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Bibliotheque Curieuse Et Instructive de Divers Ouvrages Anciens & Modernes, de Litterature & Des Arts: Ouverte Pour Les Personnes Qui Aiment Des Lettres, Volumes 1-2
by Claude-Francois Menestrier
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Naas, Kildare, Ireland
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About This Item
Two volumes in one. 12mo, 14 pages Title and Epitre, 161 pages + 6 Table/Extrait du Privilege/Approbation by Bosquillon/Errata - 226 pages Tome II, +3 Table and Errata. 410 total, without blanks. Contemporary full brown speckled calf, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, marbled endpapers. First edition, with Ménestrier s famous chapter on the history of playing cards Volume II, page 168, and an original drawing of the medal presented to Louis XIV in 1703 (tipped at Volume I, page 149). Claude-François Ménestrier was the most widely known heraldist of his time, and today is perhaps best known as the first historian of the ballet, as well as the "father" of research on the history of playing cards. "Des Principes des Sciences & des Arts Disposez en Forme de Jeux" is published here for the first time. notations, and manuscript errata sheets. A near fine copy, Slight discolouration and markings to the blanks, the rest would pass as fine, crisp and clear, it has a plastic cover attached to the leather cover, cover is very good or better.
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- Markisons
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Dean21
- Title
- Bibliotheque Curieuse Et Instructive de Divers Ouvrages Anciens & Modernes, de Litterature & Des Arts: Ouverte Pour Les Personnes Qui Aiment Des Lettres, Volumes 1-2
- Author
- Claude-Francois Menestrier
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary full brown speckled calf, raised bands, gilt decorated spine, marbled endpapers.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- de l'imprimerie de S. A. S A Trevoux
- Date Published
- 1704
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- 18TH CENTURY LITERATURE BOOKS;
- Size
- 12mo
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30 day return guarantee. No extra shipping charge on additional books ordered.
About the Seller
Markisons
Biblio member since 2018
Naas, Kildare
About Markisons
My books for sale consist of a wide variety of both fiction and non-fiction books, usually of the more rare or sought after book. Antiquarian, 1st Editions, Angling, Noted Authors/Renowned Writers, Antique Fiction and many more.
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Crisp
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- 12mo
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
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