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Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland.
by SMITH Charles Hamilton 1776-1859
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- Seller
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Llandudno, Conwy, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Cockspur-Street: Messrs. Colnaghi and Co., 1814. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Fine. Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" tall. SMITH Charles Hamilton. WITH SIXTY ONE HAND COLOURED AQUATINTS. Fine, first edition, 1814, in a stunning full red crushed morocco (by Bayntun-Riviere), gilt edge tooling, Spine, raised bands, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, half title, additional half title, additional vignette title, engraved dedication leaf, [6], [2] subscribers, [1], (vi-viii), [1] pl list, [1] errata, followed by 60 pls (hand coloured, unnumbered), each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text, pls 6, 30, 34, & 49 are all in the first state (Abbey), original red cloth/gilt title laid down to ep, a.e.g. gilt board edges and turn-ins, blue marbled endpapers. Plates are hand-coloured aquatints, etched by John Augustus Atkinson with aquatint by Robert Havell, John Hill, and James Merigot; after Charles Hamilton Smith, & have the publisher's imprint of Colnaghi & Co., with varying dates, ranging from 1811 to 1815, water marked J Whatman 1811, text leaves watermarked J Whatman 1808 & 1811, plates . A pristine copy. (389*311 mm). (Abbey, Life, 431. Prideaux p321. Colas 2755).
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- Bookseller
- Madoc Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007920
- Title
- Selections of the Ancient Costume of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Author
- SMITH Charles Hamilton 1776-1859
- Illustrator
- SMITH Charles Hamilton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- Publisher
- Messrs. Colnaghi and Co.
- Place of Publication
- London: Cockspur-Street
- Date Published
- 1814
- Size
- Elephant Folio - over 15 - 23" t
- Weight
- 8.82 lbs
- Keywords
- Costume Dress coloured illustrations
- Bookseller catalogs
- Costume Dress Fashion; Illustrations and more;
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- 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,...
- First State
- used in book collecting to refer to a book from the earliest run of a first edition, generally distinguished by a change in some...
- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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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