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Iconographia Scotica, or Portraits of Illustrious Persons of Scotland
de Pinkerton, John
- Usado
- near fine
- Estado
- Near Fine
- Librería
-
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Sobre este artículo
London: Herbert, 1797. Near Fine. Tall 8vo (slightly over 10 inches tall; 26.5 cm), horizontally grained red calf ca. 1820s, gilt borders and spine decorations, watered silk endpapers with gilt decorated borders, leather turn-ins with lovely gilt decorations, bookplate likely from the Faithful family, late 18th Century, described as "Plain armorial with a passant Talbot [hound] as blazon. The motto is Nec Timeo Nec Sperno - "I neither fear nor desire". Inside the shield are motifs of a cross-flory with lattice patterning, ermine patterning, rampant lions, cross-moline, lion heads, bars, chevron, bendlets, martletts and more." Collated complete with 63 plates including folding plate, lovely copy with minor darkening, contents clean and bright, the majority of the plates also in fine condition. The portraits are terrific, well engraved and filled with character.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Common Crow Books
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- H10272
- Título
- Iconographia Scotica, or Portraits of Illustrious Persons of Scotland
- Autor
- Pinkerton, John
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Near Fine
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Herbert
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1797
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- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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....
