Selections From the Various Authors Who Have Written Concerning Brazil; More Particularly Respecting the Captaincy of Minas Geraes, and the Gold Mines of That Province
by Mounteney, Barclay
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: Effingham Wilson, 1825. Finest copy available of this scarce title. This edition is bound in full leather, with marbled endpapers, decorative stamping on the cover, gilt stamping on the edges of the boards, raised bands on the spine and gilt lettering on a leather spine label. Text is clean and crisp; light wear to spine at bottom. Some mild rubbing and chipping to leather along edges. Frontispiece is a map of the Minas Geraes region of Brazil. 182 pages, including references; approx. 6"x8".. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontispiece.
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- Bookseller
- Popeks Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 800088
- Title
- Selections From the Various Authors Who Have Written Concerning Brazil; More Particularly Respecting the Captaincy of Minas Geraes, and the Gold Mines of That Province
- Author
- Mounteney, Barclay
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Effingham Wilson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1825
- Keywords
- World History Exploration Brazil South America Gold
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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