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THE PRISONER OF CHILLON Illuminated by W & G AUDSLEY Architects.
by Byron, Lord George Gordon (1788-1824)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Day & Son, 1865. Hardcover. Very Good. Chromolith illustrations to each page by W. R. Tymms from illuminations by W. & G. Audsley.. Folio purple gilt cloth with green onlays bevelled boards (tips sl.worn) 20 leaves. One page with clean 3.5" tear with old neat repair to verso and hardly visible to the printed surface. Lacks free endpaper All Edges Gilt. 2 pages with edges cut short thus approx.1cm loss to blank margins. A few other pages have a narrow dusty area but NOT touching any border illumination nor printed area. Book is tight and handsome copy of this sought after work. Printed one side only each leaf having a double or triple illuminated border with much gold which surrounds the text. Some decorative initials and headpieces. Every page differs. The binding is nice and bright.
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- V66447
- Title
- THE PRISONER OF CHILLON Illuminated by W & G AUDSLEY Architects.
- Author
- Byron, Lord George Gordon (1788-1824)
- Illustrator
- Chromolith illustrations to each page by W. R. Tymms from illuminations by W. & G. Audsley.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Day & Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1865
- Keywords
- illuminated gilt poem poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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About the Seller
Abbey Antiquarian Books
Biblio member since 2005
Blockley, Gloucestershire
About Abbey Antiquarian Books
We are antiquarian booksellers established in Gloucestershire, England for over twenty years. We have general stock and specialise in early illustrated and children's books and pop-ups. We are members of PBFA.
Glossary
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- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
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