A SERIES OF ORNAMENTAL TIMBER GABLES FROM EXISTING EXAMPLES IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE of the Sixteenth Century, Drawn on Stone by B. Ferrey, Under the Direction of A. Pugin: With Descriptive Letter-Press, By Edw. James Wilson, Architect, F. S. A.
by PUGIN, A. & E. J. WILSON
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Hay on Wye, Powys, United Kingdom
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1831. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket . No dustwrapper as issued. SMALL QUARTO. - w/ 30 plates, plates 4, 11, 13 & 19 marked w/ silver paper and slightly discoloured - All plates present but all but page 13 of the description of the plates is missing - Bound in dark blue cloth w/ blindstamp design to covers and gilt lettering to spine - Covers have large ink stains and are ow/ rubbed and spotted - Edges of text block toned - Notes in pencil to front pastedown endpaper - Two previous owner's names in ink on front free endpaper and one to rear free endpaper - Foxed and browned throughout including to plates - Book ow/ solid, clean and tight -
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- A SERIES OF ORNAMENTAL TIMBER GABLES FROM EXISTING EXAMPLES IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE of the Sixteenth Century, Drawn on Stone by B. Ferrey, Under the Direction of A. Pugin: With Descriptive Letter-Press, By Edw. James Wilson, Architect, F. S. A.
- Author
- PUGIN, A. & E. J. WILSON
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Date Published
- 1831
- Size
- No dustwrapper as issued
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Dustwrapper
- Also known as book jacket, dust cover, or dust wrapper, a dust jacket is a protective and decorative cover for a book that is...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Blindstamp
- A blindstamp is a stamped impression, usually an image, logo, words, or design on the cover or spine of a book, without color or...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
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