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Abbildung und Beschreibung von alten Waffen und Rüstungen, welche in der Sammlung von Llewelyn Meyrick zu Goodrich-Court in Herefordshire aufgestellt sind. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt und herausgegeben von Gustav Fincke.
by Meyrick, Llewelyn (Samuel Rush). Gustav Fincke
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Berlin, G. Fincke, 1836. Hardcover. .. Royal quarto. Pp. 42 letterpress text, set in double columns, plus 151 leaves of lithograph plates, some of which are folding, numbered CL, with plate L comprising of La & Lb. HARDCOVER, bound in contemporary half calf and matching marbled boards, gilt decorated spine with raised bands, gilt lettering, cloth inner hinges; spine ends slightly worn, foxed and browned in places. In a very good condition. ~ First German edition. Originally published in English in 1830. G-3
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- Librarium of The Hague
(NL)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5174
- Title
- Abbildung und Beschreibung von alten Waffen und Rüstungen, welche in der Sammlung von Llewelyn Meyrick zu Goodrich-Court in Herefordshire aufgestellt sind. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt und herausgegeben von Gustav Fincke.
- Author
- Meyrick, Llewelyn (Samuel Rush). Gustav Fincke
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - .
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Berlin, G. Fincke
- Date Published
- 1836
- Keywords
- WEAPONS HAND HELD HANDHELD CARBINE RIFLE HANDGUN MUSKET PISTOL REVOLVER SHOTGUN MANUFACTURE METALWORK GUNSMITH WEAPON SMITH WEAPONSMITH FIREARM FIREARMS CRAFTSMANSHIP ARTIFACT MILITARY HISTORY MILITARIA ILLUSTRATED LITHOGRAPHS LITHOGRAPH LITHOGRAPHY CHROM
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- Armour and Weapons;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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