- Seller Inventory #: 008829
- Format: Hardcover
- Book condition: Very Good
- Illustrator: Illustrated
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Jennings & Pye
- Place: Cincinnati, OH, USA
- Date published: 1900
Cincinnati, OH, USA: Jennings & Pye, 1900. No edition stated. Decorative green cloth binding with color pastedown of Nuremberg, gilt and red decoration and titles. Top edge gilt. 17 photographic plates. 290 pp. Light edgewear, a little shaken, short crack showing to front hinge. Very good condition.. Decorative Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
top edge gilt : The top of the text block (the edges the pages that are visible when looking directly down at the top of a closed book) has been decorated with a gold-like finish.
gilt : The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book. The edges of the text block, or an inlay in the front cover of the boards, for example.
plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings.
8vo : Short for Octavo, A book whose page size is approximately 8-10 inches tall. The size is based on a sheet of paper 25 inches by 38 inches, the size of paper traditionally used by book printers, which has been folded and cut into 16 pages..
Unfortunately often misunderstood to mean 8 volumes.
hinge : The portion of a book near the spine that is intended to flex to allow the book to open.
pastedown : The paper glued to the inside cover of a hard cover book.
shaken : A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
