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The Oeconomy of Human Life Translated from an Indian Manuscript, Written By an Ancient Bramin
de [Dodsley, Robert]
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good+
- Librería
-
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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London: W. Gardiner, 1806. x, 116pp. Contemporary full straight-grain morocco by Hering, raised double bands, spine in five panels, title lettered direct to second panel, place and date to fourth, remaining panels with gilt flower and volute decoration, covers with gilt frame encompassing a blind knot work border, central panel with volute corners joined by single fillet with small volute corner pieces in blind, gilt roll to corner edges, gilt triple fillet to inner edges, all edges gilt. Spine slightly faded, corners lightly bumped, slightly rubbed to extremities, some light discolouring of leather to covers, lower cover with scratch. Previous owner's inscription to ffep, some light off-setting from plates, but generally clean. Engraved illustrations by Gardiner after Harding, Hering's label to reverse of front endpaper. Seemingly a large paper copy with proof plates (as per note to ffep). Lowndes 657. First Thus. Full Morocco. Good+. 8vo.
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- Librería
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 001138
- Título
- The Oeconomy of Human Life Translated from an Indian Manuscript, Written By an Ancient Bramin
- Autor
- [Dodsley, Robert]
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good+
- Edición
- First Thus
- Editorial
- W. Gardiner
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1806
- Palabras clave
- Noisbn, Dodsley, Hering, Fine Binding
- Size
- 8vo
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- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
