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Tractatus de Herbis
by Minta Collins
- Used
- Condition
- Fine in Fine Box
- Seller
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St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
London: Folio Society, 2002. Collector's Edition. Leather Bound. Fine in Fine Box. 36.5 x 24 cm. Folio. 219 pages. Facsimile in color, reproduced from the manuscript Egerton MS 747 (c 1300) in the British Library. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is copy number 533. Full green goatskin leather with bevelled edges, gilt titles to front and spine, 4 raised bands, decorated in red and black on the front board. Gilt edges. Bound by Smith Settle of Otley, block design by David Eccles. Additionally includes a commentary vollume by Minta Collins, with a list of plants by Sandra Raphael. 76 pages. Octavo. Cloth bound. Both are housed in a green cloth clamshell box with paper title label to spine.
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- Bookseller
- Midway Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 51536
- Title
- Tractatus de Herbis
- Author
- Minta Collins
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in Fine Box
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- Folio Society
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2002
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
- 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...
- Clamshell Box
- A protective box designed for storing and preserving a bound book or loose sheets. A clamshell box is hinged on one side, with...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Goatskin
- Goatskin, leather made from goat, is durable and easy to dye. The original and finest examples of Morocco binding are goatskin....
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