Caterina Sforza: A Renaissance Virago
by Ernst Breisach
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Acceptable/Acceptable
- Seller
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Goring-by-Sea, West Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
University of Chicago Press, 1967. Hardcover. Acceptable/Acceptable. 1967. First Edition. 375 pages. Illustrated dust jacket over blue cloth with gilt lettering. Library copy, with expected inserts and inscriptions. Pages remain bright and clear with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Pencil inscription to front free endpaper. Pastedowns scratched where dust jacket flaps were glued down. Boards have moderate edge-wear with bumping to corners and rubbing to surfaces. Slight fraying to cloth at spine ends. Gilt lettering is bright and clear. Unclipped jacket has light edgewear with tears and creasing.
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Details
- Bookseller
- World of Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1703180488LEE
- Title
- Caterina Sforza: A Renaissance Virago
- Author
- Ernst Breisach
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Acceptable/Acceptable
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Date Published
- 1967
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Glossary
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- Flap(s)
- The portion of a book cover or cover jacket that folds into the book from front to back. The flap can contain biographical...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.