Odes of Anacreon
by , Trans
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Hugh Maxwell, Philadelphia, 1804. 1st. Hardcover. 1st U.S. edition, 1804. In its original brown calf with modest flaking along upper edges of the front panel, minor fraying to outer hinges and a bit of rubbing to the spine and a small amount of scufffing to the back panel. 12mo, 301 pgs. A solid VG- and nicely-preserved. 2 beautiful engraved portraits of Thomas Moore on the verso and Anacreon, the 1st century BC poet, on the recto by David Edwin.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1090
- Title
- Odes of Anacreon
- Author
- , Trans
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Publisher
- Hugh Maxwell, Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1804
- Keywords
- ANCIENT GREEK POETRY, SIR THOMAS MOORE, ANACREON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Poetry; Literature;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.