La Belle Assemblee, or Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literatureand Records of the Beau-Monde
- Used
- Condition
- Cover edges rubbed and scuffed, lacks steel engraving facing page 1, very occasional light foxing, a few pages dampstained at to
- Seller
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Brattleboro, Vermont, United States
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About This Item
London: Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827. Full gilt tooled morocco with gilt inner dentelles; marbled edges and endpapers. Cover edges rubbed and scuffed, lacks steel engraving facing page 1, very occasional light foxing, a few pages dampstained at top edge, else clean tight copy: VG. 8vo. Illustrated with 6 steel engravings (this copy lacking one) and 10 colored plates constituting what the title page calls 13 (counting each dress as an engraving). VOLUME V ONLY, from January to June, 1827
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12013121
- Title
- La Belle Assemblee, or Court and Fashionable Magazine; Containing Interesting and Original Literatureand Records of the Beau-Monde
- Illustrator
- Illustrated with 6 steel engravings (this copy lacking one) and 10 colored plates constituting what the title page calls 13 (cou
- Format/Binding
- Full gilt tooled morocco with gilt inner dentelles; marbled edges and endpapers
- Book Condition
- Used - Cover edges rubbed and scuffed, lacks steel engraving facing page 1, very occasional light foxing, a few pages dampstained at to
- Publisher
- Geo. B. Whittaker
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1827
- Pages
- 330pp. + 2 page note to subscribers
- Size
- 8vo
- Keywords
- Fashion, 19th Century Fashion, Beau Monde, Duke of Windsor, Births, Marriages, Deaths, Visiting Portugal, Science, Literature, Lady's Dresses, Lady Johnstone, Fine Arts
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About the Seller
The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
Biblio member since 2005
Brattleboro, Vermont
About The Bear Bookshop, John Greenberg
A used and rare bookshop with over 25,000 volumes on all subjects. The Bear Booskhop, founded in 1975, has a strong collection in most academic areas.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
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