Rasselas. With Engravings, by A. RAIMBACH From Pictures by R. SMIRKE.
by JOHNSON, Samuel
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About This Item
William Miller, London; Manners and Miller, and Archibald Constable, Edinburgh. Letter Press by James Ballantyne, Edinburgh. 1805. 4to. . pp. (iv), iii, (i) 197, (i). Engraved frontispiece, 3 plates, vignette headpiece to page 1. Contemporary straight-grained red morocco, all edges gilt, rebacked with the original spine relaid, marbled end-papers, on heavy paper with wide margins, an old and much-faded dampmark to the top corner of text and a little rubbing to the board edges, despite which a nice copy.
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- Rasselas. With Engravings, by A. RAIMBACH From Pictures by R. SMIRKE.
- Author
- JOHNSON, Samuel
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- William Miller, London; Manners and Miller, and Archibald Constable, Edinburgh. Letter Press by James Ballantyne, Edinburgh. 180
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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....
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.