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A Fashionable Caricature or the Proverbs of Our Ancestors, Prophetically Descriptive of the Most Distinguished Personages in the Present Age of the Court, the Senate, the Army, the Navy, the Bar, the City, and the Theatres
by Thiselton, William Matthew
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
[London]: Printed for W. Thiselton, Circulating Library 37, 1792. Hardcover. Very Good. 18mo. [Date at end of 'Advertisement', second leaf after title-page, Feb. 5, 1792.] Mottled brown calf with quarterbound in recently rebacked tan calf. Black leather spine-label. Marbled brown endpapers. Frontispiece, [62] unnumbered pages. 18mo Bound in 6s. Two bookplates of Lt. Colonel Victor de Guinzbourg on recto and verso of front free endpaper. Rubbing and chafing to boards, edges. Tips in green. Corners slightly bruised. Square chip to lower rear corner previously repaired. Monogram to middle of front pastedown. Small tear to lower corner of leaf D. Light foxing. Offsetting from Frontispiece to title-page. A very good copy. ESTC: T230095.
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- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002091
- Title
- A Fashionable Caricature or the Proverbs of Our Ancestors, Prophetically Descriptive of the Most Distinguished Personages in the Present Age of the Court, the Senate, the Army, the Navy, the Bar, the City, and the Theatres
- Author
- Thiselton, William Matthew
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for W. Thiselton, Circulating Library 37
- Place of Publication
- [London]
- Date Published
- 1792
- Keywords
- Proverbs, Anecdotes, Satire
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Binding; Proverbs;
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
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Minotavros Books
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Whitby, Ontario
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
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