Hortus Inclusus -- In Montibus Sanctis-Coeli Enarrant -- Notes on Various Pictures [St. Mark's Edition]
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Dana Estes & Company, 1900. Letters & essays; volume 25 only of the St. Mark's Edition of Ruskin's collected works; # 91 of 1000 on 'Large Paper'. Undated, circa 1900. Handsome full moss-green cloth, paper label with black & red titling, top edge gilt. Corners a bit rubbed & bumped, spine slightly darkened, label tanned, a bit of damage to the front endsheets - looks like they were stuck together at some point, possibly a binding error. Text clean; 377 pages; uncut. Near very good, really.. Limited/Numbered. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- u1552
- Title
- Hortus Inclusus -- In Montibus Sanctis-Coeli Enarrant -- Notes on Various Pictures [St. Mark's Edition]
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Limited/Numbered
- Publisher
- Dana Estes & Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1900
- Keywords
- Essays, Literature, Art History, Belles Lettres
- Size
- Large Octavo
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Jacket
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- 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....
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Cloth
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...