New Hints, by an Old Professor, on the Art of Miniature Painting. Respectfully Dedicated to Ladies who are Patronesses or Practitioners of that Elegant Pursuit
by MINIATURE PAINTING
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Ackermann and Co. 1837. First Edition, tall 8vo, 32 + 4pp., of publishers adverts, 2 lithographed plates finished by hand, foxed, inner hinges shaken, orig. cloth, title stamped in gilt on upper cover. Copac locating the British Library copy only.
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- Bookseller
- Forest Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26588
- Title
- New Hints, by an Old Professor, on the Art of Miniature Painting. Respectfully Dedicated to Ladies who are Patronesses or Practitioners of that Elegant Pursuit
- Author
- MINIATURE PAINTING
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ackermann and Co. 1837
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Forest Books
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Grantham, Lincolnshire
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Glossary
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- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...