Book Description
Pallottino, Massimo. Etruscan Painting. Skira, Geneva 1952. 4to, 138pp, 65 tipped in color plates. Cloth fine in slightly chipped dj. Arntzen M81. Chamberlin 2422. Lucas p. 16. $45
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DJ : Short for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps around the binding of a book.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
4to : Or quarto. A term used generally to describe the approximate size of a book, a book that is about 10" to 12" tall and roughly squarish in shape. The term is based on the size of paper traditionally used by book printers which has been folded and cut into 16 pages.
tipped in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
