- Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
- Seller Inventory #: 11400
- Book condition: Very good
- Edition: Tenth edition
- Binding: Hardcover
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1819.
Book Description
London:. 1819.. Tenth edition. Very good. 8vo, 339pp. Marbled boards with half calf. Gilt title on decorative gilt spine with raised bands and gilt rules. Front and back covers lightly rubbed at center of boards; marbled edge of lower back cover slightly chipped. Light fox spotting to endpapers, o/w very clean interior.
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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.
raised band(s) : On leather bound books, the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine.
chipped : A defect in which small pieces missing from the edges.
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.
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.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
o/w : An abbreviation for otherwise
