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The Rhine, Italy, and Greece. In a Series of Drawings from Nature by Colonel Cockburn, Major Irton; Messrs. Bartlett, Leitch and Wolfensberger
by WRIGHT, G[eorge] N[ewenham]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London. London, Fisher & Co. [1841]. Hardcover. 4to., 2 volumes in One, 76 & 90,[ii], (index), Plus 2 engraved vignette title pages & 71 steel engraves plate views, in contemporary full black calf, rebacked, gilt ruled decorated borders and border panel decorations on the spine, full ornate border and centre panel decorations on the boards, gilt roll decorations on the board edges, original coated yellow endpapers relayed, all edges gilt, some occasional slight foxing on the margins, the plates are very good clean clear strikes, early presentation decorated ink inscription, a very good to fine copy in attractive antique binding (hoL). Cf. Blackmer 1845.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 40050
- Title
- The Rhine, Italy, and Greece. In a Series of Drawings from Nature by Colonel Cockburn, Major Irton; Messrs. Bartlett, Leitch and Wolfensberger
- Author
- WRIGHT, G[eorge] N[ewenham]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- London. London, Fisher & Co. [1841]
- Keywords
- RHINE ITALY GREECE VIEW PLATE ILLUSTRATION STEEL ENGRAVING TRAVEL EXPEDITION JOURNEY
Terms of Sale
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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About the Seller
Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Biblio member since 2006
Ottawa, Ontario
About Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
Since 1969 we've been selling rare books. We have published 292 catalogues of rare, scare and interesting books in a wide variety of subjects. Our specialites include.... Arctic, Canadian History and Travel, The Americas, Fishing and Angling, Ireland, General Antiquarian, and Military History. We issue 7-10 catalogues per year. Let us know if you'd like to join our mailing list.
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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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 ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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