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Historic Illustrations of the Bible. Principally After the Old Masters [ 123 Plates ]
by Anon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Fisher Son & Co, 1840. Book measures 28x23.cm. four series, complete with 123 illustrations, not sure if each section should have a separate title page, if so this volume lacking title pages?. Bound in period full calf, ornate gilt tooling, raised bands, full gilt edges, coloured endpapers. Calf scuffed, with some abrasion wear, hinge joints rubbed, worn, but boards attached. Generally a good binding. Internally, some light spotting, browning. Pages and plates in good clean condition. A nice copy, in a worn but attractive period binding. . Full Calf. Near Very Good. Quarto.
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- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014207
- Title
- Historic Illustrations of the Bible. Principally After the Old Masters [ 123 Plates ]
- Author
- Anon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Publisher
- Fisher Son & Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Bible
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Leather Bindings; Antiquarian; Religion;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- Title Page
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- Calf
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- Quarto
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- Edges
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- 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...
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