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A DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS,IN MOST FREQUENT USE. Taken from the Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian Languages; Translated Into English
by MacDonell, David Evans
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Vg+/No Jacket
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
London: G.G.and J.Robinson, 1797. First Edition . Half-Leather. Vg+/No Jacket. 12mo. A scarce first edition.pp.vii,(1) 130 pgs.unpaginated text plus single blank leaves bound in between pages and double blank leaves between signatures. Some of the blank pages have very legible notations. Brown half leather binding with lightly scuffed marbled paper over boards. Professionally rebacked with red leather label and gilt. Leather corner tips absent. Internally fresh with very light occasional foxing. A handsome offering of a scarce title. Alston Vol.III,#755
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- Bookseller
- Dale Cournoyer Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8319
- Title
- A DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS,IN MOST FREQUENT USE. Taken from the Greek, Latin, French, Spanish, and Italian Languages; Translated Into English
- Author
- MacDonell, David Evans
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Vg+
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- G.G.and J.Robinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1797
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- Dictionary of Quotations Greek Latin Antique Books Philosophy Linguistics Fine Binding Textbook A DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS,IN MOST FREQUENT USE.Taken from the Greek,Latin,French,Spanish,and Italian Languages;Translated Into English.With Illustra
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
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