Liber Fluviorum; or, River Scenery of France. Depicted in Sixty-One Line Engravings from Drawings By J.M.W. Turner, R.A. With Descriptive Letter-Press By Leitch Ritchie; and a Biographical Sketch By Alaric A. Watts
by Ritchie, Leitch; Turner, J.M.W. (illustrations); Watts, Alaris A. (additional text)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Corvallis, Oregon, United States
Item Price
NZ$307.74NZ$246.20
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About This Item
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1857. lvi, 336 pp. 27.5 x 20 cm. Black cloth covered boards, all edges gilt; 61 engraved plates including engraved additional title page. Book has been recased in modern cloth covered boards, and shows signs of once having had a spine remnant or other spine lable laid down on spine, but no longer extant. Some rubbing and light nicking to spine ends. Binder has used green cloth-patterned paper for front and rear endpapers, with presumed original marbled free endpapers still intact. Cracking along front and rear joints of endpapers, although text block is still holding very firmly. Foxing to some of the plates. Binding firm. Due to the size and weight of this book, additional shipping may be required for expedited and international orders. . Hard Cover. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Munster & Company, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 626926
- Title
- Liber Fluviorum; or, River Scenery of France. Depicted in Sixty-One Line Engravings from Drawings By J.M.W. Turner, R.A. With Descriptive Letter-Press By Leitch Ritchie; and a Biographical Sketch By Alaric A. Watts
- Author
- Ritchie, Leitch; Turner, J.M.W. (illustrations); Watts, Alaris A. (additional text)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1857
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
Munster & Company, LLC
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Corvallis, Oregon
About Munster & Company, LLC
Munster & Company is a family owned business with over twenty years of experience in buying and selling books. In October of 2017, we purchased Black Oak Books, originally in Berkeley, California, and moved it all to where we live in Corvallis, Oregon. Our inventory currently features a robust number of titles on mathematics, books about books, literature, poetry, and signed books. New arrivals are listed nearly every day.
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