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The New Pantheon; or, An Introduction to The Mythology of The Ancients, In Question and Answer: Compiled for the Use of Young Persons.
by Hort, W. Jillard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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VALATIE, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1815. 1815 Edition. VERY GOOD. Early edition of this illustrated mythology, 1815 printed on title page. Internally very good+ in worn contemporary calf leather binding. Two previous owner names neatly penned on front pasted endpaper, a few penciled check marks, no other markings. A clean, complete copy with fold-out frontis engraving "The Mythological Tree" intact and with engraved plates of 16 gods. Pages clean with occasional light foxing, three plates moderately foxed. Cover is clean but scuffed and worn, particularly at corners and spine ends. Spine is scuffed and only 5 gilt rules remain visible. Leather is cracked along hinges but cover and hinges remain intact. Lacks front free endpaper. Binding firm, no cracks or splits. 3-1/2 x 5-1/2"; xii + 191 pp text; 8 pp index. Fourth Edition. Leather. Very Good/No Jacket. 16mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Knickerbocker Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006177
- Title
- The New Pantheon; or, An Introduction to The Mythology of The Ancients, In Question and Answer: Compiled for the Use of Young Persons.
- Author
- Hort, W. Jillard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1815
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy & Religion; Fiction, Literature, Literary Crit;
- Size
- 16mo
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About the Seller
Knickerbocker Books
Biblio member since 2006
VALATIE, New York
About Knickerbocker Books
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- 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,...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Spine
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
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