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The Makers of Venice Doges, Conquerors, Painters, and Men of Letters
by Oliphant, Mrs. M.O.W
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Macmillan and Co.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1891. Second Edition. Fourth Printing. Leather. Quarter brown leather over marbled boards, spine divided into six compartments separated by raised bands, gitl lettering or decoration in each compartment, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Illustrated with 48 B&W illustrations by R. R. Holmes . Edges very slightly worn, ffep detached, previous owner's armorial bookplate on ffep, else tight, square, unmarked, and clean. NEAR FINE. . B&W Illustrations. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (xii), 410 pp .
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- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18275
- Title
- The Makers of Venice Doges, Conquerors, Painters, and Men of Letters
- Author
- Oliphant, Mrs. M.O.W
- Illustrator
- R. R. Holmes
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- Second Edition. Fourth Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Keywords
- Venice, History, History of Venice, Renaissance, Republic of Venice, Doges, Italy, Italian history, Italian Art
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Marbled boards
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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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Fine
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