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Italian Scenery from Drawings made in 1817
by Miss (Elizabeth Frances) Batty
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Rodwell & Martin, 1820. 1st Edition . Very Good. 7.25 x 10.5 inches (18.5 x 27 cm). Full calf leather binding by Colnaghi & Co. London, rebacked with original spine laid over. Spine has five raised bands and richly decorated compartments. Ornate gilt panelled boards, gilt ruled board edges and turn-ins. All page edges gilt, later marbled endpapers. Some light foxing to plates, some browning and offsetting to pages facing plates. A few occasional marks but overall a very clean example. Overall condition is Very Good. Size: 7.25 x 10.5 inches (18.5 x 27 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: Large 8vo. [8], 197, [1]. With engraved title page and 60 leaves of plates.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1175E002
- Title
- Italian Scenery from Drawings made in 1817
- Author
- Miss (Elizabeth Frances) Batty
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Rodwell & Martin
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1820
- Size
- 7.25 x 10.5 inches (18.5 x 27 cm
- Keywords
- Italy, Travel_Exploration/Europe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine Bindings; Travel: Europe;
Terms of Sale
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Tarrington Books
Biblio member since 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
About Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
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- 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...
- 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....
- Title Page
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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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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