Handbook Of Painting. The Italian Schools. In Two Parts (2 Volumes)
by Eastlake, Charles L. (Sir) [ed.]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London, United Kingdom: John Murray, 1855. More than 100 illustrations from the works of the old masters, drawn on wood by George Scharf jun. Brown cloth Hardbacks, paper spine labels, Terracotta eps, 583 pages illustrated throughout with a fold out of ceiling of the Sistine Chapel to rear of Part II + catalogue to rear. Cloth has chips to spine ends, cnrs bruise, bds fresh given age. Interior tight, bright and slean, not inscribed, very odd expected foxed spot. Overweight. 3rd Edition. Cloth. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6178
- Title
- Handbook Of Painting. The Italian Schools. In Two Parts (2 Volumes)
- Author
- Eastlake, Charles L. (Sir) [ed.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London, United Kingdom
- Date Published
- 1855
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Scarce Italian Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Design;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Ariel Books
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About the Seller
Ariel Books
Biblio member since 2003
Auckland
About Ariel Books
We are a small friendly book store stocking a unique selection of rare and out of print books. Currently we are searching for a suitable new location but have had an open book shop since 1998.
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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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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