- Bookseller: Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
- Seller Inventory #: 12030
- Book condition: Very good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Frederick Warne and Company,
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1866.
Book Description
London:: Frederick Warne and Company,. 1866.. Very good. 8vo, 710 pp, teg, b&w frontis and b&w illus throughout, marbled end papers. Translated from the Spanish by Charles Jarvis. Illustrated with engravings by A. B. Houghton. One half black leather with green cloth covers. Title in gilt on spine with raised bands. Front and back covers are sunned, with outline of smaller book visible. Internally, pages toned, with front hinge starting; owner bookplate inside front cover.
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TEG : Top Edge Gilt
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.
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.
sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun.
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.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
