Engravings of Lions, Tigers, Panthers, Leopards, Dogs, &c. Chiefly after the designs of . by His Brother, Thomas Landseer
by Landseer, Sir Edwin
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Ely, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Henry Bohn, 1852. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to 25 cm x 32.5 cm 28 pages describing the 39 plates, the frontis plate 1 is an allegoric representation of a lion. The remaining 38 plates show the animals in natural settings. The contents clean and tight with no inscriptions. Publishers brown cloth with gilt device on upper board. rubbing to head and tail of spine and corners . Some uneven fading to the cloth.The binding tight with no stains.
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- Bookseller
- Hereward Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 04469
- Title
- Engravings of Lions, Tigers, Panthers, Leopards, Dogs, &c. Chiefly after the designs of . by His Brother, Thomas Landseer
- Author
- Landseer, Sir Edwin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Henry Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- engraving
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- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...