A VIEW OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN ITALY: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters
by Moore John
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: For W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1781. 2 volumes. The "Second Edition", but in fact an Exact Reprint of the First Edition and done in the same year. Tall 8vo, in three quarter antique black morocco over black boards, the back and corner-pieces and edges gilt ruled, the spines with gilt ruled raised bands creating compartments with gilt centerpieces, two compartments gilt lettered. xv, 518, [11]; xii, 502, [8] pp. A handsome, strong and clean copy, internally quite fresh, crisp and unpressed, the last few leaves of Vol. I a bit aged at the edge and slightly askew, the bindings with some rubbing to the extremities but attractive, firm and completely free of later sophistication. A HANDSOME SET OF MOORE'S OBSERVATIONS DURING HIS TRAVELS THROUGH ITALY WITH THE DUKE OF HAMILTON. Pine-Coffin calls this, "one of the most sober and well balanced views of Italy published in the eighteenth century". It is full of amusing accounts, such as the Duke and his visit to the Pope. His account of Venice includes a discussion on the history of the rise and fall of Venice as a powerful city-state. The account was very popular in the author's lifetime and now furnish valuable materials to social historians.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Buddenbrooks, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30225
- Title
- A VIEW OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS IN ITALY: With Anecdotes Relating to Some Eminent Characters
- Author
- Moore John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- For W. Strahan and T. Cadell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1781
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
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