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An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D. Including Many of His Original Letters
by Forbes, Sir William
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- first
- Condition
- Bound in contemporary straight grained contemporary crimson morocco, a.e.g., gauffered edges. Bookplate of Harry Pomeroy Davison
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About This Item
Edinburgh: printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and Co. and William Creech. [et al. ], 1806. First Edition, With the second half-titles and the 2 leaves of errata and directions to the binder. With seven facsimile plates, and one plate of music in Volume II, BUT W/O FRONTIS. PORTAIT IN VOL. I. by T. Gaugain after Joshua Reynolds.[6], ix, [10] -409, [3]; [4], [1]- 431, [3] pp. 4to. Bound in contemporary straight grained contemporary crimson morocco, a.e.g., gauffered edges. Bookplate of Harry Pomeroy Davison. First Edition, With the second half-titles and the 2 leaves of errata and directions to the binder. With seven facsimile plates, and one plate of music in Volume II, BUT W/O FRONTIS. PORTAIT IN VOL. I. by T. Gaugain after Joshua Reynolds.[6], ix, [10] -409, [3]; [4], [1]- 431, [3] pp. 4to.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 256082
- Title
- An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D. Including Many of His Original Letters
- Author
- Forbes, Sir William
- Format/Binding
- With seven facsimile plates, and one plate of music in Volume II, BUT W/O FRONTIS. PORTAIT IN VOL. I. by T. Gaugain after Joshua
- Book Condition
- Used - Bound in contemporary straight grained contemporary crimson morocco, a.e.g., gauffered edges. Bookplate of Harry Pomeroy Davison
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, With the second half-titles and the 2 leaves of e
- Publisher
- printed for Archibald Constable and Co. and Co. and William Creech. [et al. ]
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1806
- Keywords
- British | Incompletes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Gauffered Edges
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- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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