{"product_id":"ralph-wardo-emerson-poems-london-routledge-1819","title":"Poems","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLondon: George Routledge, 1819.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecond edition. 8vo. pp [vii], [blank], [200]; engraved frontispiece. Dark green sand grained cloth with double gilt fillets and four-point emblems in each corner, design repeated on lower board, spine partitioned into six sections by raised bands and extensive gilt ornaments and gilt title lettering, slightly faded; exquisite and delicately designed turn-ins to both boards. All edges in gilt and Gauffered in a pattern that reflects that of the boards. Light spotting to endpaper and marginal toning to the text block. A fine copy which benefits enormously from the delightful flourish of the embellished page edges. The term \"gauffered\" derives from the French word 'gaufre' which honeycomb or waffles, and refers to the grid-like pattern on these items. In practice, the gilt edges are decorated further with heated finishing tools or rolls to produce decorative indented patterns. This technique is usually found applied to luxuriously-bound antique prayer books, bibles, hymnals, and torahs. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EMERSON, Ralph Wardo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55066634584407,"sku":"21647","price":240.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0888\/6753\/7239\/files\/21647_1.png?v=1789736302","url":"https:\/\/worldsendbookshop.com\/products\/ralph-wardo-emerson-poems-london-routledge-1819","provider":"Worlds End Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}