The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury
by DE BURY, Richard
- Used
- Condition
- very good(+)
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Grolier Club, 1889. Limited. hardcover. very good(+). 3 volumes. Wide 8vo, full vellum with wallet edges and central gilt medallions; patterned end-papers, fore-edges & bottom edges uncut. New York: Grolier Club, 1889. Limited Edition. Very good(+)<br/> <br/> One of 297 copies. Perhaps the first book on book collecting, originally written in 1345. The first volume is in the original Latin The second & third volumes are translated into English by Andrew Fleming West. The vellum bindings are in fine condition, with a few smudges on volume II, but are somewhat bowed, as is often the case.<br/> <br/>
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Details
- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 305986
- Title
- The Philobiblon of Richard de Bury
- Author
- DE BURY, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - very good(+)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited
- Publisher
- Grolier Club
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Argosy Book Store
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New York, New York
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We are a large retail store, with 6 floors of out-of-print and rare books, (including, Americana, modern first editions, history of medicine and science), antique maps and prints, autograph manuscripts, letters & signatures.
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- 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. ...
- 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...
- 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...