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Paradise Lost A Poem In Twelve Books. The Seventh Edition, With Notes of Various authors, by Thomas Newton. In Two Volumes.
by MILTON, JOHN;
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, J. Beecroft, W. Strahan, Rivington &c &c... 1770 7th edition. Two Volumes. Hardback. Size approx 8.5 x 5.5 inches. In full speckled calf leather fine bindings. With raised and gilt banding to spines, and gilt numbering. In very good condition. Handling marks to boards, some bumps and rubbing to corners, ends of spines rubbed with nicks and chip to top end of vol.1. Lacks spine labels. Private library numbers to corner of front endpapers, a couple of wax spots/blobs to endpaper in vol2. One or two minor handling marks else pages all very clean and bright throughout. One pulled gathering in vol.1 p180-8. Else bindings tight and sound. 2 vols: 510 & 463pp + Indices in Vol.2. Illustrated with 12 full-page B&W engraved plates, plus a B&W frontis plate of the author.
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- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90209
- Title
- Paradise Lost A Poem In Twelve Books. The Seventh Edition, With Notes of Various authors, by Thomas Newton. In Two Volumes.
- Author
- MILTON, JOHN;
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, J. Beecroft, W. Strahan, Rivington &c &c... 1770 7th edition
- Keywords
- FOLIO SOCIETY publications John Milton, Paradise Lost, A Poem In Twelve Books, The Seventh Edition, With Notes of Various authors, by Thomas Newton, In Two Volumes, illustrated, engravings, plates,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- Bumps
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- Fine
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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