An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities, continued down to the present year, ... designed chiefly as a guide to strangers.
by WESTMINSTER ABBEY
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About This Item
London: Printed at the Minerva Press for A. K. Newman and Co.,, 1814. [Printed board dated 1813].. 1814 12mo. 183, [5] p. Engraved frontispiece. 18cm. Printed boards as issued. Spine and edges lightly rubbed. Offset from the frontispiece to the titlepage, otherwise clean and crisp. An above average copy. Guildhall Library describe it as 'a new ed. of pt.2 of David Henry's Historical account of the curiosities of London and Westminster' first published 1753.
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- Title
- An historical description of Westminster Abbey, its monuments and curiosities, continued down to the present year, ... designed chiefly as a guide to strangers.
- Author
- WESTMINSTER ABBEY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Printed at the Minerva Press for A. K. Newman and Co.,
- Date Published
- 1814. [Printed board dated 1813]
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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....
- 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...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- New
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
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