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Sixteen scenes taken from the Miseries of Human Life by one of The Wretched.
by ATKINSON, A. [John Augustus]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Richelieu, France
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About This Item
London: William Miller, 1807. First Edition. Three quarter leather binding with gilt titles to the spine. Marbled boards. A little rubbing to the boards and spine. Engraved title and sixteen hand coloured plates (including a final folding plate). There is a blank between each plate, but in this copy there are NO text pages. The plates are pretty clean, with nice hand colouring, but with light creasing to most of the plates. Marbled end papers. Engraved title, 16 plates and 16 blank leaves. 155 by 200mm. . Première édition. Reliure à trois quarts en cuir avec titres dorés au dos. Planches marbrées. Un peu de frottement sur les planches et le dos. Titre gravé et seize planches colorées à la main (y compris une dernière planche dépliante). Il y a un blanc entre chaque planche, mais dans cet exemplaire il n'y a PAS de pages de texte. Les planches sont assez propres, avec de belles couleurs à la main, mais avec de légers plis sur la plupart d'entre elles. Papiers de fin marbrés. Titre gravé, 16 planches et 16 feuilles blanches. 155 x 200 mm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
(FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4387
- Title
- Sixteen scenes taken from the Miseries of Human Life by one of The Wretched.
- Author
- ATKINSON, A. [John Augustus]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- William Miller
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1807
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- illustrated, history, caricature, hand coloured, comic, humour, illustré, histoire, caricature, coloré à la main, bande dessinée, humour
Terms of Sale
Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
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may be returned within 2 weeks of delivery, and a full refund will be issued upon safe receipt of the item. We will cover return shipping costs if there was an error in the listing, but expect the customer to do so if it is "as described" but the customer has had a change of mind. Items lost or damaged during shipping from us remain our responsibility. Responsibility for items lost or damaged on the way to us rests with the customer.
may be returned within 2 weeks of delivery, and a full refund will be issued upon safe receipt of the item. We will cover return shipping costs if there was an error in the listing, but expect the customer to do so if it is "as described" but the customer has had a change of mind. Items lost or damaged during shipping from us remain our responsibility. Responsibility for items lost or damaged on the way to us rests with the customer.
About the Seller
Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Biblio member since 2019
Richelieu
About Harrison-Hiett Rare Books
Harrison-Hiett is a small, family run business. Originally based in England we have re-located our business to Europe. We now live in the Netherlands, where we spend our time visiting and exhibiting at fairs.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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