BACON'S ESSAYS AND WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS with a Biographical Notice by A. Spiers Preface by B. Montagu, and Notes by Different Writers
by Bacon
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/No Jacket
- Seller
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Endicott, New York, United States
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About This Item
Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1889. 7.75" X 5.25" in marbled boards with red leather spine and corners. Soiled, Internal front hinge cracking. LIGHT water stain in fore edge margin of pages in latter half of the book, damage to rear end papers. Unopened pages, top edge gilt. 425pp.. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000341
- Title
- BACON'S ESSAYS AND WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS with a Biographical Notice by A. Spiers Preface by B. Montagu, and Notes by Different Writers
- Author
- Bacon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company, Boston
- Date Published
- 1889
- Keywords
- RENAISSANCE ENGLAND, ELIZABETHAN AGE,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Essays;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fore Edge
- The portion of a book that is opposite the spine. That part of a book which faces the wall when shelved in a traditional...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
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