MEMORABILIA CANTABRIGIAE
by WILSON, Joseph
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- Seller
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
1803. WILSON, Joseph. MEMORABILIA CANTABRIGIAE: or, an Account of the Different Colleges in Cambridge; Biographical Sketches of the Founders and Eminent men; with Many Original Anecdotes; Views of the Colleges and Portraits of the Founders. London: Printed for Edward Harding, Crown & Mitre, Pall, Mall; Scott, Strand; Highley, Fleet-Street; and Deighton, Cambridge; by C. Clarke, Northumberland-Court, Strand, 1803. 8vo., half-bound calf over marbled paper-covered boards, untrimmed, with 16 portraits and two extra illustrations. 1857 bookplate. Ex-library, no external marks. Boards are rubbed, edgeworn, especially at the opening corners; with some scaling to the spine, which in slightly dulled, and chipped at the crown; front board starting. Some slight chips to the paper covering the boards. Occasional spot of foxing, with offsetting to text from illustrations; one plate bears slight offsetting from text. Small faint patch of dampstain to one leaf. Partially unopened. Overall, a very sound and serviceable copy internally.
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Details
- Seller
- Boston Book Company (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 64001
- Title
- MEMORABILIA CANTABRIGIAE
- Author
- WILSON, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Date Published
- 1803
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About the Seller
Boston Book Company
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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
About Boston Book Company
Specializing in East Asian Books with Aesthetic Interest, Japanese Books with Original Art, English and American Literature, Women's Books and the Generally Intriguing!
Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
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