GEMS AND JEWELS, Their History, Geography, Chemistry, and Ana, from the Earliest Ages down to the Present Time.
by DE BARRERA, Madame
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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YORK, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1860. . 8vo., pp.xxxii,382, half leather, gilt, marbled boards; small heraldic emblem tipped in to front free endpaper, pictorial ownership bookplate to front paste-down endpaper, foxing to prelims, occasional pencil annotation and underlining, rubbing to boards and extremities, especially to centre of front board, a very good copy of this scarce volume.
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- Bookseller
- MINSTER GATE BOOKSHOP (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37640
- Title
- GEMS AND JEWELS, Their History, Geography, Chemistry, and Ana, from the Earliest Ages down to the Present Time.
- Author
- DE BARRERA, Madame
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Richard Bentley, 1860.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...