Restituta; or Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature Revived. [4 volumes]
by BRYDGES, Sir Egerton
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
4 volumes. 23cm x 16cm. Original Victorian marbled boards beautifully rebacked in tan calf with raised bands and gilt lettering in 1984. Original contemporary book plates to front paste down and free end paper of Rev John Besly, Charles Meigh, and H.B.Charlton. Purchased from Bernard Quaritch in 1971 for £65 with accompanying catalogue note appended. A really attractive and fine set
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- Bookseller
- Butler Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1212
- Title
- Restituta; or Titles, Extracts, and Characters of Old Books in English Literature Revived. [4 volumes]
- Author
- BRYDGES, Sir Egerton
- Format/Binding
- Half leather, newly rebacked over original marbled boards
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Published by London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1814
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography;
- Size
- 23cm x 16cm
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Butler Rare Books
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About the Seller
Butler Rare Books
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Castlethorpe, Buckinghamshire
About Butler Rare Books
Antiquarian books and early medieval manuscripts.
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- Marbled boards
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...