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The Shipwreck

The Shipwreck

The Shipwreck
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The Shipwreck

by William Falconer

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  • Hardcover
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A fine copy in in decorative full gilt calf.
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John Sharpe, 1822. A fine copy in in decorative full gilt calf.. Binding: Original full calf boards with tooled gilt and blind tooled decorative rules. Four raised bands in five compartments. Elaborate tooled gilt design on spine. Marbled pasted and free end papers, edges marbled. Gilt dentelles.
Ilustrated with 6 plates including frontis.
, Notes: Ex Libris Abel E. Berland

Falconer was one of the three survivors of a trading ship on voyage from Alexandria to Venice and in 1751 he wrote and published a poem on the death of Frederick, Prince of Wales. He had also contributed poems to the Gentleman\\\\\\\'s Magazine. The poem The Shipwreck was dedicated to the then rear-admiral Duke of York where the poem states:
From regions where Peruvian billows roar,
To the bleak coasts of savage Labrador.
, Size: 12mo (96mm x 160mm), , Illustration: Ilustrated with 6 plates including frontis. , Pages: P. Blank,Blank, Frontis with Half title, Title, Critical Observations (5-13), Intro (14-20), 21-141, Elegy (143-146), Notes (147-150), Notes on second canto (150-167), Category: Book Literature

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Bookseller
Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books CA (CA)
Bookseller's Inventory #
B4218
Title
The Shipwreck
Author
William Falconer
Book Condition
Used - A fine copy in in decorative full gilt calf.
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
John Sharpe
Date Published
1822
Keywords
Book Literature

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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...
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...
Fine
A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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....
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...
Edges
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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...
12mo
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