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Quarles' Emblems
de Quarles, Francis
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno/N/A
- Librería
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Auckland, New Zealand
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Sobre este artículo
London: James Nisbet & Co, 1861. Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644) Francis Quarles was a seventeenth century poet who was a cupbearer to the future Queen Elizabeth and subsequently secretary to James Usher he was most famous for this emblem book originally published in 1635. It is a series of paraphrases from the Bible expressed in ornate and metaphorical language, each concluding with an epigram of four lines. CONDITION Beautifully embossed, densely decorated Victorian Bindings with bevilled edges, Green cloth with blind embossed decoration to rear, decoration to spine and front is a mixture of bright gilt, textured gilt and blind embossed work.gilt to all edges, double page illustrated half title, arranged in 5 sections with 15 emblems in each, 321 pages with 76 beautifully engraved illus, nice decorative head and tail piece illustration to each emblem. Cloth is a little rubbed mainly at spine heel and tips, gift inscription dated 1866 inside front, fold to top cnr of front prelims, scattered foxing through out, a little loose. OVERWEIGHT. First Edition Thus. Hard Cover. Very Good/N/A. Illus. by Charles Henry Bennett & W Harry Rogers. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Ariel Books
(NZ)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 16269
- Título
- Quarles' Emblems
- Autor
- Quarles, Francis
- Ilustrador
- Charles Henry Bennett & W Harry Rogers
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- N/A
- Edición
- First Edition Thus
- Editorial
- James Nisbet & Co
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1861
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Religion & Theology; Poetry;
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Ariel Books
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Ariel Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2003
Auckland
Sobre Ariel Books
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
