The Queen of the Adriatic, or Venice, Mediaeval and Modern
by Clement, Clara Erskine
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good with no dust jacket
- Seller
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High Point, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Estes & Lauriat, 1893. First Edition. Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. First Edition. Sound binding, cracked hinge papers with hinges holding. Pages clean, tanned. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographic plates. White paper over boards is tanned. Profuse gilt decoration on front and spine with blue lettering. ; Descriptions with historical background of Venetian sites of interest to tourists: Cathedral of San Marco (Saint Mark's), the ducal palace, the Rialto bridge, churh of Santa Maria della Salute, Bridge of Sighs, Museo Civico, the clock tower, the Grand Canal, and more. ; 8.25" tall; 380 pages.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cat's Cradle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4440034
- Title
- The Queen of the Adriatic, or Venice, Mediaeval and Modern
- Author
- Clement, Clara Erskine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good with no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Estes & Lauriat
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1893
- Keywords
- TRAVEL, HISTORY, ITALY, ITALIAN, VENICE, VENETIAN
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Travel;
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About the Seller
Cat's Cradle Books
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High Point, North Carolina
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.