Rokeby - a Poem.
by FORE-EDGE PAINTING. SCOTT, Sir Walter
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About This Item
Tilt & Bogue, London., 1841. New edition. 12mo. pp [viii], 303. Extra engraved title-page, frontispiece and eight engraved plates by various hands. Period binding of full green morocco with gilt decoration, all edges gilt.On the fore-edge and visible when the text block is an accomplished painting of a Springer Spaniel in a rural setting.Covers slightly rubbed and marked. Very good. The painting is clear and sharp.
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- Peter Ellis bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- FOREEDGE012674
- Title
- Rokeby - a Poem.
- Author
- FORE-EDGE PAINTING. SCOTT, Sir Walter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Tilt & Bogue, London.
- Date Published
- 1841
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- Text Block
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- New
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- Edges
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- 12mo
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- 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...
- 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...