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The Green Vaults of Dresden. Illustrations of the Choicest Works in that Museum of Art
by Gruner, Lewis [ed.]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Virtue and Company Ltd, 1876. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. A very good copy in original maroon cloth with bevelled edges. Gilt title to front board, some minor wear to edges. aeg. Re-spined with original cloth with gilt title laid on. A substantial volume, mounted lithographic frontispiece portrait of Melchior Dinglinger; 3 pages introductory text, 24 full-page mounted chromolithographs and 4 mounted copper-engraved plates, accompanying text page to each plate. .
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- Bookseller
- Rickaro Books Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 061321
- Title
- The Green Vaults of Dresden. Illustrations of the Choicest Works in that Museum of Art
- Author
- Gruner, Lewis [ed.]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Virtue and Company Ltd
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23&qu
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Dresden Museum Art Artists Illustrated
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquities; Art and Artists;
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Rickaro Books Ltd
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
About Rickaro Books Ltd
At Rickaro Books, we have over 30 years experience in bookselling and customer care. We specialise in T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) but also carry a wide range of other titles across the fields of military, local history and first edition fiction. if you are seeking for a particular title, we are happy to assist and are always interested in purchasing good, collectable books.
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- Edges
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- Folio
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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