Sketches in Italy and Greece
by John Addington Symonds
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
E-374. Good+. Second Edition. Hardcover. Leather. 8vo. Published by Smith, Elder, & Co. , London, UK. 1879. 316 pgs. Illustrated. Second Edition. Bound in Bickers & Son of Leicester in full blue leather boards with raised bands and gilt titles present to the spine and blindstamped rule decoration present to the boards with the seal of . The Leamington High School for Girls present to the front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (spine ends lightly scuffed and worn). Previous owner's name present to the half-title page. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. "The arts and the inventions, the knowledge and the books which suddenly became vital at the time of the Renaissance, had long lain neglected on the shores of the Dead Sea, which we call the Middle-Ages. It was not their discovery which caused the Renaissance. But the intellectual energy, the spontaneous outburst of intelligence, that enabled mankind at that moment to make use of them. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Last Exit Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 67374
- Title
- Sketches in Italy and Greece
- Author
- John Addington Symonds
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Place of Publication
- E-374
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...