Sketches by Seymour
by Robert Seymour
- Used
- Condition
- Occasional mild browning to plates, sometimes heavy in margins, offsetting present, otherwise in very good condition in decorati
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
London, c. 1840.. Occasional mild browning to plates, sometimes heavy in margins, offsetting present, otherwise in very good condition in decorative period binding.. Binding: Contemporary full calf with gilt-tooled border, spine in six densely-gilt compartments of raised gilt-lined bands and gilt feather-and-flower motifs, gilt green morocco label on two, board edges and inner dentelles gilt-tooled, all edges gilt, endpapers marbled. , Notes: A series of caricature plates with an engraved title, mostly around the themes of hunting and London’s lower classes., Size: 4to. , Illustration: With 98 engraved caricature plates by Robert Seymour., Category: Book Plate Books General; Book Caricatures;
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B3721
- Title
- Sketches by Seymour
- Author
- Robert Seymour
- Book Condition
- Used - Occasional mild browning to plates, sometimes heavy in margins, offsetting present, otherwise in very good condition in decorati
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- c. 1840.
- Keywords
- Book Plate Books General; Book Caricatures;
Terms of Sale
Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
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- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...