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THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY ENTOMOLOGY Vol. V. FOREIGN BUTTERFLIES
by Duncan, James; Sir William Jardine [edit]
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, 1837. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo. Pp. 206; engraved frontispiece of Lamarck; engraved title page with a hand-coloured vignette; 30 engraved hand-coloured plates with tissue guards; letterpress title page. Publisher's plum cloth binding lettered and decorated in gilt to the spine, careful repair to cloth at the top of the spine, some fading to spine and boards. light wear but firm. Contents clean and tight, green endpapers, bookplate from the Dalgry Library 1904 to the front pastedown, no inscriptions, plates and text clean..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 038082
- Title
- THE NATURALIST'S LIBRARY ENTOMOLOGY Vol. V. FOREIGN BUTTERFLIES
- Author
- Duncan, James; Sir William Jardine [edit]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- W. H. Lizars
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1837
- Size
- 12mo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History - General; Entomology;
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Loe Books
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About the Seller
Loe Books
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Launceston, Cornwall
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We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
We specialise in fine and rare books, particularly the New Naturalist series, natural history and horticultural titles.Thank you for viewing our stock
Glossary
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- 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...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- 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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