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Legends of the Madonna, As Represented in the Fine Arts, Forming the Third Series of Sacred and Legendary Art
by Jameson, Mrs. [Anna]
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- Seller
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Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1852. Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. 8vo. Full tan morocco, raised spine bands, gilt compartments and borders, inner edge dentelle. Marbled endpapers. A.E.G. Binder's ticket of F. [Francis] Bedford to verso of ffep. lxvi, 369 pp., [29] plates. Illustrated with woodcuts and drawings, some in text. Some slight sunning to leather. Light rubbing to extremities. Bookplate of Charles Cobb Walker to front pastedown.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Minotavros Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009610
- Title
- Legends of the Madonna, As Represented in the Fine Arts, Forming the Third Series of Sacred and Legendary Art
- Author
- Jameson, Mrs. [Anna]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1852
- Keywords
- Art, fine arts, Madonna, legends, Sacred and Legendary Art, fine bindings, F. Bedford, Bedford Bindery, Anna Jameson, Mrs. Jameson, Saints, Virgin Mary
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Saints; Fine Binding;
Terms of Sale
Minotavros Books
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All prices listed in Canadian dollars. We guarantee that all items are properly packaged and handled with care. Please allow one to two business days for your order to be shipped. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 2.2 LB, or 1 KG. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required. All sales will be shipped with a tracking number for your convenience.
About the Seller
Minotavros Books
Biblio member since 2018
Whitby, Ontario
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Dentelle
- Borders on the inner edge of a book with a lacy pattern, most often gilt. Popular in France during the 18th century on covers of...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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