- Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
- Seller Inventory #: 11628
- Book condition: Very good
- Edition: Second edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
- Place: Cambridge:
- Date published: 1920.
Book Description
Cambridge:: Cambridge University Press,. 1920.. Second edition. Very good. 8vo, Volume I, 274pp, Volume II 285pp, b&w illus and color plts throughout. Gray-green cloth covers, one quarter vellum, with title and decorative vertical banc on front cover in gilt. Decorative gilt spine, with titles in gilt on brown labels, tipped on. Both labels are badly rubbed, with the label for Volume I almost completely rubbed off. Covers are dusty on both volumes, but internally very good, especially the color plates.
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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.
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.
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.
vellum : A fine quality of parchment made from hide produced for binding or sometimes a writing surface. Sometimes used to describe paper which has been made to resemble true vellum.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
