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The Portfolio: Monographs on Artistic Subjects. Bookbinding in France; Albert Durer's Engravings; Italian Book-Illustrations
by Hamerton, Philip Gilbert [P.G.]; W. Y. Flether; Lionel Cust; Alfred W. Pollard
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Seeley and Co., 1894. First edition, 1894. Three subjects in one book: French bookbinding; Durer's engravings; early Italian book illustrating. Eight full color plates of French book bindings, high quality reproductions of Durer's work, nicely printed Italian illustrations. Maroon cloth over beveled boards, top edges gilt, various pagination. Covers rubbed at the extremities, good hinges, text block sound but no longer completely tight, some occasional foxing, most notably to endpapers, title page, frontis and tissue, some foxing to Italian plates, bookplate of Hester J. Austin on front pastedown, no other names or markings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 033009
- Title
- The Portfolio: Monographs on Artistic Subjects. Bookbinding in France; Albert Durer's Engravings; Italian Book-Illustrations
- Author
- Hamerton, Philip Gilbert [P.G.]; W. Y. Flether; Lionel Cust; Alfred W. Pollard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Seeley and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1894
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- BOOK ARTS BINDING ILLUSTRATION ENGRAVING
- Bookseller catalogs
- Arts - Fine, Decorative, Antiques, Performing Arts; Books, Paper, Printing, Publishing, Typography;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
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- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- 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...
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