BURNET'S TRAVELS: Or, a Collection of Letters to the Hon. Robert Boyle, Esq.
by Burnet, Gilbert
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- V.g.
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Ward and Chandler, 1737. xxiv, 264pp. [Wrote by Gilbert Burnet, D.D. afterwards Bishop of Salisbury. To which is added, an appendix containing some remarks on Switzerland and Italy. Communicated to the author by a person of quality. Together with a copious table of the contents of each letter.] Original full calf with raised bands and dble gilt rules to the boards.Lacking the front free end-paper. Attractive title-page printed in red and black. P59 attached but a trifle loose otherwise a firm copy in the original calf. [Printed [by J. Hughs] for and sold by Ward and Chandler, at the Ship, just without Temple-Bar, and at their shops in Coney-street, York, and at Scarborough Spaw; and George Anderson, at Gay's Head, between the Temple Gates in Fleetstreet].. a new Edition. Hardback. V.g.. 12mo.
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- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GT047
- Title
- BURNET'S TRAVELS: Or, a Collection of Letters to the Hon. Robert Boyle, Esq.
- Author
- Burnet, Gilbert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Edition
- a new Edition
- Publisher
- Ward and Chandler
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1737
- Size
- 12mo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel;
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Yaxley, Suffolk
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Gilt
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- New
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- 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...