Botticelli
by Davey, Richard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Newnes Ltd, London, 1900. First Edition. Paper Covered Boards. Very Good/No Jacket. undated (c.1910), original hardcover binding, gilt titles on cream cloth spine, light puple paper covered boards with dark purple design & words - Newnes' Art Library - (repeated in black on half-title page), sepia frontis. with tissue guard, vignette in green on title page, 8 page introduction by Davey plus a detailed 6 page list of major works followed by 64 b/w. illusts. plus a further 8 mounted (tipped in) plates, there is foxing to the borders & reverse of frontis., bumping to corners, the paper covered boards are exceptionally bright with only a few scuff marks mostly on the rear cover. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Painting; Italy; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Art & Design. Inventory No: ART00044. .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookbarrow (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ART00044
- Title
- Botticelli
- Author
- Davey, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Paper Covered Boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Newnes Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- BZDB227 Art/Botticelli Art & Design; Painting; Italy; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; Art & Design. Unbranded Davey, Richard Botticelli
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Bookbarrow
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About the Seller
Bookbarrow
Biblio member since 2014
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...