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AN HISTORICAL DISQUISITION concerning The Knowledge which the Ancients had of INDIA: and the Progress of Trade (4th ed)
by Robertson, William 04d
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- GOOD - VG book, 3/4 brown leather, marbled boards & eps.
- Seller
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Lyndonville, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Cadell and Davies. GOOD - VG book, 3/4 brown leather, marbled boards & eps.. 1804 (1st 1791). 4th edition.. Hardcover. GOOD - VG book, 3/4 contemp brown leather. Marbled boards & eps. Spine in 6 sections separated by gilt rules. 8vo, 375,(2)pp . Top spine panel: "ROBERTSON'S WORKS", 2nd :"ANCIENT INDIA". Two maps which unfold in both directions. No fold line tears BUT: pin hole in one of the fold line intersections, a few incorrect fold lines and both are lightly foxed. First map with a 1" tear at inner most fold. Tight text block. Most pages lightly aged or few foxed spots. Covers quite worn. All edges worn thru to underlying cardboard. Spine worn, gilt lettering faded. Upper 2/3 of upper board split. .
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- Bookseller
- Quiet Friends
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001121
- Title
- AN HISTORICAL DISQUISITION concerning The Knowledge which the Ancients had of INDIA: and the Progress of Trade (4th ed)
- Author
- Robertson, William 04d
- Illustrator
- with two 1791 fold out maps.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - GOOD - VG book, 3/4 brown leather, marbled boards & eps.
- Edition
- 4th edition.
- Publisher
- Cadell and Davies
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1804 (1st 1791)
- Keywords
- GOOD - VG book, 3/4 contemp brown leather. Marbled boards & eps. Spine, in 6 sections separated by gilt rules. 8vo, 375,(2)pp, 03e
Terms of Sale
Quiet Friends
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About the Seller
Quiet Friends
Biblio member since 2008
Lyndonville, New York
About Quiet Friends
We sell about 75% internet, 25% book fairs. We have been in business since the early 90's. We pack extremely well. We describe very conservatively and have only a few returns in the 5000 orders we have mailed.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- 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...
- 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....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
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