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LIFE OF MICHAEL ANGELO ( MICHELANGELO ) (2 VOLUMES COMPLETE)
by Herman Grimm translated by Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1866. Hardcover. Good+. Vol. 1- xii + 558 pages. Vol. 2- vii + 532 pages. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4 in. Illustration on frontis with tissue. Each volume tan half calf binding on spine and corners with marbled boards, gilt lettering on spine, marbled end papers and edges of text block. Condition of each volume is GOOD+: Spines worn on edges, covers worn esp. on corners. Top of text block darkened, pages clean, binding tight. Small book plate of David B. Ogden on inside of front cover as well as signature of Ogden in ink on second ffep. Vol 1: leather labels missing from spine, rear hinge cracked. Vol. 2: one leather label missing from spine, front cover almost completely detached.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1440
- Title
- LIFE OF MICHAEL ANGELO ( MICHELANGELO ) (2 VOLUMES COMPLETE)
- Author
- Herman Grimm translated by Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1866
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
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