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IL GOFFREDO OVERO GIERUSALEMME LIBERATA, POEMA HEROICO DEL SIG. TORQUATO TASSO
by Tasso, Torquato
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Rockville, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Venezia: presso Altobello Salicato, 1588. Hardcover. 12mo., [24], 576, [24], 145, [1]; G; bound in three quarters early vellum, marbled paper covered boards, handwritten ink titling to spine; chipping to head and tail of spine, rubbing and wear to boards; wear to pastedowns; endpapers missing; minor chipping to lower edges of title page; pinprick hole to the last '8' in the year; ink writing to title page, blank verso of last page, rear pastedown; some wear and foxing throughout; shelved case 3. USTC: 858397. 1331657. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Second Story Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1331657
- Title
- IL GOFFREDO OVERO GIERUSALEMME LIBERATA, POEMA HEROICO DEL SIG. TORQUATO TASSO
- Author
- Tasso, Torquato
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- presso Altobello Salicato
- Place of Publication
- Venezia
- Date Published
- 1588
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About the Seller
Second Story Books, ABAA
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Rockville, Maryland
About Second Story Books, ABAA
DC's Oldest Rare and Used Bookstore, Second Story Books operates two open shops in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area. We have a large internet presence including this website, Amazon, and Ebay, accredited appraisals member ASA, and an in house book binder. For more information go to www.secondstorybooks.com
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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