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Emblems Divine and Moral (two volumes in one, complete)
by QUARLES, Francis (revised, corrected and with glossary by Robert Wilson A M)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
J Robins & Co, London, 1824. New Edition. HARDCOVER. Small 8vo. in 1/2 green leather with marbled boards, raised bands to spine, marbled end-papers, all page-block edges gilt, portrait frontispiece, vi + 154pp and 155pp text preceded by 160pp engravings (printed one side only) of the emblems. Armorial bookplate on the front paste-down end-paper dated 1883, small neat 1950's name stamp to bottom edge of the 2nd blank fly-leaf __CONDITION : VERY GOOD+ a well preserved and very clean and tight copy (slight shelf rub to corner tips, pages a little tanned else a well preserved and very clean and tight copy). __NOTE. Depending on destination, this item may require an extra payment for shipping insurance. If so, orders made by card will be completed only after you have approved the extra cost... __We always ship in PROTECTIVE CARD PARCELS
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Bunnett Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- T204205
- Title
- Emblems Divine and Moral (two volumes in one, complete)
- Author
- QUARLES, Francis (revised, corrected and with glossary by Robert Wilson A M)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- New Edition
- Publisher
- J Robins & Co, London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Keywords
- RELIGION LEATHER BINDING
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About the Seller
David Bunnett Books
Biblio member since 2005
London, London
About David Bunnett Books
Specialists retailers of out-of-print books on the Fine and Applied Arts, Architecture and Performing Arts. Established in 1978 and on the web since 1996.Email: replies@booktracker.net
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- Fly-Leaf
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Marbled boards
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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