The Makers of Venice. Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters.
by VENICE. OLIPHANT, Mrs. [Margaret]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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LONDON, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Macmillan, London., 1898. Extra Illustrated Edition of a book originally published in 1887. Octavo. pp xvi, 410. Plates and illustrations in the text. Period binding of full polished tan calf with raised bands, gilt decoration and rules, marbled edges and endpapers.Spine slightly faded. Two corners slightly bumped. Very good indeed.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- VENICE013033
- Title
- The Makers of Venice. Doges, Conquerors, Painters and Men of Letters.
- Author
- VENICE. OLIPHANT, Mrs. [Margaret]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan, London.
- Date Published
- 1898
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...