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Sermons, Including a Series of Discourses on the Minor Prophets, Preached Before the University of Oxford
by Croft, Rev. George
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Birmingham: Cadell and Davies, Rivingtons and R. Baldwin, 1811. Two volumes - Volume One - xxxix, [1], 247pp, [1] and Volume Two - xii, [2], 282pp. Full straight grain morocco, smooth backs, divided into six panels by gilt rules and gilt bands, covers with inner blind roll bordered by thick elaborate gilt frame, with medallions to corners, gilt roll to edges and inner edges, a.e.g., small shell marbled endpapers. Slightly rubbed to extremities, small amount of loss to gilt to upper cover of volume two, internally quite bright and clean. From the library of Earl Eldon, the Lord Chancellor, with his name and bookplate to endpapers. A handsome binding, probably bound as a presentation copy to Eldon as he heads the subscribers list and is the subject of the printed dedication by the late authors wife (pp xxiii-xxiv). Five locations on COPAC (not at Lambeth). First Edition. Full Morocco. Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000471
- Title
- Sermons, Including a Series of Discourses on the Minor Prophets, Preached Before the University of Oxford
- Author
- Croft, Rev. George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Cadell and Davies, Rivingtons and R. Baldwin
- Place of Publication
- Birmingham
- Date Published
- 1811
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Sermons, Eldon, Religion, Croft
- Size
- 8vo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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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...
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
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