Very interesting Classic work. Includes: Sense and Meaning of Writers and Speakers; Language Learning; Meditation; Conversation; Socratic Discourse; Improving Memory, and much more. Period Brown claf Full-leather binding with bright Gilt Decoration on front & Back. 3 Raised bands to spine with Gilt Decoration on them and in compartments. Gilt title in 2nd compartment. Endpapers and all page edges Marbled. Frontis illus. a seated gentleman teaching a child. Title page with large Vignette illus. " The Rake reformed in the House of Mourning", protected by tissue guard, followed by printed title page dated 1825. XVIII/18 preliminary pages. Main text 486 pages. Section of leather missing from bottom of spine to lower raised band and a small bits from top corners of spine (see photo). Hinges cracked, text block firm. Antique gift inscription in old browned ink on back of frontis. No other inscriptions. Small trail of insect damage in corner of frontis & illustrated title page, otherwise pages in very good, clean condition.

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Bookseller: White Swan Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 100113
Title: The Improvement of the Mind
Author: Watts, Isaac
Format/Binding: Decorative Full-Leather
Book Condition: Used - Good-
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: C. & J. Rivington; J. Nunn; T. Cadell & others
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1825
Pages: 486
Size: 5" Tall
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Christian Morality
Bookseller catalogs: Antiquarian; Religion; Christianity;

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Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Cracked: In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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...
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....
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...
Vignette: A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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...