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The Odes of Anacreon: Literally Translated Into English Prose
by Anacreon; [Translated by Thomas Gilpin. With notes.]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
York, England: Wilson, Spence, and Mawman , 1796. Bound in contemporary half dark green morocco over marbled boards, back with ornate gilt floral decorations, gilt rules, matching marbled end pages, all edges gilt. Near Fine, light rubs at edges. First part of title romanized. Greek and English on opposite pages. Contains 55 odes. . First Edition. Half Morocco. Near Fine/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007781
- Title
- The Odes of Anacreon: Literally Translated Into English Prose
- Author
- Anacreon; [Translated by Thomas Gilpin. With notes.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wilson, Spence, and Mawman
- Place of Publication
- York, England
- Date Published
- 1796
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Fine Bindings; Eighteenth Century;
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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