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Book Condition: Used
Seller: Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts

United States
About Item: London: Printed by J. Davis, for B. and J. White, 1796. Second Edition, corrected and enlarged. 191 x 127 mm. (7 1/2 x 5"). viii, [iv], 123 pp. ELEGANT CONTEMPORARY RED STRAIGHT-GRAIN MOROCCO, HANDSOMELY GILT, BY CHARLES HERING [SR] (his ticket with address at 10 St. Martin's on verso of front free endpaper), covers with frame of bead and flower roll within thick and thin gilt rules, daisy cornerpieces, scalloped central panel with delicate gilt rule frame inset with garlands at sides and corners, flat spine lavishly gilt in compartments with oval centerpiece surrounded by small circles and many gilt dots, decorative gilt roll to turn-ins, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. ◆Vague hints of soiling to covers, endpapers with minor smudges and faint browning, occasional light spots of foxing, leaves a shade less than bright, otherwise an excellent copy internally, the text clean and fresh, and THE LOVELY BINDING IN VERY FINE CONDITION, with bright morocco and gilt, and with virtually no wear. This… Read More
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