ILLUSTRATIONS, HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL, OF THE LIFE OF LORENZO DE MEDICI
by William Roscoe
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: T. Cadell, 1822. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 223 + 168 index p. 4 full illustrations. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. Tan full calf binding- quilted calf on covers, edges of covers embossed, gilt lettering on spine, edges of text block lightly flecked with brown. Condition of book is VERY GOOD: light wear to covers and spine, leather labels were reattached at some point upside down, old worm damage to top edge of front hinge- one small worm hole, does not affect text block, only binding, top end of text block darkened, pages clean with spotty light foxing, binding tight.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2880
- Title
- ILLUSTRATIONS, HISTORICAL AND CRITICAL, OF THE LIFE OF LORENZO DE MEDICI
- Author
- William Roscoe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- T. Cadell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Bookseller catalogs
- European History;
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- Tight
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- Text Block
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- Spine
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- Calf
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- Gilt
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