Argenis
by BARCLAY, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Nuremberg: Wolfgangi Mauritii Endteri, 1693. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo (135 x 82mm). [12], 708pp., [18]. Title printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece, 36 full-page engraved plates. Later (?) vellum, ms. title to spine. The famed work and political romance of Scottish satirist John Barclay. The historical allegory tells the story of religious conflict in France and other English events during the reigns of Henry III and IV of France.
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- Bookseller
- Sanctuary Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6476
- Title
- Argenis
- Author
- BARCLAY, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wolfgangi Mauritii Endteri
- Place of Publication
- Nuremberg
- Date Published
- 1693
- Keywords
- History & Historiography
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....