Liberal Education: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning
by Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)
- Used
- Condition
- Fine. Original textblock rebound in marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners. Spine titled and ruled in gil
- Seller
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Annapolis, Maryland, United States
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- Bookseller
- Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 935
- Title
- Liberal Education: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Methods of Acquiring Useful and Polite Learning
- Author
- Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)
- Format/Binding
- Half calf over marbled paper boards. Duodecimo. xx, 415 pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine. Original textblock rebound in marbled paper over boards with leather spine and fore corners. Spine titled and ruled in gil
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Charles Dilly
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1781
- Keywords
- Education, 18th century, scholars, university, schools, intellectual, scholarship
- Bookseller catalogs
- History & Politics; Religion & Philosophy;
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Back Creek Books LLC, ABAA/ILAB
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Rebound
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- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Text Block
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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....