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IOSEPHI MARIAE SUARESII EPISCOPI VASIONENSIS PRAENESTES ANTIQUAE LIBRI DUO
by Suares, Joseph Marie (1599-1677)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Rome, Italy (romae): Typis Angeli Bernabo Haeredis Manelsi Manelsij. Very Good. 1655. First Edition. Hardcover. Bound in contemporary full vellum with bright gilt title on spine. Pagination: [10], 1-50, [2], 51-102, [2], 103-292, [2] p. Text tight, bright, clean & intact. Illustration by copperplate engravings: 8 plates (5 fold-out) ; title page has copper engraved coat of arms of the dedicatee Maffeo Barberini; initials, head and tail pieces; the plates showing the views of the Temple of Fortune (Ichnographia, Spelling, Sciographia) are engraved by William Castelli; the Sciographiais drawn by Pietro da Cortona. Text in Latin. 1/4" separation on hinges both sides of spine head, a few pencil markings on fixed rear endpaper. Italy, Antiques, Exploration/Travel. ; Engravings; 8vo; 292 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17381
- Title
- IOSEPHI MARIAE SUARESII EPISCOPI VASIONENSIS PRAENESTES ANTIQUAE LIBRI DUO
- Author
- Suares, Joseph Marie (1599-1677)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Typis Angeli Bernabo Haeredis Manelsi Manelsij
- Place of Publication
- Rome, Italy (romae)
- Date Published
- 1655
- Keywords
- Italy, Antiques
- Bookseller catalogs
- Italy;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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