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Select and Remarkable Epitaphs on Illustrious and Other Persons in Several Parts of Europe with Translations of Such As Are in Latin and Foreign Languages, and Compendious Accounts of the Deceased, Their Lives and Works (Two Volumes)
by Hackett, John
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good+
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About This Item
London: Printed for T. Osborne and J Shipton. Good+. 1757. First Edition. Hardcover. Two volume set. Contemporary full calf, two morocco labels to each spine, gilt decor, 5 spine bands, marbled endpages/edges. Bookplate each volume. Engraved frontis to volume 1. Leather is worn, edges exposed. The front blank of v2 is detached, laid in, on which is a lengthy contemporary handwritten epitaph. Scattered foxing. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; [4], 288, [4]245, [xxi] index pages .
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- curtis paul books inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45909
- Title
- Select and Remarkable Epitaphs on Illustrious and Other Persons in Several Parts of Europe with Translations of Such As Are in Latin and Foreign Languages, and Compendious Accounts of the Deceased, Their Lives and Works (Two Volumes)
- Author
- Hackett, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for T. Osborne and J Shipton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1757
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 12mo
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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...
- 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...
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