- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 5217
- Book condition:
- Edition: First edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Lupton Relfe [and Charles Tilt].
- Place: London
- Date published: 1826-1827
Book Description
London: Lupton Relfe [and Charles Tilt].. 1826-1827. First edition. Sm. 8vo. 2 vols. bound in 1. xii,146;viii,150pp. Each vol. with 36 woodcut plates. Title pages with woodcut vignettes. Later half calf (circa 1900), gilt, lightly rubbed, over marbled boards, black calf spine label. One leaf in Vol. I with a closed tear. One plate in Vol. II with a paper repair on verso. Occasional soiling and numerous amateurish pencil sketches (& 1 in ink) in blank areas (done in a style imitative of the woodcuts).
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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.
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.
soiling : Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
verso : The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. 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.
closed tear : A tear in which no material has been lost.
