- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 3641
- Book condition:
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: Printed for Rich. Parker, and Abel Roper.
- Place: London
- Date published: 1690
Book Description
London: Printed for Rich. Parker, and Abel Roper.. 1690. First edition. Sm. 8vo. (16),208pp. Finely bound in polished tree calf, elaborately gilt tooled spine, borders and dentelles. Marbled endpapers. Spine with red & brown morocco labels. A.e.g. Old ownership signature on title. Bookplate on front pastedown.
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.
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).
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
endpapers : The first and last two pages (verso and recto) from the front and back of a book.
