Discourses on the Fine Arts delivered to the students of the Royal Academy
by Sir Josphua Reynolds
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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Hexham, Northumberland, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Edinburgh.: William and Robert Chambers, 1840. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fair. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Fair. Bound in contemporary half levant leather and with marbled boards and endpapers. A couple of small contemporary library stamps of S. Taylors Academy, Manor House... Slightly toned and foxed and with a little damp-stain mark to bottom fore-edge corner. One of the quires has split at the gutter exposing spine verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ryan OHorne Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 035646
- Title
- Discourses on the Fine Arts delivered to the students of the Royal Academy
- Author
- Sir Josphua Reynolds
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- William and Robert Chambers
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh.
- Date Published
- 1840
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 1.32 lbs
- Keywords
- Individual Artist
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art & Photography;
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Ryan OHorne Books
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Hexham, Northumberland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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....
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.