The Art Of The Venice Academy: Containing A Brief History Of The Building And Of Its Collection Of Paintingsas Well As Descriptions And Criticisms Of Many Of The Principal Pictures And Their Artists
by Mary Knight Potter
- Used
- Acceptable
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Bell and Sons, 1906. Hardcover. Acceptable. 1906. No Edition Remarks. 359 pages. No dust jacket. This is an ex-Library book. Red cloth. Expected library inserts, stamps and inscriptions. Black and white illustrated plates throughout. Severe cracking to hinges causing boards and pages to be loose. Pages and plates have light tanning and foxing throughout. Tears to some pages, text remains unaffected. Boards have moderate shelf-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Light tanning to spine and edges with crushing to spine ends. Splits to spine edges. Wear marks overall.
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- Seller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 1669200303CRH
- Title
- The Art Of The Venice Academy: Containing A Brief History Of The Building And Of Its Collection Of Paintingsas Well As Descriptions And Criticisms Of Many Of The Principal Pictures And Their Artists
- Author
- Mary Knight Potter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- George Bell and Sons
- Date Published
- 1906
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex
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- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
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- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.