Gallus or Roman Scenes: With Notes and Excursuses Illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Romans
by Becker, W. A.; Frederick Metcalfe (transl.)
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- g- to vg
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Longmans, Green, and Co, 1882. Seventh edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Octavo. xxi, 535 (1)pp. Original full Morocco with gilt-stamped illustration and ruling on cover, gilt tooling and ruling with gilt lettering on black label of spine. Marbled edges and endpapers. Contains advertisement to second edition, translator's and author's preface, Roman life described in twelve scenes: The Roman Family, The Roman House, Studies and Letters, The Journey, The Villa, Lycoris, Baths and Gymnastics, Dress, The Banquet, The Drinkers, The Catastrophe, The Grave. Illustrated with in-text drawings and plans throughout. Contains index at rear. Binding with some wear along edges, front joint cracked but holding. Ex-Libris of the Merchant Taylors' School on inside front cover. Dealer stamp on verso of front endpaper. Front and back covers detached. Binding in overall poor, interior in very good condition.
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- Bookseller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 45228
- Title
- Gallus or Roman Scenes: With Notes and Excursuses Illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Romans
- Author
- Becker, W. A.; Frederick Metcalfe (transl.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - g- to vg
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Seventh edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green, and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1882
- Keywords
- drawing, architectural plans, Roman customs, Roman lief
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Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
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Glossary
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- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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....
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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