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Novum Testamentum - New Testament
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Salt Spring Island, British Columbia, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1863. Hardcover. Good+. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Subtitled: Accedunt Parallela S. Scripturae Loca Necnon Vetus Capitulorum Notatio et Canones Eusebii (New. parallel approach to the texts of scripture as well as the old notation of chapters and canons of Eusebius) Titling and foreword in Latin, text in Greek. Brown cloth with gilt titling and decoration on spine, simple blind-stamped borders front and back, leading textblock edge untrimmed, brown end papers, 696 pages. Cover has light edge wear, slightly more wear to spine ends, corners bumped, cover lightly rubbed but clean and bright, text block edges darkened, owner's name in ink on end paper and half-title page, rear hinge lightly cracked at end papers, foxing spots on first and last pages and occasionally in text, damp stain at bottom edge of rear end papers, small pencil notation on rear end paper what appears to be a tea stain on both pp. 392-3 otherwise text is clean and tight. Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall - Oblong
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Details
- Bookseller
- Black Sheep Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014545
- Title
- Novum Testamentum - New Testament
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1863
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall
- Keywords
- RELIGION, CHRISTIANITY, LATIN, NON-ENGLISH, ANTIQUARIAN, U.K., GREEK
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-English / Other Languages; Antiquarian;
Terms of Sale
Black Sheep Books
Shipping charges are calculated for a standard parcel under 1 kg. Additional charges will apply for heavier shipments, but not until the customer agrees. Canadian customers, please note that applicable sales taxes will be added. Please contact us with any questions you might have.
About the Seller
Black Sheep Books
Biblio member since 2004
Salt Spring Island, British Columbia
About Black Sheep Books
We are an independent, locally-owned shop dedicated to books and the people who love them. Here you will find two floors packed with volumes of enduring value, including familiar favourites, contemporary fiction, guides, books of local interest, and non-fiction titles covering everything from outer space to inner peace. We also have marine charts, art cards, unique prints, hand-crafted bags, and many other intriguing items. Located at Grace Point Square in the Village of Ganges, close to marinas and Salt Spring\'s renowned Saturday Market, we are open every day except Christmas and New Year\'s. If you want to pick-up a book you saw online, please call or e-mail ahead as many of our listings are kept in a separate storage facility.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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