Dinanderie; a history and description of mediaeval art work in copper, brass and bronze.
by J Tavenor-Perry:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Tewkesbury, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: George Allen & sons, 1910. First edition (hardback). 8vo, xii, 238pp. Frontispiece, 48 plates, 71 text illustrations. Original brown cloth, gilt titling to the front board and the spine, top edge gilt. Formerly in a reference library, with a bookplate to the front free endpaper, a shelfmark to the foot of the spine and a stamp to the verso of each plate, and the frontispiece has been taped back in place, but this copy is nonetheless in good condition overall.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cornell Books Limited
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20113
- Title
- Dinanderie; a history and description of mediaeval art work in copper, brass and bronze.
- Author
- J Tavenor-Perry:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: George Allen & sons, 1910.
Terms of Sale
Cornell Books Limited
Returns accepted for any reason, provided that you notify us within 7 days of receipt. The customer is responsible for paying return shipping unless the book was not as described.
About the Seller
Cornell Books Limited
Biblio member since 2005
Tewkesbury
About Cornell Books Limited
We are a medium-sized bookshop located in a small country town in the west of England. The shop is open for business from 1030 to 1700 Monday to Saturday. The building is a fifteenth-century former public house. We are still awaiting the day when we find a book older than the shop itself!
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