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PROVINCIAL ANTIQUITIES AND PICTURESQUE SCENERY OF SCOTLAND
by Scott, Walter
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very good or better
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill, and William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1826. First edition in book form. Large Paper Impression watermarked Whatman. Very good or better. First edition in book form. Large Paper Impression watermarked Whatman. Two volumes. Folio (14.5"). (ii) lii, 96p;(i, plate list); 97-208, (i, plate list). Illustrated with two vignette engraved titles and 207 engraved plates. Plates not figured in the pagination. In early Riviere bindings of full mottled calf with decorative rolled edges and denteles, marbled endpapers, a.e.g. Beautifully rebacked to style, retaining the original red and black spine labels (?). One original wrapper bound in rear of Vol. I. Todd and Bowden. 132Ab. (Todd and Bowden discovered only a few copies of this rare first issue in book form.)
With the red paper bookplate of Sir William Fraser of Ledeclune and Morar [4th] Baronet (1826-1898) whose library was sold by Sotheby's in 1901.
With the red paper bookplate of Sir William Fraser of Ledeclune and Morar [4th] Baronet (1826-1898) whose library was sold by Sotheby's in 1901.
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- Bookseller
- First Folio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23858
- Title
- PROVINCIAL ANTIQUITIES AND PICTURESQUE SCENERY OF SCOTLAND
- Author
- Scott, Walter
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good or better
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition in book form. Large Paper Impression watermarked W
- Publisher
- John and Arthur Arch, Cornhill, and William Blackwood, Edinburgh
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1826
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
First Folio
Biblio member since 2006
Paris, Tennessee
About First Folio
Purveyors of fine books in many fields since 1980, we are a generalist antiquarian firm with specialties in fine bindings, illustrated and rare books.
Glossary
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- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- 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...
- Rolled
- rolled spine or spine rolled. Damage to a book created by pressure to the spine making it fold or crease in the cover. Damage...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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....
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...
- 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...
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