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The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales , A. D. MCLXXXVIII; Translated into English, and Illustrated with Views, Annotations, and a Life of Giraldus, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart
by Giraldus, Cambrensis
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for William Miller, 1806. First edition in English. Hardcover. Very good. Large 4to. 2 vols. (12),cxcii,220,(4);(6),440,(4)pp. Indices. Complete with 59 engraved plates (including a hand-colored folding map) and a second large, hand-colored folding map at rear of Vol. II. Errata page is present. Old calf over marbled boards (rubbed), tips worn. Spines in 6 compartments with raised bands; gilt. A few of the plates are foxed. A very attractive wide-margined copy. Lowndes says that the editor's annotations and notes are particularly valuable . Lowndes, p. 896.
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- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17027
- Title
- The Itinerary of Archbishop Baldwin Through Wales , A. D. MCLXXXVIII; Translated into English, and Illustrated with Views, Annotations, and a Life of Giraldus, by Sir Richard Colt Hoare, Bart
- Author
- Giraldus, Cambrensis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in English
- Publisher
- Printed for William Miller
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1806
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books; Arthurian;
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About the Seller
Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
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