- Bookseller: Riverow Bookshop, INC ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: BOOKS247839I
- Format: 1/2 Leather
- Book condition: G/--
- Illustrator: Black & White Illustrations
- Edition: .......
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: John Van Voorst
- Place: London, UK
- Date published: 1836
Book Description
London, UK: John Van Voorst. G/--. 1836. ........ 1/2 Leather. 8vo., 408, 472 pp., rebound with new spine & endpapers, cover rubbed, bumped, page yellowing .
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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.
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.
bumped : Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light bending.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
rebound : A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
