Contemplations Moral and Divine; In two Parts.
by Hale, Sir Matthew:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: William Shrowsbury & John Leigh, 1679 First edition. The two parts are bound in one volume. Hardcover book . Full leather with 4 raised bands to spine, and a little tooled decoration to boards, red speckled page edges. Part 1: 360pp, Part 2: 308pp; h: 18cm. With frontispiece engraved portrait of the author in his robes of Chief Justice of the King's Bench. Each part has an anonymous preface. Fair condition overall: the text block (pages) are very good, largely clean (a few marginal marks) and soundly bound; however the covers are poor: very worn, with the front board detached (present), title panel to spine and part of panel above are missing. A rebinding copy. Pictures available.
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Details
- Bookseller
- David Ford Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20893
- Title
- Contemplations Moral and Divine; In two Parts.
- Author
- Hale, Sir Matthew:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: William Shrowsbury & John Leigh, 1679
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
David Ford Books
Biblio member since 2006
Cley-Next-The-Sea, Norfolk
About David Ford Books
Member of Provincial Bookfairs Association.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
David Ford Books is a member of the P.B.F.A. and sells a wide range of quality out of print and antiquarian books through their book sales and at bookfair throughout the UK. The condition of our books is of the utmost importance to us, with few falling below the VG and many in Fine condition. All dust wrappers are protected. Should you wish to discuss a book, or your requirements, please do not hesitate to contact us by email or (as I prefer to talk to customers personally) by telephone.
Glossary
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- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....