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Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London: Jones & Co., 1832 Three -quarters leather with marbled boards. Includes 51 high quality full page engravings of works in the National Gallery, London printed on heavy paper. Several page text accompanys each work. Text numbers for each work which are not sequential.. No formal title page which believe is as published. T. P. Ray Presented by R. Fisher in gilt at base of spine. Marbled endpapers. 4to. 8 1/2" x 11" Gilt page edges. 4 raised bands on spine. Leather split at front and back hinge. Front board neatly reattached with nylon thread. Cover rubbed along edges. The A. Hogarth engraving is missing. Text and plates in very good condition..
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- Bookseller
- Cultural Connection (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12180
- Title
- National Gallery
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jones & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Temple of the Muses, Finsbury Square, London
- Date Published
- 1832
- Keywords
- Art, Engravings
- Bookseller catalogs
- General #1;
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Cultural Connection
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Cape Coral, Florida
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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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...