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Il Vaticano 8 volume set
by Erasmo Pistolesi; Camillo Guerra; Tommaso de Vivo
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Roma, Tip. della Societa editrice, 1829 - 1838. First Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8 volume set. 848 pl. of 850. Folios, 46 cm. Bound in contemporary 3/4 green leather. Marbled boards. Top edge gilt. Wear and rubbing to extremities. Library bookplates. Markings to spine and verso of title page. Front board detached to Vols. I,VI,VII. Front boards starting to Vol. I-III. Chipping and loss to head and tail of Vol. I, III and VII. Lacking two plates. Pages clean and unmarked. Brunet IV, p. 677. <br>Collated: Vol. I: 304p. 86 pl. (complete); Vol. II: 294p. 68 pl., plate LXVII as plate LXVI matching plate list, then to pl LXVIII resulting from pl. XI printed as X and number continuously as such (complete); Vol. III: 280p., 113 pl. (complete); Vol. IV: 279p., 115 pl (complete); Vol. V: 230p., 118 pl. (complete); Vol. VI: 188p., 106 pl. (complete, pl 90-100 misbound); Vol. VII: 128p. 98 pl, lacking pl 19; Vol. VIII: 170p. 152 pl. lacking pl 92. This is an oversized or heavy book, that requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.
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- Bookseller
- SequiturBooks
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1511300026
- Title
- Il Vaticano 8 volume set
- Author
- Erasmo Pistolesi; Camillo Guerra; Tommaso de Vivo
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Roma, Tip. della Societa editrice
- Date Published
- 1829 - 1838
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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...
- Verso
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- Marbled boards
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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.,...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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