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La Rochefoucalult-Liancourt's Travels in Canada 1795 by Smith, Sir David William
Description
Toronto:: A.T. Wilgress,, 1917. First edition. Lrg. 8vo,. Illustrated. blue cloth. Spine sunned, endpapers a little loose, else very good. Edited by William Renwick Riddell Justice of the Supreme Court of Ontario. "With Compliments of Alexander Fraser" note tipped-in
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.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
tipped-in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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