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Fables For The Female Sex Illustrated with Engravings.
by MOORE, Edward:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Printed for R. Francklin, 1744 1st. Hardback, 8 x 5 inches. In full polished speckled calf leather fine binding, gilt line paneled boards, raised and gilt banding to spine with gilt lettering to leather spine label. Red speckled page edges, plain endpapers. In very good condition. Chip to front board on top leading corner. Spine has been professionally rebacked with later leather to spine. Some occasional mild foxing spots. No penned inscriptions. Small repair to margin edge of plate at Fable I. Some minor foxing else plates clean and bright, except plate 16 which has some staining, and to adjacent pages. Else a very good clean and tight copy. 173pp. Illustrated with 16 engraved plates PLUS engraved frontis plate and vignette engraving to title page (18).
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 93570
- Title
- Fables For The Female Sex Illustrated with Engravings.
- Author
- MOORE, Edward:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Printed for R. Francklin, 1744 1st
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books Early Printing Fine Binding First Edition Fables Folklore Illustrated Books Leather Binding Literature Myths & Legends
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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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