Pictorial calendar of the seasons exhibiting the pleasures, pursuits, and characteristics of country life for every month in the year and embodying the whole of Aiken's Calendar of Nature. . . . Embellished with upwards of one hundred engravings on wood
by HOWITT, Mary
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- Hardcover
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Deal, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Henry G. Bohn,, 1854.. 1854 viii, 567 p. Illustrated throughout with wood engravings after Birket Foster and others. Green half morocco with marbled sides. Spine with raised bands, lettered in second and third panels. Other panels infilled with delicate foliage sprays made up from individual tools. Spine faded to a mellow brown and some spotting of the endpapers, otherwise a very nice binding.
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- COBNAR BOOKS (GB)
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- 4166
- Title
- Pictorial calendar of the seasons exhibiting the pleasures, pursuits, and characteristics of country life for every month in the year and embodying the whole of Aiken's Calendar of Nature. . . . Embellished with upwards of one hundred engravings on wood
- Author
- HOWITT, Mary
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn,
- Date Published
- 1854.
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- 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...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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....
- 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...