MECHANICK EXERCISES ON THE WHOLE ART OF PRINTING (1683 - 4)
by Moxon, Joseph
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Fair
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Oxford University Presss, 1958. 480 pages. Frontispiece illustrated with b/w plate. Further illustrated with 33 plates, 17 figures, 5 page facsimiles, 7 title pages and one very large fold out plate at the end of the book. Pages good condition, Foredges lightly stained. Previous owner's name top of ffep. Green cloth, gilt title on spine. Edges lightly faded and worn. Beige dust jacket in two sections loose in the book. DJ worn and soiled. VG/Fair. Hard Cover. Very Good/Fair.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031874
- Title
- MECHANICK EXERCISES ON THE WHOLE ART OF PRINTING (1683 - 4)
- Author
- Moxon, Joseph
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Publisher
- Oxford University Presss
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1958
- Keywords
- Printing, Printing Techniques, Presses
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...