Worcester: J. and J. Holt and sold by J. Robson, 1792. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo 21.5x13 cm). - 4 preliminary blanks, [6], X, 348, [1] pages. - Hand-tooled red morocco with embossed decorations in gilt: on front cover, within borders: 4 corner leaves and the British Lion; on the spine: 6 bands - title, author and year on 3 separate red labels, as well as toled decorations in gilt. Marbled end-papers. - Very fine. - Interior fine, except for some offset toning opposite to the 4 plates. - With "Errata" on last page - With 40 copper engraved illustrations on 4 plates, frontispiece showing an archer stressing his bow, and on the title page a quiver of arrows. - History of bows and arrows in Britain, France, the Roman Empire, Hellenistic Greece, Mycenea and the Mideast. - Chapter 11 describes royal decrees that promoted or restricted archery training.

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Bookseller: Bibiliophilia Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 000287
Title: An Essay on Archery - [BINDING]
Author: Moseley, Walter Michael
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: J. and J. Holt and sold by J. Robson
Place of Publication: Worcester
Date Published: 1792
Keywords: ARCHERY - ENGLISH BOOKS - 18TH CENTURY BOOKS - SPECIAL BINDING - BOWS - ARROWS - HISTORY - ILLUSTRATED BOOKS - COPPER ENGRAVINGS - WORCESTER IMPRINTS - BRITISH LION - HAND-TOOLED BINDING - BRITAIN - FRANCE - ROMAN EMPIRE - H

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Formerly Helena Szepe Books of Chicago, we have close to 40 years experience as sellers of antiquarian, rare, and interesting books and ephemera. We have recently moved ourselves and our books to sunny Florida.Specialties: Art, Early Printed Books, Science, Scholarly Books, German Books, Hungarian Books.

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Octavo: Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
Morocco: Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
Title Page: A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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...
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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Offset: A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...