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Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum, ex editione Augustini Van Staveren, sedula recensione accuratae. [Bound with:] De Situ Orbis, Libri Tres, ex editione Abrahami Gronovii, sedula recensione accurati.
by Nepos, Cornelius & Pomponius Mela
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Edinburgh, Midlothian, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Londini [London]: Sumtibus Rodwell et Martin; [et al.], 1819. 12mo, pp. [iv], 114, [ii], 95, [3]. Contemporary vellum, boards framed with double gilt rules, spine divided by double gilt rules, black morocco labels, other compartments with central decorative lozenge tools gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. A few minor spots. Binding just slightly soiled.
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- Bookseller
- McNaughtan's Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3722
- Title
- Vitae Excellentium Imperatorum, ex editione Augustini Van Staveren, sedula recensione accuratae. [Bound with:] De Situ Orbis, Libri Tres, ex editione Abrahami Gronovii, sedula recensione accurati.
- Author
- Nepos, Cornelius & Pomponius Mela
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Sumtibus Rodwell et Martin; [et al.]
- Place of Publication
- Londini [London]
- Date Published
- 1819
- Keywords
- Classics Latin Binding
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McNaughtan's Bookshop
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About the Seller
McNaughtan's Bookshop
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Edinburgh, Midlothian
About McNaughtan's Bookshop
Established in 1957, McNaughtan's Bookshop is the oldest surviving secondhand and antiquarian bookshop in Scotland. Located in the basement of a listed 1820s tenement building at the top of Edinburgh's Leith Walk, we are the only open shop in Edinburgh holding membership of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association. We stock rare, antiquarian, and collectable books on all subjects, along with a substantial range of secondhand books for browsing. Our gallery space currently hosts Typewronger Books, offering new books and secondhand typewriters.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- 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...
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