London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Octavos. xvi, 444; x, 411, [2] pages. Hardcovers bound in full tan calf with dual black leather labels on the spines Elaborate gilt tooling to the spines. All edges marbled. The bindings show moderate rubbing and wear with a little staining from handling. The front hinges are just starting. Marbled endpapers. The text blocks are sound. Volume II has some bumping at the top corner of the text block in the center of the book. Each volume has a copperplate frontis with some offsetting on the title pages. The text is generally clean. There is a modern (19th or 20th Century?) inscription on the front flyleaves of each volume for "G. Lomax / Cloud Side / ...?..." An early bookplate on each volume for "Sir Charles Cockerell, Bart." with the motto "Sapere et Fari." Charles Cockerell (1755-1837) was a British politician (House of Commons) and was an official with the East India Company. He was the great-great nephew of Samuel Pepys.

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Librería: Pages Past Used and Rare Books (US)
Inventario del vendedor #: 051813
Título: Memoirs of the Court of King James the First (TWO VOLUME SET)
Autor: Aikin, Lucy
Formato/Encuadernación: Tapa dura
Estado del libro: Usado - Muy bueno
Cantidad disponible: 1
Edición: First Edition First Printing
Editorial: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
Lugar de publicación: London
Fecha de publicación: 1822
Tamaño: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Peso: 3.50 libras
Palabras clave: 1822; Lucy Aikin; King James the First; James I; Monarch; Monarchy; Great Britain; British; England; History; Copperplate; Leather Binding;; Engravings; 19th Century; Rare; Collectible.
Catálogos del vendedor: Leather Bindings; Great Britain;
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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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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...
Rubbing: Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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...
Text Block: Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
Bookplate: Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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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