- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: S8611
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 2
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: G. Y. van Debogert
- Place: Schenectady:
- Date published: 1852
Book Description
Schenectady:: G. Y. van Debogert. 1852. hardcover. 2. Second edition. 8vo. ix, 261 pp. 11 folding engraved plates; plates lightly foxed. Original blind stamped brown cloth, gilt spine; spine ends & joints worn, corners showing, faded stain on rear cover. Very good.
Not sure what some of these terms mean? Look it up in our glossary.
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.
foxed : A discoloration to paper, brown and yellowish spots.
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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
