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Roman antiquities: or, an account of the manners and customs of the Romans (etc.)
by Adam, Alexander
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Holywell, Flintshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: printed for Cadell & Davies (etc.), 1819. 8th edition. Full leather binding. Good/No Jacket. Rebacked in calf with original boards, spine with raised bands and gilt title, hand-sewn silk headbands, bookplate of Edward Jones, Corpus Christ College Cambridge; a tight copy. xvi, 570 pp. "Designed chiefly to illustrate the Latin Classics, by explaining words and phrases, from the rites and customs to which they refer".
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- Bookseller
- Acanthophyllum Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7404
- Title
- Roman antiquities: or, an account of the manners and customs of the Romans (etc.)
- Author
- Adam, Alexander
- Format/Binding
- Full leather binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- 8th edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: printed for Cadell & Davies (etc.)
- Date Published
- 1819
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About the Seller
Acanthophyllum Books
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Holywell, Flintshire
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- Jacket
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- Calf
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Bookplate
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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....
- Rebacked
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