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THE WORKS OF Mr. JOHN DRYDEN CONSISTING OF THE AUTHOR'S ORIGINAL POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS. FABLES ANCIENT AND MODERN; TRANSLATED INTO VERSE FROM HOMER, OVID, BOCCACE, & CHAUCER WITH ORIGINAL POEMS. THE THIRD VOLUME. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED TOGETHER
by Dryden, John (1631-1700)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
London: Jacob Tonson, 1701. First Edition. Hardcover. Thick, tall Quarto, [39], 646 pages, xv, 232 pages. In Very Good condition. Rebound in light brown leather, embossed six-band spine heavy gilt and gold letters. Boards show light shelf wear overall with edge wear, bumping to corners, a few scratches to back cover, and light rubbing to bands with slight fraying to spine tail. Textblock shows light age toning to pages interiorly, previous owner's name penned to first title page, and occasional light foxing (including first title page). All page edges gilt. Blue moire end pages. High quality rebound of rare book with original pages in good condition. Shelved in Netdesk office, in bookcases wrapping around the 15's bookcases.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1255506
- Title
- THE WORKS OF Mr. JOHN DRYDEN CONSISTING OF THE AUTHOR'S ORIGINAL POEMS AND TRANSLATIONS. FABLES ANCIENT AND MODERN; TRANSLATED INTO VERSE FROM HOMER, OVID, BOCCACE, & CHAUCER WITH ORIGINAL POEMS. THE THIRD VOLUME. NOW FIRST PUBLISHED TOGETHER
- Author
- Dryden, John (1631-1700)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jacob Tonson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1701
- Keywords
- Poetry, Classical Studies, British Literature
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and 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...
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
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