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Collectanea Graeca Minora: Ad Usum Tironum
by Dalzel, Andreas
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No jacket
- Seller
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: J. A. Cummings and W. Hilliard, 1813. Third American Edition. Hardcover. Fair/No jacket. Third American Edition. Multiple page numbered sets plus preface and table of contents. Collectanea Graeca Minor by Andreas Dalzel, published by J. A. Cummings and W. Hilliard, Cambridge, printed by Hilliard and Metcalf, 1813. Third American Edition. Appears to be a collection of minor Greek writings, including Aesop's Fables, among others. Written in Greek with the Greek alphabet. Full leather, red spine label with gilt title. Cover worn and scratched with chips in leather, edge wear, corners and spine ends bumped, spine faded, front cover detached, binding tight otherwise, interior pages lightly tanned and a little foxed, pencil notations in some margins, former owner's name "William G. Bland" on front end papers and on back end papers. William G. Bland may be the son of Maryland judge Theodorick Bland.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Scraps of American History
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 01053
- Title
- Collectanea Graeca Minora: Ad Usum Tironum
- Author
- Dalzel, Andreas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third American Edition
- Publisher
- J. A. Cummings and W. Hilliard
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1813
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- textbooks, language, Greek,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Textbooks;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Scraps of American History
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Meadows of Dan, Virginia
About Scraps of American History
Unique bookstore in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains. We specialize in vintage and antiquarian volumes with an emphasis on history, but carry books on many subjects. Currently we are building a catalogue from a large collection. We have been members of Biblio.com since around 2001 under the name Greenberry House. Our descriptions are detailed and careful and we try to note every flaw. ALL of our books are photographed and show you the exact item you will receive. We ship within one business day of receipt of orders and generally do not add shipping charges to the amount on your original invoice.
Glossary
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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