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William Tell or The Patriot of Switzerland with Engravings
by De Florian, M
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: J. Harris and Son, 1823. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. 12mo. 171 pages. Hardcover quarter bound in 20th century red leather with marbled paper covered boards. Five raised spine bands. Light to moderate wear to the binding. The hinges are quite sound. There is a scuff mark or scrape on the marbled paper on the rear board. The text is generally clean. There is a faint afterimage of the title of another book on the back of the engraved title page. "Vita di Battista Franco Pittore Veneziano (i)" This volume is illustrated with 22 numbered copperplate engravings on 11 pages, plus an engraved title page and a smaller illustration on the printed title page.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 051249
- Title
- William Tell or The Patriot of Switzerland with Engravings
- Author
- De Florian, M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. Harris and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1823
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 1.50 lbs
- Keywords
- 1823; M De Florian; William Tell; Switzerland; Leather binding; Copperplate Engravings; Plates; Europe; 19th Century.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature & Fiction; General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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....
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