La Gerusalemme Liberata.
by TASSO, Torquato
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Barbera, Bianchi E.C. Firenze. 1864. First edition, thus. 12mo. Italian text. Very handsomely produced volume, bound in art vellum - white with decorated gilt spines and borders to upper and lower bds. All edges gilt, silk bookmark, marbled e/ps. Tissue guarded engraved portrait frontis. Spines soiled, contents extremely clean and fresh. VG+
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Details
- Bookseller
- Addyman Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33812
- Title
- La Gerusalemme Liberata.
- Author
- TASSO, Torquato
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- Barbera, Bianchi E.C. Firenze. 1
- Keywords
- POETRY Italian binding vellum miniature
Terms of Sale
Addyman Books
All books are First edition, printed in London, unless otherwise stated. We offer a changing selection of old/out-of-print/remaindered books in a wide range of subjects. Every effort has been made to describe the books as accurately as possible, but any items ordered can be returned if not as described within a 7 day period. European Union customers have 14 days.
About the Seller
Addyman Books
Biblio member since 2006
Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About Addyman Books
Addyman Books is based in Hay-on-Wye, the book capital of the world, with almost 30 bookshops in the town, nestled in the Black Mountains of Wales. We have been established since 1986 and have three shops, Addyman Books, Addyman Annexe and Murder & Mayhem. Large general stock. Murder & Mayhem specialises in Detective Fiction, True Crime and Horror.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- BDS
- Common term for the covers of a hardbound book. The term 'boards' refers to the thick cardboard under the paper or cloth...
- 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...
- E.P.
- The double leaves bound into a book at the front and rear after ...
- 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. ...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.