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Varia: Readings from Rare Books
by Friswell, J. Hain
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued
- Seller
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Dunedin, New Zealand, New Zealand
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Sampson Low, Son, and Marston. Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued. 1866. First Edition. Hardcover. Ex libris John M. Brown, book plate with Latin motto "Floreat Majestas" and rampant lion. Previous owner's name on title page "J M Brown / Dunedin / 1874". Previous owner's rubber stamp with same rampant lion design on blank page at rear. Some rubbing and moderate marks to boards. Overall quite a nice copy of this title. ; viii, [2], 341, [3 (blank)] pages + 16 pages advertisements. Frontispiece (portrait of Sir Thomas Browne) within the pagination. Title page vignette. Red cloth boards with gilt lettering and decoration on spine and front board. Black border on both boards. Page dimensions: 178 x 118mm. Contents: The Angelic Doctor [Thomas Aquinas]; Nostradamus; Thomas a Kempis and the Imitatio Christi; Dr. John Faustus; Quevedo; Madame J. M. B. de la Mothe Guion and Quietism; Aureolus Philippus Theophrastus Paracelsus, Bombast of Hohenheim; Howell the Traveller; Michael Scot; Lodowick Muggleton; Sir Thomas Browne; George Psalmanazar; The Highwayman - Real and Ideal; The Spirit World and its Literature. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Renaissance Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23164
- Title
- Varia: Readings from Rare Books
- Author
- Friswell, J. Hain
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Sampson Low, Son, and Marston
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1866
Terms of Sale
Renaissance Books
Any book not as described may be returned within 14 days of receipt for a full refund.
About the Seller
Renaissance Books
Biblio member since 2005
Dunedin, New Zealand
About Renaissance Books
We are located in Dunedin, in the South Island of New Zealand. We have in stock over 8,500 books. We are a general antiquarian and out-of-print home-based bookseller, with some specialty areas in English literature, Maori, Travel, Tibet, and New Zealand history.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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