Memoirs of Count Grammont.
by Hamilton, Anthony
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794].. Hardcover. Good. Large quarto. iv, 362, [lxxxiv], [5]pp. Engraved title-page. Calf, covers bordered in blind and gilt, spine gilt, rebacked with original spine leather laid down. All edges gilt. With 81 copper-engraved portraits, two more than indicated in the list of plates at the end of the book. With the engraved bookplate of Francis Augustus Brooks, M.D. ESTC T110491.
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- Bookseller
- Sam Gatteno Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 455
- Title
- Memoirs of Count Grammont.
- Author
- Hamilton, Anthony
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: printed for S. and E. Harding, [1794].
- Bookseller catalogs
- Eighteenth Century Books;
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Grosse Pointe, Michigan
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...