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The Kirk And The Manse;; Sixty Illustrative Views In Tinted Lithography Of The Most Interesting And Romantic Parish Kirks And Manses In Scotland: With Descriptive And Historical Notices, And An Introduction
by Fraser, Robert W
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. publisher cloth, yapp edges. Aeg. Very good
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About This Item
Edinburgh, London, And Dublin: A. Fullarton & Co, 1857. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher cloth, yapp edges. Aeg. Very good. 231 pages. 30 x 25 cm. The word "kirk" is a Saxon term, and "manse" is an abbreviation of mansion, both are household terms in Scotland. The twenty-five tinted plates are bright and clean as is the text. Most specimens of ecclesiastical architecture in Scotland are Norman or Romanesque. Armorial bookplate of William Livingstone Jr., front pastedown cover. Front cover decorated in blind and gilt, spine lettered in floral and varying gilt motifs. Binding is solid, spine sunned.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23340
- Title
- The Kirk And The Manse;; Sixty Illustrative Views In Tinted Lithography Of The Most Interesting And Romantic Parish Kirks And Manses In Scotland: With Descriptive And Historical Notices, And An Introduction
- Author
- Fraser, Robert W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. publisher cloth, yapp edges. Aeg. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- A. Fullarton & Co
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, London, And Dublin
- Date Published
- 1857
- Keywords
- Art Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Design; Religion;
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ardsley, New York
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