THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH: IN A SERIES OF ONE HUNDRED AND
by HOGARTH, William
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HANNAY, James. THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH: IN A SERIES OF ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY STEEL ENGRAVINGS, FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURES. WITH AN INTRODUCTORY ESSAY BY JAMES HANNAY. London: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Limited [n.d. ca. 1880]. 200 pp. + plates. Thick 4to., half dark brown morocco with gilt ornaments, raised bands, and burgundy cloth boards. Moderate shelfwear, front cover, front flyleaf and backstrip detached from block. Light soil to cloth. Two small tears to cloth on rear board. Light soil to one of two illustrated title pages, in margin. The plates do not have tissue guards and as such, some of the facing text pages are offset. Text block tight. Incomplete: missing 6 plates 124 (Tristram Shandy II), 128 (Burlington Gate), 145 (Crowns, Metres, Maces), 146 (Spillers Ticket), 148 (London Hospital), 149 (Arms of the Duchess of Kendall). As is.
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- Boston Book Company (US)
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- Title
- THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM HOGARTH: IN A SERIES OF ONE HUNDRED AND
- Author
- HOGARTH, William
- Book Condition
- Used
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Established in 1979, Boston Book Company offers rare and interesting books in a broad range of subjects. Our areas of particular expertise: Japanese artist books of all eras, East Asian art in general, photographica, local history, women's books, English and American literature..
We are always eager to learn something new.... Every collector brings a novel approach to our shared love of books.
Welcome!
Helen Kelly
Charles Vilnis
David Fredette
James Desrosiers
Elizabeth Fragala
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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....
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- 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...