The Fashionable Lover; or Wit in Necessity. A Comedy [Restoration Play Quarto]
by Anonymous
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: printed for Richard Basset, 1706. Very Good. A Restoration era play quarto from a collection compiled by the financier and book collector, Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid (1778-1859) and rebound by 'T Connolly' of Dublin. [6] pp68, collated, no half title. Bound in half vellum over marbled boards with black Morocco label with gilt lettering, red edges, last quarter of the 19th century, binder's ticket of 'T Connolly, 10 Up. Ormond Quay, Dublin'. In very good condition, a small area of wear to the lower board, the pages are bright and crisp, there is a small hole in the margin of page 37 and some penmanship to page 3 but no legible inscriptions. From an extensive Irish collection of quarto plays. Very Good 1706
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Details
- Bookseller
- Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4722
- Title
- The Fashionable Lover; or Wit in Necessity. A Comedy [Restoration Play Quarto]
- Author
- Anonymous
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- printed for Richard Basset
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1706
Terms of Sale
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30 day return guarantee, no quibble with full refund.
About the Seller
Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
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Leeds, West Yorkshire
About Christian White Rare Books Ltd.
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Glossary
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- 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...
- 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...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
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