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Vollstandige Volkergallerie in Getreuen Aller Nationen mit Ausfurlicher Beschreibung Verselben by [Anon.]
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 651
- Edition: volume 2 of 3 volumes but complete within itself
- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche,
- Place: Meissen:
- Date published: n.d. [c.1830-39]
- Pages: [3]-134 pp.
Description
Meissen: : Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche, , n.d. [c.1830-39]. volume 2 of 3 volumes but complete within itself. 4to, . Illustrated with 28 hand-coloured plates. recent paper wraps lacking spine strip, light spotting throughout. Light spotting throughout, few pages with closed tears or dog-eared, p. 69/70 has been repaired with loss to text, plate 6 repaired, plates mis-bound. Deals with Australia and the South Sea Islands. Interesting plates of aborigines and indigenous people, including early views of Sydney harbour and Hobart.
wraps : The paper covering on the outside of a paperback.
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. Also known as the back.
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.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. 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.
Closed tears : Tears in which no material has been lost.
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