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Il Decamerone Nuovamente Corretto Et Con Diligentia Stampato.
by Boccaccio Giovanni
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Plus
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Firenze: Firenze, heredi di Phil di Giunta, 1527 (ma Venezia, Pasinello, 1729), 1729. , 1729. Eighteenth-century reprint of the 1527 Giunta edition of this classic of Italian prose. Book measures 9 3/4 x 7 inches. Collation, [14], 284pp, woodcut printer’s device on title & at end. The Goldsmid family crest, with motto Concordia et sedulitate on both boards. Bound in full leather. Rebacked retaining the period boards, raised bands, gilt tooling within compartments, ornatne dentells, new marble endpapers, full gilt edges. Calf has some very minor wear or abrasion marks. Binding in very good clean firm condition. Internally, pages clean throughout. A very nice copy, in a very attractive binding. . Full Leather. Very Good Plus. Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 097459
- Title
- Il Decamerone Nuovamente Corretto Et Con Diligentia Stampato.
- Author
- Boccaccio Giovanni
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Publisher
- Firenze, heredi di Phil di Giunta, 1527 (ma Venezia, Pasinello, 1729), 1729.
- Place of Publication
- Firenze
- Date Published
- 1729
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Goldsmid Family
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature; Leather Bindings; Antiquarian;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
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