Veterum Persarum Et Parthorum Et Medorum Religionis Historia
by Hyde, Thomas
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1760. Hardcover. Good. 4to, [40], 580pp. 20 engraved plates on 19 sheets, 5, folding and 1 folding letterpress table. Contemporary calf with gilt titles on two red morocco leather labels, binding well worn but solid, joints cracked, some light to moderate foxing, tears in two leaves repaired without any loss to printed material. Second and best edition, first was 1700, edited by George Costard and Thomas Hunt.
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- Bookseller
- Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 42573
- Title
- Veterum Persarum Et Parthorum Et Medorum Religionis Historia
- Author
- Hyde, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1760
- Keywords
- persia, religion, zoroastrianism
Terms of Sale
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Biblio member since 2012
Toronto, Ontario
About Karol Krysik Books, ABAC/ILAB, IOBA, PBFA
Interesting and unusual books and printed matter. Visual items, illustrated books, private press, mythology/folklore, modern first editions. Member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of Canada (ABAC) and theIndependent Online Booksellers Association (IOBA)
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...