Co. - J.H. Francis, 1851.
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
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