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Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Egyptians the overflowing of the Nile and its effects with remarks on the plague and other subjects
by Antes, John
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- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
London, John Stockdale, 1800,. First Edition. Hardback. Very Good/No Jacket. First edition, folding engraved map with short closed handling year to fold partly repaired verso, 4pp. adverts at end, contemporary half calf over marbled boards, joints split but binding strength unaffecteds, a few small patches of scuffing to the paper, later leather lettering label on spine, foxing to dedication leaf, all else clean and bright. Provenance - armorial bookplate to front paste-down of Earl Cornwallis, [Atabey 25; Blackmer 36], 4to, 1800. 139pp [5]
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 110427
- Title
- Observations on the Manners and Customs of the Egyptians the overflowing of the Nile and its effects with remarks on the plague and other subjects
- Author
- Antes, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, John Stockdale, 1800,
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- Jacket
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- First Edition
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- Bookplate
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- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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