Goethe unser Reisebegleiter in Italien von G. v. Graevenitz
by Graevenitz, Georg von
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good -
- Seller
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Berlin: Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, 1904. Hardcover. Very Good -. vii, [1], 244, [4] p., frontispiece and 2 leaves of illustrations; 19 cm. 20th-century half calf with six spine compartments: black leather labels in 2nd and 4th compartments with gilt-tooled title and author. Gilt-tooled decoration in remaining compartments. Beige paper over boards with gilt-tooled illustration and borders. All page edges marbled. Floral endpapers. Beige ribbon bookmark. Publisher's advertisements on 4 pages following text. The author interprets Goethe's Italian Journey (Italienische Reise) as a guide to travelling in Italy. In Very Good- Condition: old dampstain at spine ends, lower edge of back board, and just barely at lower edge of front board, with no impact internally; gilt is bright; pages and illustrations are clean and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004234
- Title
- Goethe unser Reisebegleiter in Italien von G. v. Graevenitz
- Author
- Graevenitz, Georg von
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn
- Place of Publication
- Berlin
- Date Published
- 1904
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...