- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 4439
- Book condition:
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Printed by Joseph Harrop.
- Place: Manchester
- Date published: 1767
Book Description
Manchester: Printed by Joseph Harrop.. 1767. First edition. First edition. 8vo. (4),x,(3)-92pp. Illus. with an engraved table and 12 engraved plates. Modern 1/2 burgundy calf, gilt decorated spine with black morocco label, over marbled boards. Title page with two vertical tape stains (light discoloration) from something that was once attached to the verso. Still a very decent copy.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
Marbled boards : A hardcover book with a decorative, multi-colored paper on the outside covering.
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. Also known as the back.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
calf : Leather binding made from calfskin. Most common form of leather binding.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
verso : The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
