Seven lamps of architecture
by Ruskin, John
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Hay on Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
George Allen. Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent. 1889. 4to. xii, (1), (1), 222, (1) pp. 14 engraved plates. Contemporary vellum, leather labels to spine, some natural discolouration and spotting to vellum, slight nick to bottom edge of upper board. Inner gilt feathered curlicues. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. Inscribed to Kenneth Moorsom from his Eton tutor July 29 1897 to first blank: a personal gift rather than a prize. Kenneth James Calvert Moorsom (1878-1907).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Paul Haynes Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- biblio311
- Title
- Seven lamps of architecture
- Author
- Ruskin, John
- Illustrator
- John Ruskin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Allen.
- Place of Publication
- Sunnyside, Orpington, Kent.
- Date Published
- 1889
- Size
- 4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Art, Architecture, Gothic, Vellum
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Provenance, Bookplates and Associations; Christmas gift ideas; Fine Bindings;
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Glossary
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
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