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HUDIBRAS. IN THREE PARTS. WRITTEN IN THE TIME OF THE LATE WARS. CORRECTED AND AMENDED: WITH ADDITIONS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ANNOTATIONS, AND AN EXACT INDEX TO THE WHOLE. ADORNED WITH A NEW SET OF CUTS, FROM THE DESIGNS OF MR. HOGARTH.
by Samuel Butler; Treadway Russell Nash
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
-
Livonia, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed By Powell. Fair. 1732. Hardcover. ; Tan calf leather cover with gilt embossed spine has extensive wear to the extremities and front board is detached but present. Boards and spine are straight. Binding is tight. Early owner's names on front end sheet and title page. Pages are toned and foxed but in good condition. Complete with 17 engraved plates by Hogarth including frontispiece, 5 of which are folding. One folding plate has a 1" tear along the crease from the bottom edge. .
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- Bookseller
- Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15290
- Title
- HUDIBRAS. IN THREE PARTS. WRITTEN IN THE TIME OF THE LATE WARS. CORRECTED AND AMENDED: WITH ADDITIONS. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, ANNOTATIONS, AND AN EXACT INDEX TO THE WHOLE. ADORNED WITH A NEW SET OF CUTS, FROM THE DESIGNS OF MR. HOGARTH.
- Author
- Samuel Butler; Treadway Russell Nash
- Illustrator
- William Hogarth
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Printed By Powell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1732
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About the Seller
Sage Rare & Collectible Books, IOBA
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Livonia, Michigan
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
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