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Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by Messrs. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, and H. M’Culloch. In Two Volumes.
by BEATTIE, WILLIAM:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, George Virtue, 1838. Two Volumes. Large Hardbacks, approx 11 x 8.5 inches. Halfbound leather fine bindings; dark green calf tot spines and corners, marbled paper boards. Decorative spine banding and twin red leather spine labels. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Some wear to covers, corners bumped with a couple of corners chipped. Surface nicks/chips to leather around extremities, some rubbing to boards. Endpapers clean, no previous owners inscriptions. Engraved title pages with quite dark foxing, Most plates have dark foxing throughout. Map has tear to folded corner. Pages with some mild foxing else overall clean and tight. Else a very good set. viii + 200 & 164pp. Illustrated with 120 full-page B&W engraved plates, including decorative title page vignettes. Complete with fold-out map in vol.1.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 91008
- Title
- Scotland Illustrated in a Series of Views Taken Expressly for this Work by Messrs. T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, and H. M’Culloch. In Two Volumes.
- Author
- BEATTIE, WILLIAM:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, George Virtue, 1838
- Keywords
- Scotland Scotland, Illustrated in a Series of Views, Taken Expressly for this Work, T. Allom, W.H. Bartlett, H. M’Culloch, Two Volumes, George Virtue, 1838, calf leather, fine binding, B&W engraved plates, views, landscapes, engravings, map, Ed
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
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