Cosmorama; A View of the Costumes and Peculiarities of All Nations.
by Aspin. J
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. Harris et al, 1827. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. original quarter leather hardcover with printed boards,18 fine clean handcoloured plates with four subjects to each plate including frontis,plates numbered one to eighteen,half title,printed title,viii,1-404pp,corners rubbed,top of spine a little rubbed otherwise a very good complete copy.Scarce.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carmarthenshire Rare Books. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 105386
- Title
- Cosmorama; A View of the Costumes and Peculiarities of All Nations.
- Author
- Aspin. J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- J. Harris et al
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1827
- Keywords
- Costume Plates. Colour Plates. Antiquarian Juveniles. Childrens Intructionals..
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated; Antiquarian; Foreign Travel/Exploration;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
All books sold as complete unless stated otherwise. Books may be returned within two weeks if not as described. We post three times a week using Royal Mail. Tracking is not available unless requested and will be at considerable extra cost.
About the Seller
Carmarthenshire Rare Books.
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Carmarthenshire
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Fine
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- First Edition
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