Select views in Great Britain engraved by S. Middiman from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists with descriptions. 2nd edition
by Middiman, Samuel
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: John & Josiah Boydell, 1812 Book. Good. Full leather. 53 plates together with a page of description - generally English on the recto and French on the verso. Together with half title page, engraved title page, advertisement leaf and index leaf. Spotting and browning throughout. Armorial bookplate to the front pastedown of FW Lillistone Lane, with the name H Powys Lane added in ink at the foot. In the original morocco binding, worn at the edges. Pages are all edges gilt..
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- Bookseller
- Stephen Rench (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 009418
- Title
- Select views in Great Britain engraved by S. Middiman from pictures and drawings by the most eminent artists with descriptions. 2nd edition
- Author
- Middiman, Samuel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- John & Josiah Boydell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1812
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian; Topography - other;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Stephen Rench
Biblio member since 2012
Shipston on Stour, Warwickshire
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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...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
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