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La Arquitectura Hispano Colonial En Mexico (Introduction Manuel Toussaint)
by Baxter, Silvestre
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Mexico, 1934. Quarto. xxvii, 219p. text in Spanish. With an introduction by Manuel Toussaint. 156 black and white plates situated at the rear. A classic work on colonial architecture in Mexico. Bound in 1/4 green cloth over black and white marbled paper covered boards, spine lettering gilt, paper label lettered and decorated in black, corners worn some rubbing to spine ends and edges. A good copy.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018359
- Title
- La Arquitectura Hispano Colonial En Mexico (Introduction Manuel Toussaint)
- Author
- Baxter, Silvestre
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Mexico
- Date Published
- 1934
- Keywords
- Mexican Colonial Architecture; Spanish architecture in America
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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