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Ancient and Ornamental Alphabets, Collected from the Best Sources
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
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nr Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
4 Stationers Hall Court, London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Aresti, J. [c. 1850] Green cloth boards with gilt titles (boards mildly marked, faded, rubbed and rounded corners, cracked at spine ends). Internally a hint of toning and spotting (not affecting plates) and a previous owner's inscription on the front free endpaper, dated 1852, else neat and clean. Binding a little loose, a couple of gutters cracking. Four colour printed title page, in neo-gothic style. A collection of 31 monochrome plates, lithography by J Aresti, depicting ancient and medieval alphabets, initial letters and numerals. Sources include St Cuthbert's Gospel, the tomb of Gundreda, the Augburg Golden Bible, and various manuscripts held by the British Museum.
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- Librería
- BookAddiction
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 003635
- Título
- Ancient and Ornamental Alphabets, Collected from the Best Sources
- Ilustrador
- Aresti, J
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition
- Editorial
- Simpkin, Marshall & Co
- Lugar de publicación
- 4 Stationers Hall Court, London
- Palabras clave
- medieval, letters, initial letters, alphabet, font, numerals, manuscripts, illumination, mss, lettering, calligraphy, writing
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
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nr Canterbury, Kent
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
