The Gallery of Nature and Art: or, A Tour Through Creation and Science. Comprising New & Entertaining Descriptions of the most surprising volcanoes, caverns, cataracts, earthquakes, mines, minerals, monuments. And various wonderful and stupendous Phenomena of Nature.
by POLEHAMPTON, Rev. E
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- Hardcover
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: B. Wilkes, 1818. Second edition. Six octavo volumes. x, 527; vi, 488; vi, 411; x, 552; x, 688; x, 624 pp. With all 100 plates called for (and three in color). Contemporary half calf over marbled boards, smooth spines with densely gilt compartments and two burgundy morocco gilt lettering labels. Some expected offsetting from plates. Overall, a very good and clean and tight copy. Well-illustrated with copper engravings of everything from comets to volcanos, caverns to waterfalls, far off lands, exotic animals, ancient structures (including Stonehenge): a captivating work with intricate and dense copper plate engravings.
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- Bookseller
- Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75390
- Title
- The Gallery of Nature and Art: or, A Tour Through Creation and Science. Comprising New & Entertaining Descriptions of the most surprising volcanoes, caverns, cataracts, earthquakes, mines, minerals, monuments. And various wonderful and stupendous Phenomena of Nature.
- Author
- POLEHAMPTON, Rev. E
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B. Wilkes
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1818
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About the Seller
Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
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Portland, Oregon
About Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA
Nat DesMarais Rare Books specializes in books on the Sierra Nevada (particularly Yosemite), the Mojave, and California books in general. We also deal in the art of the American West, voyages and travels and nineteenth century literature.
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- 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...
- Marbled boards
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
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