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The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson
by Walton, Izaak
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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About This Item
London: John Major, 1825. Hardcover. Near Fine. First Edition. xviii, 503 pp. [+ 11 unpaginated copper plates]. Small octavo. 5 volumes in one. Bound in green leather. Decorative gilt boarders on front and back boards. Very minor staining on front board. Gilt decoration, title and publishing date in roman numerals on spine. Gilt edges. Dark red coated end papers. 52 B/W woodcut illustrations throughout text. 11 tissued guarded copper plates, which includes 6 frontispieces. Some minor foxing throughout. Fore-edge watercolour painting by Henry Thomas Alken (1785-1851) depicting "Fishing in a Punt" featured in "The National Sports of Great Britain". In very good+ condition. From the Estate of Randall J. Moskovitz, MD, Memphis, Tennessee. 1825
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 143833
- Title
- The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert, and Dr. Robert Sanderson
- Author
- Walton, Izaak
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Major
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1825
- Keywords
- Fishing|John Donne|Randall Moskovitz|Izaak Walton|The Holy Grail
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Aquila Books
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Calgary, Alberta
About Aquila Books
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Glossary
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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