- Bookseller: Caliban Books ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 0059075
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: G. Venturini
- Place: Firenze / Florence
- Date published: No Date
Book Description
Firenze / Florence: G. Venturini. No Date. Hardcover. Very Good. 353 pp. Hardcover, 4to. Vellum backed boards, with vellum corners. Very Good copy: Boards rubbed, bowed toward foredge; label at spine with nice and bright gilt title. Insect nibbling at tip of bottom-outer corner of first 50 pages; 3 small stamps at title page. Light fading and fox throughout, text is clean, unmarked. Owner's small bookplate at front pastedown. Tight, sound binding. Italian text + sheet music / musical scores.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
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.
tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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.
title page : A page where the title of the book, the author's name and publication information usually appear.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
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.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
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.
