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The Costume Of The Hereditary States Of The House Of Austria
by Moleville, Antoine-Francois-Bertrand de
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary straight-grain green morocco. Aeg. Very good
- Seller
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About This Item
London: William Miller, 1804. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary straight-grain green morocco. Aeg. Very good. IV pages in text. Folio, 37 x 27 cm. 50 hand-colored aquatint plates, two title pages in French and English with text describing the individual plates also in both languages. English text translated by R.C. Dallas, the commentary on the ethnic background of the varied populace of the Austro-Hungarian Empire reflect the social and racial prejudices of the time. ABBEY TRAVEL 71. COLAS, No. 2112. LIPPERHEIDE, No. 831. MARTIN HARDIE p. 151. Internally exceptionally clean, text and plates, a bare hint of offsetting to a few leaves. Extremity rubbing, double gilt border fillets house rectangle of gilt floret designs with those in blind outside the frame, raised bands, spine panels richly gilt.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19191
- Title
- The Costume Of The Hereditary States Of The House Of Austria
- Author
- Moleville, Antoine-Francois-Bertrand de
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary straight-grain green morocco. Aeg. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- William Miller
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1804
- Keywords
- New Arrivals
- Bookseller catalogs
- Costume; Prints; Travel;
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ardsley, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
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