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THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. ENTOMOLOGY. Vol. III BRITISH BUTTERFLIES [Ex. Lib]
by Duncan, James; Sir William Jardine - Editor
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1835. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp.xv , 246 plus advertising to the rear; engraved frontispiece plate of Werner; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 36 engraved plates of which 35 are beautifully hand-coloured with tissue guards; letterpress title and half-title pages. Original cloth binding with gilt lettering to the spine, some fading, lightly creased to the base of the spine, binding firm. Contents good and tight, original green endpapers, scratch impressions to the reverse of plate 21, page 177 and 178, two library cancellation stamps and small pocket to the front pastedown, no other library marks, superb colour plates most with tissue guards present. A very good, very clean complete copy..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038078
- Title
- THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY. ENTOMOLOGY. Vol. III BRITISH BUTTERFLIES [Ex. Lib]
- Author
- Duncan, James; Sir William Jardine - Editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. H. Lizars
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1835
- Size
- 12mo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History - General; Entomology;
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- 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...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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