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The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue Of The Works Of Art Bequeathed To The British Museum By Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, 1898
by Read Hercules, Charles
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good. covers scuffed, scratched & tanned; edge-wear; spine ends worn; corners rubbed; faded sticker residue. pastedown cracking
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Order Of The Trustees British Museum, 1902. Hardcover. Good. covers scuffed, scratched & tanned; edge-wear; spine ends worn; corners rubbed; faded sticker residue. pastedown cracking at front hinge; back pastedown cracking at hinge w/ fraying. spine split; textblock firm.. brown, olive cloth boards w/ gilt spine printing. 129 pgs w/ 55 plates & frontispiece w/ detached tissue guard. deckled edges. top edge gilt. Pages & plates clean, but with smudges & ink ghosting from opposing pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 177924
- Title
- The Waddesdon Bequest: Catalogue Of The Works Of Art Bequeathed To The British Museum By Baron Ferdinand Rothschild, 1898
- Author
- Read Hercules, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good. covers scuffed, scratched & tanned; edge-wear; spine ends worn; corners rubbed; faded sticker residue. pastedown cracking
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Order Of The Trustees British Museum
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Waddesdon Bequest; baron ferdinand rothschild collection ; Waddesdon Bequest, baron ferdinand rothschild collection, european decorative arts ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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Columbia, Pennsylvania
About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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- Cloth
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- Hinge
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- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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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