Plutarch's Lives Translated from the Greek, By Several Hands To which is prefixt The Life of Plutarch
by Plutarch
- Used
- Condition
- Uniformly bound in period Cambridge style binding brown calf. Very good. 5 Vols
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Jacob Tonson, 1703. leather_bound. Uniformly bound in period Cambridge style binding brown calf. Very good. 5 Vols. 633, 624, 600, 750, 736 pages. 20 x 13 cm. With 53 engraved plates (including 5 frontispieces), tables, and ads. At the end of Vol. IV page of Tonson ads. Early ownership signatures of John and Anne Amson. Raised bands, spine labels decorated in gilt florets, wear to extremities, joint rubbing with loss of volume label of Vol. V., intermittent toning, bindings solid.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23287
- Title
- Plutarch's Lives Translated from the Greek, By Several Hands To which is prefixt The Life of Plutarch
- Author
- Plutarch
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Uniformly bound in period Cambridge style binding brown calf. Very good. 5 Vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jacob Tonson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1703
- Keywords
- Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; Philosophy;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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Glossary
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- A.N.
- The book is pristine and free of any defects, in the same condition as ...
- 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...