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Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, Appointed to Inquire into the Nature and Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian
by Mackenzie, Henry
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
-
Asheville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh, Scotland: Archibald Constable & Co, 1805. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo (8.5"x5.5"). 343pp. +appendix. 1/2 bound leather & marbled paper-covered boards with giltstamped spine, all edges stained red. One color plate, one B&W plate and one B&W facsimile fold-out. Small dampstains, slight cracking and rubbed corners to leather. 1/2 cracks to upper joint leather at extremes. Gilt mostly rubbed from spine. Marbled paper is heavily rubbed, dents to lower fore-edge. Small pen marks to rear pdep. No other marks, binding tight.
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- Bookseller
- Downtown Books & News
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3902
- Title
- Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, Appointed to Inquire into the Nature and Authenticity of the Poems of Ossian
- Author
- Mackenzie, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Archibald Constable & Co
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Date Published
- 1805
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- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Facsimile
- An exact copy of an original work. In books, it refers to a copy or reproduction, as accurate as possible, of an original...
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