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THE PARADISE OF DAINTY DEVICES (1576-1606)
by Edited by Hyder Edward Rollins
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Spine slightly faded, else fine and mostly unopened
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About This Item
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1927. First edition. Hardcover. Spine slightly faded, else fine and mostly unopened. lxix, 298 pp;, 9 full-page illustrations; quarto, blue cloth with gilt titles, top edge gilt.
The first detailed study of this popular late 16th century literary miscellany which saw 10 editions published between 1576-1606. Only 9 of these survive and the illustrations here include reproductions of the title pages of all of them.
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- Chanticleer Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 22058
- Title
- THE PARADISE OF DAINTY DEVICES (1576-1606)
- Author
- Edited by Hyder Edward Rollins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Spine slightly faded, else fine and mostly unopened
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1927
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- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
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