A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical
by Jackson, John A
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
London: Charles Knight & Company Ltd.. Very Good. 1839. First Edition. Hardcover. Half leather with gilt, marbled boards, TEG, marbled endpages. Edges rubbed, corners bumped. Bookplate. Front hinge starting but holding, moderate foxing. Highlights include "Parsonage at Ovingham" p. 713, "The Descent from the Cross," p. 711, and "Facsimile of a Pattern, " p. 715, and double page map of Jerusalem. With errata at last page. ; quarto; 749 pages .
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- Bookseller
- curtis paul books inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43542
- Title
- A Treatise on Wood Engraving, Historical and Practical
- Author
- Jackson, John A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Knight & Company Ltd.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1839
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Marbled boards
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