A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS THE FIGURES ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY T. BEWICK. VOL. 1 CONTAINING THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF LAND BIRDS
de Bewick, Thomas
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good with no dust jacket
- Librería
-
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Newcastle: Sol. Hodgson, for Belby & Bewick. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1797. First Edition. Hardcover. Beautifully rebound in tan half calf, maroon Morocco label with gilt titles, marbled boards, 117 figures of birds of which 44 have been hand colored, a lovely clean, tight copy. Volume one of a two volume set. ; 8" x 6.5"; 355 pages .
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- Librería
- Luis Porretta Fine Arts
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 18991
- Título
- A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS THE FIGURES ENGRAVED ON WOOD BY T. BEWICK. VOL. 1 CONTAINING THE HISTORY AND DESCRIPTION OF LAND BIRDS
- Autor
- Bewick, Thomas
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good with no dust jacket
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Sol. Hodgson, for Belby & Bewick
- Lugar de publicación
- Newcastle
- Fecha de publicación
- 1797
- Palabras clave
- ORNITHOLOGY, Antiquarian, First Edition, Bewick
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Antiquarian;
Términos de venta
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Luis Porretta Fine Arts
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Nanaimo, British Columbia
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
