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Gems of Art, Illustrated
Various · New York
- Author
- Various
- Date
- c1898
- Place
- New York
- Publisher
- Cassell Publishng
- Language
- English
- Binding
- Folio.(9" x 12") 430 pp. Full aquamarine cloth with gilt and blackstamped rule framing fancy gilt title centered to upper board, spine with faded gilt lettering, rear board in blind. Biege floral endpapers. Spine cocked, edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to tips, head and foot of spine rubbed, ruffled with tiny closed tears, spine sun-darkened, boards soiled, lightly scuffed. Both gutters starting, mesh seen, still secure. Mild chipping to fore-edge of first free endpaper and flyleaf, 5 line gift inscription neatly to first free flyleaf. Pre- and post-lims toned more than text pages, foxing found on reverse of plates, margins of others. Illustrated with hundreds of in-text etches, 12 full plates both chromotypogravure and photogravure, one hand-colored. Overall, a beautifully ilustrated book in a decent binding.
- Category
- Fore-Edge Paintings
- Record
- S.I.8071
Folio.(9" x 12") 430 pp. c1898. New York: Cassell Publishing. Full aquamarine cloth with gilt and blackstamped rule framing fancy gilt title centered to upper board, spine with faded gilt lettering, rear board in blind. Biege floral endpapers. Spine cocked, edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with small loss to tips, head and foot of spine rubbed, ruffled with tiny closed tears, spine sun-darkened, boards soiled, lightly scuffed. Both gutters starting, mesh seen, still secure. Mild chipping to fore-edge of first free endpaper and flyleaf, 5 line gift inscription neatly to first free flyleaf. Pre- and post-lims toned more than text pages, foxing found on reverse of plates, margins of others. Illustrated with hundreds of in-text etches, 12 full plates both chromotypogravure and photogravure, one hand-colored. Overall, a beautifully ilustrated book in a decent binding.
Condition
Good
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