POMPEIANA The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii
by Gell, Sir William, & John P. Gandy
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Henry G. Bohn. Very Good. 1852. Third Edition. Half-Leather. Bound in 1/2 red morocco, marbled boards and endpapers, nicely gilt backstrip, with 5 raised bands, top edge gilt. Binding rubbed at extremities- corners a bit edgeworn, but still very attractive. Former owner's bookplate on front pastedown, bookplate crudely removed from rear pastedown leaving some remnants, some scattered light foxing on some of the plates, else near Fine. With the embossed seal of the merchant and philantropist, O. S. A. Sprague of Chicago on the flyleaf. ; 3rd ed. Xix, 208pp, Nicely illustrated, engraved fronispiece, 81 plates and plans, some folding, 2 plates in color, many finely done vignettes. ; 208 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Ancient World Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22317
- Title
- POMPEIANA The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii
- Author
- Gell, Sir William, & John P. Gandy
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Roman History, Italian Humanism, Pompeii, Art And Architecture, Archeology & Archaeology
- Bookseller catalogs
- Archaeology; Art & Architecture;
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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...
- Marbled boards
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- G
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- Bookplate
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Fine
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- 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...
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