HOME BOOK OF GREAT PAINTINGS: A Collection of One Hundred and Five Famous Pictures
by Hurll, Estelle M. (Described and Interpreted)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Good-
- Seller
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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company (1902) Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Binding lightly rubbed. Spine ends bumped. Edges of leaves lightly age toned. DJ moderately soiled and rubbed w/ wear, tear, and light chipping to edges. Spine darkened. Illust. w/ b/w plates.. Hard Cover. Near Very Good/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Shoemaker Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1133
- Title
- HOME BOOK OF GREAT PAINTINGS: A Collection of One Hundred and Five Famous Pictures
- Author
- Hurll, Estelle M. (Described and Interpreted)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good-
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston and New York
- Keywords
- ART HISTORY ARTISTS PAINTINGS PAINTERS DI LODOVICO BUONARROTI SIMONI MICHELANGELO 1475 1564 TITIAN TIZIANO VECELLIO 1485 1576 SANZIO RAPHAEL RAFFAELLO 1483 1520 CORREGGIO ALLEGRI ANTONIO 1494 1534 VAN DYCK SIR ANTHONY 1599 1641 VAN RIJN REMBRANDT HARMENSZ
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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About the Seller
Shoemaker Booksellers
Biblio member since 2007
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
About Shoemaker Booksellers
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
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