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Choix des Pierres Gravées du Cabinet Impérial des Antiques Representées en XL Planches Décrites et expliquées Par M. L'Abbé Eckhel
by Joseph Hilarius von Eckhel abbé
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Vienna: Joseph Noble de Kurzbek, 1788. Hardcover. Good. Folio, 37 cm (ca. 14.5 inches), pp. [14], 77 + 40 plates drawn by Kiblerand engraved by Kohl, Mark, Schülz, Ponheimer, Mansfeld, Adam, and Durmer. Contemporary leather boards, rebacked (probably in the nineteenth century). Spine panel now partially separated from rear board and missing a large chip at the head. Edges of boards heavily worn. Small brown stain at gutter of text pages only. Binding cracked between plates XII and XII. Plates with light scattered foxing but still attractive. A decent reference copy of a scarce work. Provenance: Bookplate of George Meare Tracy on the front free endpaper, bookplate of James Franck Bright and signature of Richard Bright on a front blank. James Bright (1832-1920) was a British historian and Master of University College, Oxford. Fellow and Dean of. Richard Bright (1789-1858), his father, was a noted physician who was appointed Physician Extraordinary to the Queen upon the accession of Queen Victoria. The plates show gems illustrated with figures either from Greek mythology and Greek and Roman history (e.g., Augustus, Tiberius, Agrippina, Claudius, Hadrian, Antinous, Ptolemy Philadelphus) and the text provides detailed information about each plate.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21666
- Title
- Choix des Pierres Gravées du Cabinet Impérial des Antiques Representées en XL Planches Décrites et expliquées Par M. L'Abbé Eckhel
- Author
- Joseph Hilarius von Eckhel abbé
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Joseph Noble de Kurzbek
- Place of Publication
- Vienna
- Date Published
- 1788
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art and Design;
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
Biblio member since 2011
Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Gutter
- The inside margin of a book, connecting the pages to the joints near the binding.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
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