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Incunabula biblica, or the first half century of the Latin Bible being a biblical account of the various editions of the Latin bible between 1450 and 1500
by Copinger, Walter Arthur
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bernard Quaritch. Good with no dust jacket. 1892. Leather. vii, 226, [ii], 54 plates. Frontis plate of Copinger. Large folio full bound in red pebble leather with gilt ruling, blind stamped florals at the corners, 5 raised bands to the spine with gilt titles in the compartments, top edge gilt. Leather is a bit scuffed and worn and extremities and joints, top of spine pulled. Interior has dark blue and gold marbled endpapers, inside front cover is an old bookplate. Title page is just starting to detach at upper gutter but is still firmly bound in. Some foxing throughout but otherwise clean and nice. A beautifully and expensively bound copy of this indispensible bibliography of incunable Latin bibles, with wonderful plates. Very heavy. Overseas shipping will incur extra charges. ; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 226 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Leaf and Stone Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9472
- Title
- Incunabula biblica, or the first half century of the Latin Bible being a biblical account of the various editions of the Latin bible between 1450 and 1500
- Author
- Copinger, Walter Arthur
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bernard Quaritch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1892
- Keywords
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES, Copinger, Incunables, Incunabula, Bibles;, Biblia Sacra
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian/Rare; Religion - Bible Study; Illustrated Books;
Terms of Sale
Leaf and Stone Books
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About the Seller
Leaf and Stone Books
Biblio member since 2005
Toronto, Ontario
About Leaf and Stone Books
Formerly Greekdrama Books Specializing in classical, medieval and ancient languages, history and cultures; antiquarian and unusual books; and interesting used books. We also carry many early printed books, particularly in the subjects of classics and religion, including incunabula and manuscripts.
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- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Bookplate
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Spine
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