the Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, 2 volumes
by Wright, G.N
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Craftsbury Common, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London and Paris: Fisher, Son & Co., 1839. Book. Illus. by map at end of volume 2, 64 full page plates and an engraved title. Fine. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. New binding of brown morocco spines and corners, with hand marbled boards, matching endpapers AND matching page edges. Raised bands and bright gilt titles on the spines. A beautiful gift set that looks like it was just puolished. Each plate has its tissue guard. Surprisingly, no foxing, no browning, no stains, no prior owner marks. Each plate, from Gibralter to Sicily and Italy and Greece and Tunisia to Rhodes , has a 3 or 4 page essay by the impressive Rev. Wright. No date, but known to have been published in 1829 -`840. Most copies seem to have a plate or two missing. .
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- Bookseller
- Craftsbury Antiquarian Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 079243
- Title
- the Shores and Islands of the Mediterranean, 2 volumes
- Author
- Wright, G.N
- Illustrator
- map at end of volume 2, 64 full page plates and an engraved title
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Fisher, Son & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London and Paris
- Date Published
- 1839
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Keywords
- Mediterranean, travel, Greece, Sicily, North Africa, Italy, Gibralter, Malta, Corfu
- Bookseller catalogs
- Europe; North Africa;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
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