The Tourist in Italy
by Roscoe, Thomas
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
San Anselmo, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London. Robert Jennings and Company. 1833. Bound in decoratively blind embossed full crushed morocco. Gilt tooled raised bands. Gilt titles. Gilt tooled turn-ins. All edged gilded. 8vo. 6.25" x 10.0". Jenning's Landscape Annual for 1833. Illustrated with full page Frontis, title, and 24 further plate engravings from drawings by J.D.Harding. Complete as issued. Covers rubbed and scuffed with some minor soiling. Spine mildly sunned. One plate well foxed. Mild sporadic offset throughout, not affecting plates. A Very Good crisp bright copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8681
- Title
- The Tourist in Italy
- Author
- Roscoe, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Bound in decoratively blind embossed full crushed morocco. Gilt tooled raised bands. Gilt titles. Gilt tooled turn-ins. All edge
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Robert Jennings and Company.
- Place of Publication
- London.
- Date Published
- 1833.
Terms of Sale
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
The Heldfond Book Gallery is an elected member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers and conforms to all ethical codes and standards of those organizations.Books found to be materially mis-described may be returned within seven days of receipt and all monies will be promptly refunded, if returned to us in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Anselmo, California
About Heldfond Book Gallery, ABAA-ILAB
Located just accross the Golden Gate Bridge in Marin County, California - the Heldfond Book Gallery, Ltd. is one of the oldest and most esteemed Rare Bookstores on the West Coast. Specializations include: Illustrated Books in all disciplines, Fine Bindings and Sets, Important Literary First Editions,Fine Arts, Collectable Children's Illustrated Books, Illuminated Manuscripts and Incunabula,Rare Aviation and Maritime as well as a consistently superb inventory of General Antiquarian Materials.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Offset
- A technique of printing where the inked image or text is ...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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....
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...