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The New London Magazine; Vol.1, July - December 1785. Being An Universal and Complete Monthly Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment. Embellished with the greatest variety of Elegant, Superb and Numerous Copper-Plates..
by A SOCIETY OF LITERARY GENTLEMEN OF LONDON
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- Hardcover
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Alex. Hogg, 1785 1st. Hardback 8vo. 8.5 x 5.25 inches. Quarterbound calf leather to spine and marbled paper to boards. Maroon leather spine label lettered in gilt. In very good condition. Corners and edges bumped and rubbed, rubbing to boards etc. Ends of spine slightly chipped. Faint inscription to top edge of title page, a couple of minor foxing spots else pages all very clean and bright, some minor offsetting from plates. Else a very good clean and tight copy. vi + 392pp. Illustrated with 20 (ex. 21) B&W engraved copper-plates (2 fold-out) lacks one plate “Le Fleur taking leave of his Female Acquaintance.”
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- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94954
- Title
- The New London Magazine; Vol.1, July - December 1785. Being An Universal and Complete Monthly Repository of Knowledge, Instruction and Entertainment. Embellished with the greatest variety of Elegant, Superb and Numerous Copper-Plates..
- Author
- A SOCIETY OF LITERARY GENTLEMEN OF LONDON
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Alex. Hogg, 1785 1st
- Keywords
- Illustrated Books The New London Magazine; Vol.1, July - December 1785, A SOCIETY OF LITERARY GENTLEMEN OF LONDON, leather, engraved plates, early printing, Pit, Fox, Captain Cook, Shakespeare, Johnson, Pope, Dryden, Locke, Charles III King of Spain, Bo
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The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
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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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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