The Life of Benvenuto Cellini
by Cellini, Benvenuto
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
-
Schenectady, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1927. Half-Leather. Good +. Gilt spine lettering. Top edge gilt. 464 pages. Illustrated. Some rubbing at the corners, scuffs, prior owner bookplate on the front paste-down, free end paper has 1929 prior owner gift inscription.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Iron Engine (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 901157
- Title
- The Life of Benvenuto Cellini
- Author
- Cellini, Benvenuto
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1927
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Iron Engine
30 days.
About the Seller
Iron Engine
Biblio member since 2007
Schenectady, New York
About Iron Engine
general used and out-of-print books with an interest in sculpture & art.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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....