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Illustrations of Masonry
by Preston, William
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: G. Wilkie, 1812. [5], vi-xxiv, [1], 2-444pp. Full contemporary straight grain morocco, a masonic binding, almost certainly by John Lovejoy, though without his ticket, smooth back, divided into six panels by gilt rules and Greek key bands, each panel with a separate masonic device, upper cover replicates the plate found in the book, a Greek key frame, with compass point letters, surrounding a variety of masonic symbols and devices, lower cover with a Greek key border surrounding a thin rolled rope line with masonic symbols as corner pieces, gilt roll to inner edges, a.e.g., shell pattern marbled endpapers. Slightly rubbed to extremities, corners gently bumped. Internally some light browning, title browned, light stain to top corner starting around signature O and running to the end, previous owners name to ffep. The twelfth edition, with an engraved portrait frontispiece of the author, engraved portraits of the Earl of Moira and the Duke of Sussex, and a double page engraving of the Freemason's Tavern, as well as a full page engraving of various masonic symbols replicated on the upper cover. With the bookseller's label of Asperne to lower pastedown. John Lovejoy (1749-1818), bookbinder and freemason, whose uncompromising approach to his workers and trade unions led him to receiving the nickname of 'the Tyrant', see Howe, 'The London Bookbinders 1780-1806'. For Lovejoy's masonic bindings, see Maggs 1075 Part II, items 260 and 261; Hobson, 'English Bindings in the Library of J.R. Abbey', page 246; and Foot, 'Henry Davis Gift, Volume II', item 207 (page 250), for a binding that exactly matches this one. Reprint. Hardback. Good+. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001537
- Title
- Illustrations of Masonry
- Author
- Preston, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- G. Wilkie
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1812
- Size
- 12mo
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Masonry, Masonic Binder, Preston, John Lovejoy
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- 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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
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