Penguin Books 1958. FIRST EDITION, imperial octavo, red cloth boards, gilt lettering to title plate on spine & decoration, top page edges stained grey, xxiii + 428pp, illus, VG+ (light tanning & foxing to page edges & eps, prev. bookseller's sm label to ffep, light foxing & creasing to prelims & terminals) in d/w, VG (price clipped, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light tanning & foxing, minor tape staining to flaps)

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Bookseller: Hard To Find Books (NZ)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 303469
Title: Art and Architecture in Italy: 1600 to 1750
Author: WITTKOWER, RUDOLF
Book Condition: Used
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Penguin Books 1958
Keywords: first editions art architecture buildings Italy Italian appreciation criticism

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Chipping: A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
First Edition: In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
Plate: Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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...
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...
FFEP: A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...