COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY AND LITERATURE IN A SERIES OF TABLES From the Fifth Edition of the German of G. G. BREDOW....To Which is Appended A Table of Painters, Arranged in Schools and ages, from the French Notes of Sir Matthew Van Bree.
by Bell, Major James
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Dust Jacket
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About This Item
London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1829. Book. Good. Hardcover. Third Edition. Elephant Folio (34 x 49cm). pp. xxiv, 20 double page tables. Contemporary half polished tan calf binding with marbled paper covered boards, binding with some general wear and rubbing and scuffing, joints partially cracked but both boards still firmly attached, leather chipped to the head/tail with a little loss. Contents good, some pages foxed, a few quite heavily (It would appear that two different papers were used - one susceptible to foxing and the other less so), marbled endpapers. A good only `copy..
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- Title
- COMPENDIOUS VIEW OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY AND LITERATURE IN A SERIES OF TABLES From the Fifth Edition of the German of G. G. BREDOW....To Which is Appended A Table of Painters, Arranged in Schools and ages, from the French Notes of Sir Matthew Van Bree.
- Author
- Bell, Major James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Baldwin and Cradock
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1829
- Size
- Elephant Folio (34 x 49cm)
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- History - World;
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Glossary
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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