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A Treatyse of Fysshynge Wyth an Angle
de Berners, Dame Juliana
- Usado
- Bueno
- Estado
- Bueno
- Librería
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Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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Sobre este artículo
Chelsea: Ashendene Press, 1903. Undetermined. near fine. edition limited to 150 copies, 125 of which are for sale. [2], 48pp. Octavo. Full vellum with gilt titles to spine. Vellum has dried a bit since binding, resulting in some bowing of boards and a slight waviness to text block. Bookplate of E Bernulf Clegg to front pastedown, else internally tight and clean. near fine A gorgeous example of fine letterpress printing from the Ashendene Press, founded and operated by Charles Henry St. John Hornby in Chelsea, England, from 1895 - 1915 and 1920 - 1935. This edition is a faithful reprint of Berners' Treatyse of Fysshynge Wyth an Angle from the Boke of St. Albans of 1496. With seven woodcuts, including the famous scene of an angler catching a fish. The bookplate is likely of the same Bernulf Clegg known for his correspondence with Oscar Wilde about Wilde's famous "all art is quite useless" quotation from the Picture of Dorian Grey. A beautiful, fine press edition of the first printed book on fishing, limited to 150 copies on paper of which 125 were for sale. 1903
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- Librería
- Aquila Books
(CA)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 135951
- Título
- A Treatyse of Fysshynge Wyth an Angle
- Autor
- Berners, Dame Juliana
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Undetermined
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Bueno
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Ashendene Press
- Lugar de publicación
- Chelsea
- Fecha de publicación
- 1903
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Ashendene Press|Boke of St. Albans|Fine Press Books|Fishing|Private Press
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Hunting And Fishing;
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Aquila Books
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Sobre Aquila Books
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- 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....
