Providence. An Allegorical Poem. In Three Books
by OGILVIE, John
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- Condition
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- Seller
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Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for G. Burnet, 1764.. First edition, small 4to, xiii, (iii), 192 pp. Engraved title vignette and 3 plates, armorial bookplate of Henry Dundas, first Viscount Melville to paste down with a recent bookplate to the fly leaf. Contemporary speckled calf, spine darkened with a red label, recent repairs to the joints.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29326
- Title
- Providence. An Allegorical Poem. In Three Books
- Author
- OGILVIE, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London: Printed for G. Burnet
- Date Published
- 1764.
- Keywords
- Literature Poetry
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
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- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- 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...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...