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THE NATIONAL GALLERY. One Hundred Colored Plates by Konody, Paul G. et al
- Bookseller: Maxwell's Bookmark
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 27294
- Format: 2 volumes bound in green cloth stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed
- Jacket condition: Spines faded to brown. Tiny bit of rubbing to extremities. Else a nice set, barely opened
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Dodge
- Place: NY:
- Date published: (n.d. circa 1910.)
Description
NY:: Dodge, (n.d. circa 1910.). 2 volumes bound in green cloth stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt, others untrimmed. Spines faded to brown. Tiny bit of rubbing to extremities. Else a nice set, barely opened. Illustrated w/ 100 color plates.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
top edge gilt : The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.
gilt : Decorative patterns imbedded into the affected portion of a book. Often appears on the boards or the spine, and may be very simple, to elegant, to ludicrous.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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