THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS; with Critical Observations on Their Works. In Four Volumes. Embellished with Elegant engravings ( Complete 4 Volume Set )
by Johnson, Samuel
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
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Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: D. Buchanan, 1800. Full-Leather. Good+. 5 3/4" Tall.Title pages, all dated 1800 have vignette illustrations. Frontis of Vol. I has a Portrait of Samuel Johnson. Vol I has 5 other Portrait Plates, Vol. II has 7 Portraits, Vol. III has 3 and Vol. IV has 4. " vols have a vignette illustration on the last page. Contemporary Full-Leather binding, recased, with gilt decorative borders to fronts and backs. Spines have gilt horizontal divisions. Gilt titles on black labels in 2nd compartments (vol. IV's is missing) and Gilt Vol. No's in 4th compartments. Marbled endpapers. Top page edges Brown. Vol. I, 313 p. pages; Vol II, 308 p.pages; Vol III, 306 p.pages & Vol IV, 340 p. pages. From the Library of Captain Adams, 81st Regiment, his Bookplate on endpapers. Some edge wear. 2 hinges cracked, others sound. Text blocks firm. No inscriptions. Some light browning to plates. An occasional spot of light browning elsewhere. Set weighs 950g. Size: 24mo - over 5" - 5¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Cornish Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018938
- Title
- THE LIVES OF THE MOST EMINENT ENGLISH POETS; with Critical Observations on Their Works. In Four Volumes. Embellished with Elegant engravings ( Complete 4 Volume Set )
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Full-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- D. Buchanan
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1800
- Keywords
- ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/CLASSICS/BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY/LITERARY/JOHNSON'S LIVES OF ENGLISH POETS
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- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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,...