The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. A Tale.
by JOHNSON, SAMUEL
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Ilminster, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Additional engraved vignette title after Thurston (slighly foxed), title vignette by Thomson ; viii+144pp; first blank removed, tear on last leaf. 12mo contemp. calf gilt, embossed and gilt decoration on covers, black spine label, rubbed on extremities, chipped at head of spine,
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Details
- Bookseller
- R.G. Watkins Books and Prints (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RGW22704
- Title
- The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia. A Tale.
- Author
- JOHNSON, SAMUEL
- Book Condition
- Used
- Keywords
- Chiswick, Printed by C. Whittingham, for R. Jennings, T. Tegg and others, 1822. johnson tale rasselas
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About the Seller
R.G. Watkins Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2020
Ilminster, Somerset
About R.G. Watkins Books and Prints
Established in Somerset, England in 1985, with retail premises, we now sell principally on the internet. Apart from selling to collectors and other dealers, we have many libraries and museums among our customers. Our aim is offer interesting and unusual items printed, written or drawn on paper.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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...