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Shakspeare's Seven Ages of Man illustrated by Henry Alken.
by ALKEN, Henry
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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About This Item
THE HUMAN CONDITION - HUMOUROUS HAND-COLOURED PLATES
first edition oblong folio (26.8 x 33.5 cms.) 7 plates drawn and engraved by Alken with contemporary hand colouring as issued, 1 leaf of text (printed on recto only), original printed buff wrappers, front wrapper printed to serve as a 'title page', secured by a pink ribbon through stab holes at right-hand margin, wrappers lightly soiled, some dustiness and minor marking at plate margins and a few grubby marks at outer lower marginal corners, very lightly creased where once folded, loosely laced into later stiff plain wrappers. Uncommon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- P & B Rowan
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10392
- Title
- Shakspeare's Seven Ages of Man illustrated by Henry Alken.
- Author
- ALKEN, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Original printed wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- E. & C. M'Lean
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Size
- oblong 4to.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- coloured plate color satirical humour humor plate social
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...