Specimens of Tile Pavements Drawn from Existing Authorities.
by SHAW (Henry)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Grantham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Basil M. Pickering, 1858. First edition, folio (325 x 255 mm), [22]pp., including list of subscribers, 47 fine chromolithographed plates (3 being double-page), orig. boards, calf rebacked with morocco label lettered in gilt. A rare and finely illustrated Pickering work showing specimens from recently excavated sites, these include Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, Jervaulx Abbey, York, Whitland Abbey, Carmarthenshire, Castle Acre, Norfolk, etc.
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- Bookseller
- Forest Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37004
- Title
- Specimens of Tile Pavements Drawn from Existing Authorities.
- Author
- SHAW (Henry)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Basil M. Pickering, 1858
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- 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...
- First Edition
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- Folio
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- Rebacked
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- Fine
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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...
- 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...