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Magic Lantern, The; or, Amusing and Instructive Exhibitions for Young People

Magic Lantern, The; or, Amusing and Instructive Exhibitions for Young People

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Magic Lantern, The; or, Amusing and Instructive Exhibitions for Young People

by [Sandham / Semple, Elizabeth]

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Tabart and Co.; London., 1806. Hard. Fair+. 12mo. 7".. 9 of 11 colour engravings. Fair+. Contemporaneous dark red half-morocco and papered boards, covers rubbed and worn. Small bookplate to front pastedown. Missing two plates - for fifth and tenth chapters and two plates are detached, one of these being a little greyed and dog-earred, with a couple of tiny missing chips from corners. Title page and one further plate detached from about halfway downwards. There are around ten instances throughout the text where a single word has been erased through what appears to be a combination of chemical process and rubbing, which is odd and in one instance a tiny hole has resulted and again to the last leaf of the publishers ad`s to the rear. Name in contemporaneous hand to rear free endpaper. 200pp.

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Bookseller
Ryan OHorne Books GB (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #
020687
Title
Magic Lantern, The; or, Amusing and Instructive Exhibitions for Young People
Author
[Sandham / Semple, Elizabeth]
Illustrator
9 of 11 colour engravings
Format/Binding
Hard
Book Condition
Used - Fair+
Quantity Available
1
Publisher
Tabart and Co.; London.
Date Published
1806
Size
12mo. 7".

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Fair+
Used to describe a book in slightly better than Fair condition. Fair describes "a worn book that has complete text pages...
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...
Rubbing
Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
Plate
Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
Bookplate
Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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...

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