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PICTURESQUE ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND ETCHED BY ADAM DE CARDONNEL - Part I
by Adam De Cardonnel
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Edwards, 1788. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp. iv, 30, and 25 plate pages. Binding; full straight grain morocco binding, with extensive gilt decoration to the spine and elaborate gilt to the board surrounds, some light wear. gilt fore-edges, highly decorative gilt turn-ins. Contents good and tight, matching endpapers with the plate of Sir George Taylor to the front pastedown. Each plate has with it a careful description and caption; a very charming item. [Sir George Taylor, former director of Kew, keeper of botany, British Museum, plant collector and botanist].
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031983
- Title
- PICTURESQUE ANTIQUITIES OF SCOTLAND ETCHED BY ADAM DE CARDONNEL - Part I
- Author
- Adam De Cardonnel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Edwards
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1788
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Topography and Travel - British; Bindings - Fine;
Terms of Sale
Loe Books
We are pleased to offer a full refund on any item, if it is returned within 14. If it is not as described, we will also be happy to reimburse shipping costs, otherwise we will only refund the cost of the item. The above only applies if we receive the item back in the same condition that it was sent. We are happy to send books under 1kg free in the UK
About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
About Loe Books
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We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
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- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
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