Collectanea Curiosa; Or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating To The History And Antiquities of England and Ireland, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and a Variety of Other Subjects. Chiefly Collected, and Now First Published, from the Manuscripts of Archbishop Sancroft; Given to the Bodleian Library by the Late Bishop Tanner
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Westmoreland, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1781. First Edition. Leather. Other than lacking two boards a tight, clean set. ; 8vo; Two volumes, volume I mottled boards rebacked, volume II lacks boards, red and green leather spine labels, [3], xix, 448, [1], x, [2], 468p. , index. **With armorial bookplate of Craven Ord 1756-1832, antiquary. .
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- Bookseller
- Janet & Henry Hurley (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58049
- Title
- Collectanea Curiosa; Or Miscellaneous Tracts, Relating To The History And Antiquities of England and Ireland, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, and a Variety of Other Subjects. Chiefly Collected, and Now First Published, from the Manuscripts of Archbishop Sancroft; Given to the Bodleian Library by the Late Bishop Tanner
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1781
- Keywords
- Oxford, Cambridge, Northern Ireland, History, Documents, Provenance, Craven Ord
- Bookseller catalogs
- Britain;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Janet & Henry Hurley
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About the Seller
Janet & Henry Hurley
Biblio member since 2006
Westmoreland, New Hampshire
About Janet & Henry Hurley
Hurley Books was established by my father, Henry Hurley, in 1966. We have been shipping books through the mail for over 40 years with over 200 catalogs having been issued. Our bookshop contains well over 50,000 volumes with 17,000 +/- currently listed on Biblio.
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...