A Select Collection of Landscapes from the Best Old Masters, One of Each Engraved by L. Zentner, after Drawings made by him from Original Pictures, in Different Cabinets
by Zentner L
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: J. Thane , 1791. Book measures 33.5x27.cm. Collation, 4pp, 50 tinted plates, further 6 plates, each of six portraits of artists,text in English and French, interleaved with descriptive letterpress. Bound in period or early half calf, calf corners, marble boards, flat gilt bands, gilt tooling within compartments. Calf rubbed, worn on edges, hinges split, but boards still attached. although worn, still quite a nice period binding. Internally, some offsetting on text pages, illustrations in very good clean condition. A very nice copy.. Half Calf. Very Good. Oblong Quarto.
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Details
- Bookseller
- George Jeffery Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 099294
- Title
- A Select Collection of Landscapes from the Best Old Masters, One of Each Engraved by L. Zentner, after Drawings made by him from Original Pictures, in Different Cabinets
- Author
- Zentner L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- J. Thane
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1791
- Size
- Oblong Quarto
- Keywords
- Landscapes
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Illustrated; Antiquarian;
Terms of Sale
George Jeffery Books
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About the Seller
George Jeffery Books
Biblio member since 2005
CHESHUNT, Hertfordshire
About George Jeffery Books
We are a long established company dealing in second-hand, out of print and antiquarian books on all subjects. We are based in Hertfordshire, just 2 miles north of Junction 25 of the M25. We are members of the PBFA and exhibit at a large number of their fairs across the UK. We also exhibit in London at least twice a month at the Russell and Royal National Hotels, and regularly exhibit at H&D fairs in the South East, we also organise a monthly Fair at the Royal National Hotel, this fair has exhibitors specialising in books, maps, prints and ephemera. Please contact us for any further details.
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- 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...
- 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...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...