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The Gallery of Nature; a Pictorial and Desriptive Tour Through Creation, Illustrative of the Wonders of Astronomy, Physical Geography and Geology
by Milner, Rev. Thomas
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- Seller
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Wm. S Orr and Co, 1855. Small Quarto. A new edition, revised, frontispiece, engraved title page, regular title page, 803pp., illustrated throughout with wood and steel engravings. light scattered foxing to plates. Handsomely bound in full green pebble grained morocco lavishly decorated in gilt, raised bands with compartments full gilt decorated, gilt decorated turn-ins, all edges gilt, pale yellow endpapers. From the library of F.C. Adams, author of The Siege of Washington D.C. , Our little Monarchy: Who Runs It, and What it Costs and other with his signature dated 1857.
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- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021961
- Title
- The Gallery of Nature; a Pictorial and Desriptive Tour Through Creation, Illustrative of the Wonders of Astronomy, Physical Geography and Geology
- Author
- Milner, Rev. Thomas
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Wm. S Orr and Co
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1855
- Keywords
- Astronomy Geography Geology Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Geology;
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
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