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Payne's Orbis Pictus or Book of Beauty for Every Table Bound with Reynard the Fox a Poem in Twelve Cantos ( Trans. By E. W. Holloway
by Payne, Albert Henry
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Dresden and Leipzig / London: A, H. Payne and W. French Book. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Fine but for Minor rubbing andwear to extremities.School prize award presentation dated 1859, tipped to front pastedown. Major flaw is scattered foxing throughout, the worst of which is in the text and margins, but does affect several of the evgravings. The majority are still sharp and clean. Bound in gilt decorated dark, blue-black leather, with gilt inner dentels. Spine with 5 raised bands, and brgundy label. all edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Total of 321 pages ( 240 and 81 ) and 127 tissue- guarded, full page engravings ( 90 and 37 ). No date, but preface to Reynard the Fox is 1851. A handsom book that weighs over two and a half kilos, so extra postage will be required..
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- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15240
- Title
- Payne's Orbis Pictus or Book of Beauty for Every Table Bound with Reynard the Fox a Poem in Twelve Cantos ( Trans. By E. W. Holloway
- Author
- Payne, Albert Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Publisher
- A, H. Payne and W. French
- Place of Publication
- Dresden and Leipzig / London
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Illustrated Engravings Essays
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2006
Victoria, British Columbia
About Renaissance Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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....
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