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The Antiquities of Scotland (Volumes I & II)
by Grose, Francis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, UK: Printed for Hooper and Wigstead, 1797. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Complete in two volumes. xxviii, 176pp, with 85 plate engravings; iv, 171-308pp, with 106 plate engravings. Uniformly bound in a utilitarian later quarter leather over blue cloth binding with gilt titles on spine. Top edge gilt, all other edges marbled. Title pages with engraved vignettes. 4tos. Boards a little rubbed on corners, rounded at tips of a sunned spine. Library named stamped in gilt on front panels. Volume II has some white brush marks on front panel. Bookplate over labels of North Yorkshire Reference Library on front paste downs, minor library annotations on title pages. Plates and leaves browned with occasional faint spotting, else neat, clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- BookAddiction
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023707
- Title
- The Antiquities of Scotland (Volumes I & II)
- Author
- Grose, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Printed for Hooper and Wigstead
- Place of Publication
- London, UK
- Date Published
- 1797
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Antiquities, Ireland, Architecture,
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Plate
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- Cloth
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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....
- 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...
- Sunned
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- Bookplate
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