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ROMANCE OF ROMAN VILLAS (The Renaissance)
by Champney, Elizabeth W
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Deerfield, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1908. first edition. hardcover. Very good. Large octavo, gray cloth covers stamped in gilt and black, top edge gilt. xx [2] 393 pages [22] + 4 pages of publisher's ads. Illustrated with photogravures and other illustrations. Richmond Library Association bookplate on front pastedown endpaper (with discard stamp); small library stamps on margin of first and last pages of text. Some ink lettering on rear paste-down endpaper. Light foxing throughout. Covers are bright and unrubbed. "That the 16th century should have produced the most palatial residences ever inhabited by prelates was but a natural outcome of the conditions then existing. The society of Rome was a hierarchical aristocracy made up of the younger sons of every powerful and ambitious family of Italy, and the red hat was so greatly desired not for the honour and emoluments of the cardinalcy per se but because it was a step to the papacy." --from the introduction. Architecture, Italy, Popes, Cardinals, Art, Sculpture. 112304A
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- Bookseller
- Alkahest Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000020638
- Title
- ROMANCE OF ROMAN VILLAS (The Renaissance)
- Author
- Champney, Elizabeth W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first edition
- Publisher
- G. P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Architecture, Italy, Popes, Cardinals, Art, Sculpture
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Deerfield, Illinois
About Alkahest Books
Alkahest Books was established in1984. We started as an open shop on Central St. in Evanston, IL, and sold books there until 2002 and later were part of Chicago Rare Book Center which closed in 2017. We are members of the Midwest Antiquarian Booksellers Association, and IOBA and sell both online and at book fairs. International customers should ask for a shipping quote before ordering as the rates given are only for smaller books.
Glossary
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- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- First Edition
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