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Eastern Arts and Antiquities Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Redmond, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York, N.Y.: Robert Sears, 1842. Hardcover. Good. Early Issue. Good only. Bound in brown ribbed cloth with embossed and gilt decoration (dulled spine title); cloth is worn at foot and crown of spine and corners. Pre-lims moderately + foxed, but only scattered mild foxing within. A wonderful reference volume in the studies of Scriptures. Illustrated with b/w line drawings. Chapters include: Coins and Measures; Sacred Utensils; Sacred Places; Funeral Rites; Costumes and even 'Ovens' - Domestic Living; and more. Tight text block, An approx. 1/2" x 4" sliver has been cut from top of title page margin (presume to remove a previous owner name). 400 pages. Protected in a mylar slip.
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- Bookseller
- Margins13 Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005281
- Title
- Eastern Arts and Antiquities Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Robert Sears
- Place of Publication
- New York, N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1842
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Religion; Illustrated; Reference; History of Old and new Testament items; sacred items;
Terms of Sale
Margins13 Books
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About the Seller
Margins13 Books
Biblio member since 2013
Redmond, Washington
About Margins13 Books
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Glossary
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
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