Sancti Caroli Borromaei Orationes XII
by Borromaei, Caroli
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Romae, 1963. Hardcover. Good. IN LATIN. The collected orations of Caroli Borromaei (aka in English as St. Charles Borromeo), who was first a cardinal of, then the archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in the 1560's. This book has red cloth boards which are faded on the outer edges and on the spine. The boards and spine have dirty spots and liquid stains. Corner tips are bumped, but NONE of the red cloth is worn through. Outer text block is clean, although lightly yellowed on the top of text block. The front and back paste downs are lightly yellowed, with the end pages having a little more yellowing, with darker yellowing in the gutters. The binding is sound, although the book tends to fall open between pages 6 and 7 of the preface. On the front free end page there is a price written in pen. Gilt lettering on front cover and spine has faded somewhat. Top and bottom of spine are bumped.
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- Bookseller
- Quirky Used Books & More (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 220706002
- Title
- Sancti Caroli Borromaei Orationes XII
- Author
- Borromaei, Caroli
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Romae
- Date Published
- 1963
- Weight
- 1.63 lbs
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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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....