- Bookseller: Kenneth Karmiole, Bookseller, Inc.
- Seller Inventory #: 315
- Book condition:
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons.
- Place: New York
- Date published: 1917
Book Description
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons.. 1917. 4to. With frontis. portrait, photographic plate and 26 plates of tapestries, each with a leaf description. White cloth, gilt.
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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.
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.
plate : Full page illustration or photograph. 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.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
