Opera.
by Catullus; Tibullus; Propertius
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Londini [London]: Impensis J. F. & C. Rivington, T. Longman, & T. Cadell, 1776. 12mo, pp. [xxx], 243, [279]. Slightly later vellum boards, spine lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. Some light spotting. Binding a little marked, spine darkened. Pencil ownership inscription to title-page, ownership inscription of Richard Bingham Jr dated 1813 to initial blank. A pleasant copy of the second Maittaire edition of Catullus, Tibullus and Propertius, one of several reprints of the 1710s Latin classics published by Tonson and Watts done around this time. ESTC T129189
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- Title
- Opera.
- Author
- Catullus; Tibullus; Propertius
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Londini [London]: Impensis J. F. & C. Rivington, T. Longman, & T. Cadell, 1776.
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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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....