THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AS PRACTISED IN EUROPE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. Illustrated by Borders, Initial Letters and Alphabets
by Tymms, W. R. and M. D. Wyatt
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Day And Son,, 1860-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. 31 cm. [4], 104, [2] p.. All 99 plates present. llustrated t.p., half-title, colophon, and most plates printed in colors. Bound in publishers brown cloth. Original spine rebacked on modern brown cloth. Previous owner added more gilt wash to boards obsuring original cloth to boards and title imprint on boards. All edges gilt. Lacking gilt to page ends. Wear and chipping loss to title page. Foxing to text pages. Marginal dampstain to head and tail margins of text. Plates have soiling to margins, a few plate have creases. About 1/3 of the plates have blue sharpie note on the bottom margin. Plates have been mis-set when this book was rebound. 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 #
- 1602170001
- Title
- THE ART OF ILLUMINATING AS PRACTISED IN EUROPE FROM THE EARLIEST TIMES. Illustrated by Borders, Initial Letters and Alphabets
- Author
- Tymms, W. R. and M. D. Wyatt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Day And Son,
- Date Published
- 1860-01-01
- Size
- 0x0x0
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Colophon
- The colophon contains information about a book's publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possibly even includes a printer's...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.