Hortus Inclusus
by RUSKIN, John
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Kent, U.K.: George Allen, 1888. Bound in full vellum with navy blue leather labels on spine. Armorial binding (with gold crests on front and rear panels). Beveled boards, Gilt turnins, decorated endsheets and all edges are gilt. A bit of wear to edges, but the volume still shows well. 172 pp. . Second Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- abookshop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0913447
- Title
- Hortus Inclusus
- Author
- RUSKIN, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- George Allen
- Place of Publication
- Kent, U.K.
- Date Published
- 1888
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Springtown, Pennsylvania
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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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Beveled
- Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...