The Narcissus: It's History and Culture with Coloured Plates and Descriptions
by F.W. Burbidge
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/None
- Seller
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Neenah, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
London: L. Reeve & Co, 1875. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very good/None. 1st Edition. Hardcover. 48 hand-colored lithograph plates of flowers. Period polished red half calf and cloth; spine lettered and ruled in gilt. Shelf wear. Housed in custom clamshell box covered in brown Verona book cloth, leather spine label stamped in 22kt gold, trays lined with archival paper. Previous owner's library plate on rear side of front marbled end page.
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- Bookseller
- Lyons Fine Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15963
- Title
- The Narcissus: It's History and Culture with Coloured Plates and Descriptions
- Author
- F.W. Burbidge
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- L. Reeve & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1875
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- 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...
- Spine
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
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