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The Arts and Industry of all Nations or Pictorial Gallery of Arts: Illustrating the Progress in Painting, Sculpture, Architecture (Civil and Ecclesiastical), Agriculture, Raw Productions, Manufactures, Trades, etc, from the Earliest Period......
by KNIGHT, CHARLES:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: J. G. Button, c. 1860. Volume 2 only (of 2). 24 steel engravings on 20 plates and c. 2000 wood engravings. Folio (14 x 10 inches), 404-pages. Original bevelled red cloth blocked in blind and gilt. 4-inch split to cloth of upper joint and large chip out of joint at headband. Inner joint cracked but holding, small stain to upper cover. Internally very good and clean. Very heavy (2.9 kg) thus extra overseas postage will be requested.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bristow and Garland
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18239
- Title
- The Arts and Industry of all Nations or Pictorial Gallery of Arts: Illustrating the Progress in Painting, Sculpture, Architecture (Civil and Ecclesiastical), Agriculture, Raw Productions, Manufactures, Trades, etc, from the Earliest Period......
- Author
- KNIGHT, CHARLES:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: J. G. Button, c. 1860.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
Terms of Sale
Bristow and Garland
Returns accepted within 7 days of receipt if found not as described.
About the Seller
Bristow and Garland
Biblio member since 2005
Shaftesbury, Dorset
About Bristow and Garland
Long established antiquarian & secondhand booksellers and dealers in autographs and manuscripts.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
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