An Essay on the Nature, the End, and the Means of Imitation in the Fine Arts
by M. Quatremere De Quincy [Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy]; translated by J. C. Kent
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good minus/Without dust jacket
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Smith Elder and Co., London, 1837. First English Edition. Hardcover. Very good minus/Without dust jacket. The internal condition of this scarce volume is so nice that the exterior binding deserves restoration. Priced accordingly. Octavo, 8 1/2" tall, xix + 468 pages, gilt spine titles on three quarter leather over marble boards. A very good minus over all, generally clean, sturdy hard cover first English edition with significant shelf wear and rubbing at the corners, fore-corners rubbed through to boards, back strip leather frayed at the top and bottom edges, titles rubbed away, spine rubbed at hinges with leather cracking but secure; internal hinges solid, binding tight paper lightly yellowed, with a 'discard' stamp (no other designation) on the front endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60907
- Title
- An Essay on the Nature, the End, and the Means of Imitation in the Fine Arts
- Author
- M. Quatremere De Quincy [Antoine-Chrysostome Quatremère de Quincy]; translated by J. C. Kent
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good minus
- Jacket Condition
- Without dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Publisher
- Smith Elder and Co., London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Keywords
- Art, Architecture, Essay,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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Newmarket, New Hampshire
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
Glossary
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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