BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
by Briggs, Martin Shaw
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good+
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
NY: Da Capo Press, 1967. Octavo, 238 pp; 109 illustrations in b/w; index. Cloth in unclipped jacket. VG+/VG+ very slight rubbing to jacket. Review copy with slip laid-in. Reprint of the original 1913 edition. Excellent resource.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good+.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carnegie Hill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003713
- Title
- BAROQUE ARCHITECTURE
- Author
- Briggs, Martin Shaw
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- Architecture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Baroque;
Terms of Sale
Carnegie Hill Books
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About the Seller
Carnegie Hill Books
Biblio member since 2004
New York, New York
About Carnegie Hill Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- VG+/VG+
- A book in slightly better than Very Good Condition with a dust jacket that is in slightly better than Very Good Condition. Very...
- Laid-in
- "Laid In" indicates that there is something which is included with, but not attached to the book, such as a sheet of paper. The...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
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