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Il Penseroso [with] L'Allegro by Milton, John
- Bookseller: Webster's Fine Books & Maps, ABAC,ILAB
 (CA)
- Seller Inventory #: 1319
- Edition: Limited to 400 copies
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Ashlar Press,
- Place: [Glen Head]:
- Date published: 1932
- Pages: 2 vols
Description
[Glen Head]: : Ashlar Press, , 1932. Limited to 400 copies. 8vo,. paper boards housed in a common patterned board slipcase with spine label, slipcase darkened on spine, boards, endpapers and a few pages spotted, names on ffep, else very good. Il Penseroso inscribed by the editors the Heckschers.
boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
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.
ffep : Front free endpaper. Generally, the first page of a book.
inscribed : a short note written by the author or a previous owner in the beginning of a book, generally accompanied by a signature.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
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