The Beauties of Hervey; or, Descriptive, Picturesque and Instructive Passages, Selected from the Works of This Deservedly Admired Author...
by Hervey, James (1714-58)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Robert Campbell. Good. 1794. Leather. 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 218 pages; Full calf binding with black morocco title label to spine. Front board and first two blank detached but present. Half-title page bound in. Printer's pagination error for page 14 (41) has been corrected by a prior owner. Text block sound with moderate general toning and some occasional hand soiling. Lower front corner of pg 157/158 torn away but not affecting any text. Prior ownership of Mary Creigh in manuscript to pastedowns and title page. Paged xii, [1], 14- 218, [6]. Includes several meditations on nature, gardens, the stars and moon along with other more directly theological writings. Worn but complete. Fair to good. .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25720
- Title
- The Beauties of Hervey; or, Descriptive, Picturesque and Instructive Passages, Selected from the Works of This Deservedly Admired Author...
- Author
- Hervey, James (1714-58)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Campbell
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1794
- Bookseller catalogs
- Early American Imprints; 18th Century Subjects and Studies;
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....