[A nineteenth-century photograph album comprised of views of English towns, primarily Oxford]
by [PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
[s.i.]: [s.n.], [s.d., c.1865-75] 108 sepia photographs mounted on [70] leaves. Finely bound by Parkins & Gotto in contemporary green morocco, richly tooled in gilt and blind, gilt initials 'K. M. R.' to upper board, A.E.G. A trifle rubbed. Lightly spotted. An attractively bound Victorian album of photographs of English towns taken in the late 1860s and early 1870s. Locations include Canterbury, Bournemouth, Dover, and Christchurch (Hampshire) though the majority are of Oxford, in particular the colleges, with Magdalen, Wadham, New College, Oriel, and St. John's all represented. . Quarto.
Details
- Bookseller
- Antiquates Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- AQ18706
- Title
- [A nineteenth-century photograph album comprised of views of English towns, primarily Oxford]
- Author
- [PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- [s.n.], [s.d., c.1865-75]
- Place of Publication
- [s.i.]
- Keywords
- Photograph Album
- Size
- Quarto
Terms of Sale
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
About the Seller
Antiquates Ltd
Biblio member since 2008
Wareham, Dorset
About Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...