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The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
by Allestree, Richard
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Northridge, California, United States
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About This Item
London: R. Norton for Robert Pawlett. Fair with no dust jacket. 1677. Hardcover. Contemporary full calf, gilt decorated spine. Hinges have glue remnants from being reattached; upper board nearly detached again. Contains imprimatur page, title page with vignette, letter, preface, table of contents, double page frontispieces, 448 pages (lacking page 449.) Contents in nice condition. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38373
- Title
- The Causes of the Decay of Christian Piety
- Author
- Allestree, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- R. Norton for Robert Pawlett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1677
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curtis paul books inc.
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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