Rome
by Wey, Francis; Revised By Maria Hornor Lansdale
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co., 1898. Hardcover. Very Good. Book. 8vo - over 7¾. VG, x, 510 pp. Wey was a standard architecture and art tour guide -- or travelogue --to Rome in the latter part of the nineteenth century. This book was not so much used while traipsing around the Eternal City as much as before and after seeing the sights to get more in the spirit of what was to be seen or was seen and to heighten the reader's appreciation of the sights. It was profused illustrated with full page photo plates, 30 in all. This copy is in full leather and was obviously intended to be lovingly held onto long after the visit. Condition is very good. Interior is clean, with only some light foxing on frontis plate, rest clean. Gilding of foreedges bright. Binding is tight. Contemp. calf of boards relatively healthy. On spine it is somewhat dry, and gilded decoration faded. Shelfwear and chippping to upper tip. Thus interior fine condition, binding overall good. Photos can be furnished upon request.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000043
- Title
- Rome
- Author
- Wey, Francis; Revised By Maria Hornor Lansdale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry T. Coates & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1898
- Keywords
- Italy, Rome, Travel, Tourism
Terms of Sale
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
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- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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.
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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