CITIZEN OF THE WORLD : OR, LETTERS FROM A CHINESE PHILOSOPHER RESIDING IN LONDON TO HIS FRIENDS TO THE EAST [TWO VOLUMES]
by Goldsmith, Oliver
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: Taylor and Hessey, 1819. Leather. Very Good. Two Volumes: xvi,278 + viii,230 pages. Frontis engraving to each volume, two engravings. Marbled endpapers. Rebound in contemporary red leather binding with gilt borders, 18mo's [6.5 x4.5 inches]. Spines decorated in gilt. All edges gilt. Covers bright, clean and square. Spines to both volumes are scratched so that blind stamping is not readable. Previous owner's small, faded circular name stamp to front endpaper of each volume. Text clean and bright with some very light toning.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 75376
- Title
- CITIZEN OF THE WORLD : OR, LETTERS FROM A CHINESE PHILOSOPHER RESIDING IN LONDON TO HIS FRIENDS TO THE EAST [TWO VOLUMES]
- Author
- Goldsmith, Oliver
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Taylor and Hessey
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1819
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Glossary
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...