- Bookseller: Jeff Weber Rare Books
- Seller Inventory #: AA2741
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: 2
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: John Murray
- Place: London:
- Date published: 1820
Book Description
London:: John Murray. 1820. hardcover. 2. 8vo. viii, 302, ads. [8] pp. Original tree calf sides, rebacked with brown morocco spine with heavy gilt tooling and original spine label preserved; spine label chipped, corners showing, else very good. Bookplate. . See Lowndes, Vol. III, p. 2475.
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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.
rebacked : having had the material covering the spine replaced.
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.
bookplate : A device (often decorative) affixed to the book, usually on the endpapers, which designates ownership (or former ownership).
