69 Ludgate Hill, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow: William Mackenzie. Decorative Cloth. Good+/No Jacket. COMPLETE SET OF 13 VOLUMES. Undated Edition, Late 19th C. Very well Illustrated with over 500 Plates (Printed on one side of the paper), including Fold-Outs. Also numerous In-Text Woodcuts. Illustrations include Natural History, Maps (Coloured), Architecture, Machines and much more.Text arranged in Double Columns within Linear Borders. Attractive Original Brown Pebbled Cloth Bindings with Bright Gilt and Black Illustrations, Decoration and Lettering to fronts andspines. Blind stamped designs to rear boards. Beveled Edges. 10" Tall. Some edge wear and a few small pieces of cloth missing at spine ends. Hinges sound and Binding generally firm, though one or 2 Plates are loose. Pages and Plates generally in nice, clean condition, a few spots of browning (mainly marginal). Set weighs 19 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you woiuld like more Pictures, Information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 4to - over 9Â¾" - 12" tall

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Bookseller: Cornish Books (GB)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 010867
Title: THE NATIONAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA : a Dictionary of Universal Knowledge. By Writers of Eminence in Literature, Science and Art. Library Edition. COMPLETE 13 VOLUME SET
Format/Binding: Decorative Cloth
Book Condition: Used - Good+
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Mackenzie
Place of Publication: 69 Ludgate Hill, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow
Keywords: ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/REFERENCE/ILLUSTRATED BOOKS/NATIONAL ENCYCLOPAEDIA
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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Pebbled: Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
Jacket: Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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....
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...
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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...
Beveled: Beveled edges, or beveled boards, describe a technique of binding in which the edges of book boards have been cut into slanted...