BACON'S ESSAYS AND COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL
by BACON, Francis
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Palm Springs, California, United States
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About This Item
First edition thus. Octavo. With notes and glossarial index by W. Aldis Wright. Engraved portrait vignette tipped-on title page. Full gilt stamped devices within gilt ruled compartments, covers double ruled in gilt with gilt rolled edges, gilt stamped inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Very good (spine faded to tan). 388 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Houle Rare Books & Autographs (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 266
- Title
- BACON'S ESSAYS AND COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL
- Author
- BACON, Francis
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1891
- Pages
- 388
- Size
- Octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Palm Springs, California
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- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...