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Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and Entertaining Passages, from the Most Eminent Prose Writers.
by [Binding]. [KNOX, Vicesimus, editor]
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- first
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- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Published by Kirk & Mercein, 1817. First American edition. Two volumes bound in one comprising volume III, books v & vi, each book with illustrated title page. 24mo (5.75" x 3.75"), 284 pages. Contemporary full tree calf, the spine with gilt-lettered black morocco label, & embellishments in gilt.
Binding lightly rubbed, hinges beginning to crack (still secure), internally occasionally stained, heavily foxed, last blank leaf with hole, an attractive binding.
Book 5 provides "Odes: Pindaric, Horacion, etc" Book 6, "Elegiac and Funereal."
Please note, we are offering volume III only of a six volume set.
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- Bookseller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1405
- Title
- Elegant Extracts: A Copious Selection of Instructive, Moral, and Entertaining Passages, from the Most Eminent Prose Writers.
- Author
- [Binding]. [KNOX, Vicesimus, editor]
- Format/Binding
- Full tree calf
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kirk & Mercein
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1817
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Fine Binding, Full Tree Calf, Prose, Poetry
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature, Fiction, Poetry; Fine Binding;
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
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