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Picturesque Europe: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Natural Features and the Picturesque and Historical Places of Great Britain and the Continent. (THREE VOLUME SET; FULL LEATHER BINDINGS)
by Taylor, Bayard
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Published by D. Appleton & Company, 1875. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Folios. iv, 488; iv, 460; iv, 491 pages. Hardcovers bound in original dark brown full morocco bindings with cover designs embossed in blind and in gilt. The bindings are rubbed and scuffed but sound with secure hinges. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Some foxing to the text, heavier at the front and rear of each volume. Each title page has some light pencil markings for the original directions for the binder. In Volume I, there is a little chip on the fore edge of the title page and on the following page. The interior text is a little toned but mostly clean. Contains text illustrations from wood engravings and steel plate engravings on thicker stock paper. Some of the steel engravings are foxed about the edges. Contains 63 steel plate engravings and numerous wood engravings. Overall a decent and serviceable set with sturdy bindings. Volume I is dated 1875; Volume II is 1878; Volume III is 1879.
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- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051657
- Title
- Picturesque Europe: A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Natural Features and the Picturesque and Historical Places of Great Britain and the Continent. (THREE VOLUME SET; FULL LEATHER BINDINGS)
- Author
- Taylor, Bayard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- Published by D. Appleton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1875
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15\" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1875; 1878; 1879; Bayard Taylor; Picturesque Europe; European; Art; Full Morocco Leather Bindings; Travel Books; Illustrated; Woodcuts; Steel Plate Engravings; Great Britain; England; Continent; Plates; 19th century; Rare; Collectible; Plate Books.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bindings; Europe;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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- Jacket
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- Gilt
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- Title Page
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- First Edition
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- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Foxed
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