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Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence Display'd or, the Folly of Their Teaching Discover'd from Their Books, Sermons, Prayers, &c
by [Crockat, Gilbert and John Monroe]
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Booksellers, 1789. Leather Bound. Very Good. 4 1/4 x 7 inches. 12mo. 2 ffep + viii + 9-159 numbered pages + 3 rfep. Restenneth Library plate on front pastedown. Pencil ownership inscription of William K. Dickson dated 1898 on ffep. A little scattered foxing. Bound in full brown calf. Hinges worn but firmly holding. Five gilt bands to spine, which is chipped. Edges and corners worn. ESTCT89701. A nice copy of this scarce satire.
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- Bookseller
- St. Wulfstans Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 227
- Title
- Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence Display'd or, the Folly of Their Teaching Discover'd from Their Books, Sermons, Prayers, &c
- Author
- [Crockat, Gilbert and John Monroe]
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for the Booksellers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1789
- Keywords
- Scotland Anglican Presbyterian 18th
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
St. Wulfstans Books
Biblio member since 2009
Fayetteville, Arkansas
About St. Wulfstans Books
St. Wulfstan's specializes in antiquarian religious books, especially Bibles, Prayer Books, and other texts in the Catholic, Anglican, Episcopal or Presbyterian traditions. We are known for our extensive inventory of liturgical texts (such as the Book of Common Prayer) and related books.The inventory ranges from historically significant and very rare texts to affordable copies of prayer books from the U.S. and Great Britain.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
- 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....
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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