THE LANDSCAPE GARDENING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OF THE LATE HUMPHRY REPTON, ESQ., BEING HIS ENTIRE WORKS ON THESE SUBJECTS. A New Edition, with an Historical and Scientific Intro. , a Systematic Analysis, a Biographical Notice, Notes , and a Copious Index.
by Loudon, J. C
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for the Editor, and Sold By Longman & Co.. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1840. Hardcover. Original binding, 3/4 leather with marbled boards. Bright gilt title on spine with raised bands. Leather heavilly rubbed with chipping to top edge and small area In center of spine. Rear hinge starting at top edge, binding is solid. Previous owner's book plate on paste down. Frontis and tissue foxed, otherwise bright, clean interior, "illustrated by upwards of two hundred and fifty engravings". Frontis and tissue foxed, otherwise bright, clean interior, "illustrated by upwards of two hundred and fifty engravings". Rare. ; 8vo; 619 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Carlson Turner Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44443
- Title
- THE LANDSCAPE GARDENING AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE OF THE LATE HUMPHRY REPTON, ESQ., BEING HIS ENTIRE WORKS ON THESE SUBJECTS. A New Edition, with an Historical and Scientific Intro. , a Systematic Analysis, a Biographical Notice, Notes , and a Copious Index.
- Author
- Loudon, J. C
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ with no dust jacket
- Publisher
- Printed for the Editor, and Sold By Longman & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1840
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Portland, Maine
About Carlson Turner Books
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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....
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