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Researches Into the History Of Playing Cards; With Illustrations Of The Origin of Printing And Engraving On Wood
by Singer, Samuel Weller
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Contemporary full straight grained black morocco. Aeg. Very good
- Seller
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ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: By T. Bensley And Son For Robert Triphook, 1816. First edition. leather_bound. Contemporary full straight grained black morocco. Aeg. Very good. [XVI], 373 [3] pages. 27 x 22 cm. Limited edition, one of 250 copies. Eleven engraved, and eight color woodcuts, woodcuts within the text, some on india paper, plus two additional hand colored plates titled, "Origine des Cartes A Jourer," illustrating and describing the four face cards and the ten: the Kings noted as Alexandre, David, Cesar and Charlemagne: clubs, spades, diamonds and hearts respectively & "Notice Historique et rasionnee des Noms donnes aux Cartes," the latter plate highlighted in gold. Errata slip. Index. BIGMORE & WYMAN II, p. 362. "Only 150 copies printed......It is a thoroughly good book, Section ii. being of especial interest to the lover of early typography." Minor toning and offsetting, mostly marginal to non color illustrations, elegant binding: covers paneled with gilt rule, surrounding a single interlocking frame and lozenge, gilt floral corner pieces, interior dentelles, marbled endpapers, spine with raised bands, panels richly gilt, extremities rubbed.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20366
- Title
- Researches Into the History Of Playing Cards; With Illustrations Of The Origin of Printing And Engraving On Wood
- Author
- Singer, Samuel Weller
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary full straight grained black morocco. Aeg. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- By T. Bensley And Son For Robert Triphook
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1816
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Printing;
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ardsley, New York
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
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