- Bookseller: Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
- Seller Inventory #: 4138
- Format: Full, gilt bordered period calf with gilt decorated spine-compartments and gilt titled spine. Raised bands.
- Book condition: Professionally rebacked with original spine laid on, else Very Good. A Clean and tight copy.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Hitch and Hawes, et al.
- Place: London.
- Date published: 1757.
Book Description
London.: Hitch and Hawes, et al., 1757.. Full, gilt bordered period calf with gilt decorated spine-compartments and gilt titled spine. Raised bands.. Professionally rebacked with original spine laid on, else Very Good. A Clean and tight copy.. 8vo.. Illustrated with plates by Guchtscut.
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.
rebacked : having had the material covering the spine replaced.
raised band(s) : On leather bound books, the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine.
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.
calf : Leather binding made from calfskin. Most common form of leather binding.
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.
