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The Tourist in Italy
de Thomas Roscoe
- Usado
- Muy bueno
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Muy bueno
- Librería
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
London: Jennings and Chaplin, 1833. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5" . J. D. Harding. The first edition of this travelogue of Italy by Thomas Roscoe, beautifully depicted in drawings by J. D. Harding. A travelogue of Italy in 'The Landscape Annual' for 1833, originally published as stand alone volume in 1831 with illustrations by S. Prout. Exploring the beautiful scenery of the country from the author's travels, through towns and cities. Beautifully depicted with a frontispiece, additional vignette title page, and twenty-four full page engravings by J. D. Harding. Collated, complete. In the original publisher's full grain morocco binding. Externally sound with minor shelf wear, lightly rubbed to extremities of spine and boards, gentle darkening to the spine. Vernal A. Diggs bookplate to front pastedown, previous ownership ink inscription to front pastedown. Internally, binding generally firm with only frontispiece loose but present. Few minor spots scattered to the occasional leaf, particularly to the odd leaf of plate and protective tissue guard. Otherwise, pages are bright and clean. Illustrated with a frontispiece, additional vignette title page, and twenty-four additional full page engravings by J. D. Harding. Collated, complete. Very Good
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- Librería
- Rooke Books
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- Inventario del vendedor #
- 816A49
- Título
- The Tourist in Italy
- Autor
- Thomas Roscoe
- Ilustrador
- J. D. Harding
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Leather
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Muy bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Jennings and Chaplin
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1833
- Tamaño
- 8" by 5"
- Palabras clave
- italy first editions travel thomas roscoe first editions
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
