SKETCHES OF THE DOMESTIC MANNERS AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE ROMANS
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: J. Mortimer, 1823. Hardcover. Good. xi + 272 pages. 3 3/4 x 6 in. Tan leather binding, edges of text block lightly flecked with brown. Condition of the book is GOOD: heavy wear to covers and spine, corners worn, spine missing leather label and cracking- highly worn at edges, rear cover hinge worn, front cover hinge detached- repaired with clear tape, edges of text block darkened, pages foxed, ink marks on end papers and one page, rear ffep. missing, previous owner's name in ink on title page.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2067
- Title
- SKETCHES OF THE DOMESTIC MANNERS AND INSTITUTIONS OF THE ROMANS
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. Mortimer
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1823
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...