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Rasselas, A Tale
by Johnson, Samuel
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Oxford: W. Baxter for Law and Whittaker, 1816. [3], vi-xiv, [3], 2-205pp, [1]. Contemporary half calf and marbled paper over boards, smooth back divided into six panels by black calf onlays, second panel lettered directly with title, panels one, four, and six with drawer handle style tools, and the remaining panels with small drawer handle tools and two palmettes, with small roundels and seed heads to head and tail. Rubbed to spine, especially to black onlays, and rubbed to extremities. Lightly browned internally, previous owner's name to head of ffep, with the armorial bookplate of Edward Thornbrough to front pastedown. Lacks half-title. The engraved frontispiece is by Samuel Springsguth (c.1769-1844), after Henry Corbould. For Springsguth see Alexander, 'A Biographical Dictionary of British and Irish Engravers 1714-1820', page 861. Fleeman 59.4R/80. Reprint. Hardback. Good. Illus. by Springsguth, Samuel After Corbould, Henry. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Zetetic Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004180
- Title
- Rasselas, A Tale
- Author
- Johnson, Samuel
- Illustrator
- Springsguth, Samuel After Corbould, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- W. Baxter for Law and Whittaker
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1816
- Size
- 12mo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Johnson, Rasselas
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nineteenth Century; Literature and Literary Criticism;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Zetetic Books
Biblio member since 2015
Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
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Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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....
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
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