A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany (3 volumes, original cloth)
by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good-Very Good condition
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
London: Robert Jennings and John Major, 1829. Scarce in the original cloth which is in Good+ condition. Some chipping at spine heads. Internally Very Good. Square and tight. Pages are clean and unmarked, with only minimal foxing. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. NOT library discard. NO owner's name or bookplate. Inner hinges are perfect. 1829. Second edition, revised. 3 vols: (6), xlii, (2), 421, (3); (6), iv, 428; (2), iv, 481pp. Illustrated with 12 plates and 33 autograph facsimiles. Frontispiece tissue guards are still present in all three volumes. This edition has additional information that Dibdin included to satisfy criticism of the first edition. There are seven new plates. Windle/Pippin describe 3 variant bindings. This set agrees with the variant described as "pebbled dark brown cloth lettered in gilt (Huntington)." The spines have uniformly mellowed, but only a shade. PHOTOS UPON REQUEST. Jackson 49. Bigmore & Wyman I, 172. Windle/Pippin A38b.. Second edition, revised. Hardcover. Good-Very Good condition. Illus. by NOT library discards. 3 volumes, complete. Great Packaging, Fast Shipping.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023287
- Title
- A Bibliographical, Antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany (3 volumes, original cloth)
- Author
- Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
- Illustrator
- NOT library discards
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good-Very Good condition
- Edition
- Second edition, revised
- Publisher
- Robert Jennings and John Major
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1829
- Size
- 3 volumes, complete
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Henderson, Nevada
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- Bookplate
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- New
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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