Genera of Birds
by Pennant, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Penryn, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Cr. 4to. Pp. xxvi + 68 + 2 index. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards & endpapers, raised bands, gilt decorated spine. Corners rubbed, some shelfwear. Bookplate on paste-down. With 16 engraved plates (plates 3 & 4 are on one page) + frontispiece. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Isabelline Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2437
- Title
- Genera of Birds
- Author
- Pennant, Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- B. White
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1781
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- pennant genera birds
- Size
- Cr. 4to.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Isabelline Books
Biblio member since 2011
Penryn, Cornwall
About Isabelline Books
I specialize in books on ornithology with some other Natural History. Two catalogues on ornithology are published annually.
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...