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Lorenzo the Magnificent
by Loth, David
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, 1930. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fair Condition/No Dust Jacket. List of illustrations. Illustrated frontispiece – being a sculptural bust of Lorenzo de Medici. The text is illustrated with 11 black-and-white reproductions of Renaissance artwork. Red coloured cloth covered boards with gilt coloured titles to the backstrip. A biography of the Renaissance Prince Lorenzo de Medici, of his time, politics and of his art patronage, the artists that he supported and the resultant artwork. The book is showing age and use – please see photograph. Softening, rubbing and fraying of the backstrip edges with some splits along the rear spine gutter edge. Bumping, rubbing and a little fraying of the book corners. Patchy fading and staining to the book panels with the backstrip showing significant sunning and some foxing. Tanning of the textblock edges and lighter tanning of the pages. A previous owner has gone through and dogeared both the top right-hand corner and the lower right-hand corner of some of the pages. Rubs and marks to the end pages and the original bookseller's sticker is to the lower right-hand corner of the front paste-down. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. [12], 3 - 329, [5] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Italy; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; History. Inventory No: 0128996. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0128996
- Title
- Lorenzo the Magnificent
- Author
- Loth, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Routledge & Sons Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Lorenzo de Medici, biography, renaissance Italy, Florence Biography & Autobiography; Italy; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; History. Unbranded Loth, David Lorenzo the Magnificent.
Terms of Sale
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
transaction in Australian $'s for checks and money orders.If the book is not as described, return within 14 days, for a refund of the cost of the book.
We are registered for GST and goods sold to an Australian delivery address will include GST. Our ABN 15 100 960 047
About the Seller
Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
Biblio member since 2005
melbourne, Victoria
About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
General secondhand dealers, with 3 cats.We have two shops, 227 Glenferrie Rd Malvern 3144, Victoria 03 9530 2222 ( open 7 days Midday 'til 5.30 PM)And the other at 666 Glen Huntly Road Caulfield South 03 9523 666 open 11:00 am - 5.00 pm-ish the other 6 days. We seem to specialize in non mainstream stuff but read and stock Science-fiction, fantasy, detective fiction, history, biography and true crime, war, natural history. cooking, children's books and try to avoid current text books.We probably have the largest collection of Science Fiction, Penguins and general crime in Victoria in an open shop ( David has 8 bookcases 900mm x 2200mm of sf and f) ( Penny has 8 bookcases 1200mm x 2400 of sf and f )On shelf each shop has 30,000 plus books and we list over 30000 books online
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- Jacket
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- 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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