- Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
- Seller Inventory #: 3635
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Near fine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza
- Place: Paris
- Date published: ca. 1927
Book Description
Paris L'Edition D'Art H. Piazza ca. 1927 Hardcover Near fine 130 pp. Colophon. Original green leather binding with elaborate floral gilt decoration to the boards and spine; gilt title to spine. handcolored illustrations throughout. Marbled endsheets. Spine sunned; rubbing and general wear and rubbing to head and foot. French text. Owner's bookplate to front pastedown. Internally near fine with slight evidence of foxing to a few pages opposite plates. A beautiful book.
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boards : Common term for the covers of a hardbound book.
rubbing : Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually
used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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.
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.
colophon : The last text portion of a book, which contains information about the publisher, the typesetting, printer, and possible a printer's device.
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.
