PIRANESI
by Penny, Nicholas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 1870630505
- ISBN 13
- 9781870630504
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
London: Bloomsbury Books. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1988. Reprint. 1. Hard Cover. 1870630505 . Publisher's full red cloth, gilt lettering on spine. 4to. 96 pp. Illustrated with over 100 reproductions of Piranesi's etchings, tight, clean and square.. Head of spine very lightly bumped. Clipped dust jacket shows some wear at edges and marks in hinge. NEAR FINE/VERY GOOD. . Etching. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 96 pp .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Round Table Books, LLC (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17874
- Title
- PIRANESI
- Author
- Penny, Nicholas
- Illustrator
- Giovanni Battista Piranesi
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- Reprint. 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1870630505
- ISBN 13
- 9781870630504
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Books
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- 1870630505, Art;, Art;, History;, Piranesi;, Etchings;, Rome
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
Round Table Books, LLC lists rare, beautiful and interesting books. All books are described accurately, packed carefully and shipped promptly. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED - Any book may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.
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- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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...
- 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...