THE BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS: Illustrated by Forty-Eight Engravings Coloured after Nature
by Brown, Captain Thomas
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: George Routledge,, 1843. Book. Very Good. Hardback. 16mo (9 x 15cm). Pp. 222; 48 hand-coloured plates. Contemporary binding of half black calf over marbled boards, red title label to spine. Very good, light rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, no inscriptions, plates clean. A very good copy..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 037159
- Title
- THE BOOK OF BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS: Illustrated by Forty-Eight Engravings Coloured after Nature
- Author
- Brown, Captain Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- George Routledge,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1843
- Size
- 16mo (9 x 15cm)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Lepidoptera;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Marbled boards
- ...