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La Collection Dutuit Livres et Manuscrits
by Rahir, Édouard
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Jupiter , Florida, United States
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About This Item
Paris, France: Librairie Morgand, 1899. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Folio (47 x 31 cm). vii, 328 pp. 344/350. Text in French. Creme leather covers. Dark brown leather label to spine with gilt titles. Upper hinge splitting, 11cm to head and 5cm to tail. Wear to edges and corners. Text block (and illustrations ) tight and unmarked, foxing to first blank page from free endpaper both front and rear. A complete bibliographical account of each book in the Dutuit collection with remarkable color plates of some of the more impressive bindings.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2367
- Title
- La Collection Dutuit Livres et Manuscrits
- Author
- Rahir, Édouard
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Librairie Morgand
- Place of Publication
- Paris, France
- Date Published
- 1899
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- Books about books;
Terms of Sale
Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
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About the Seller
Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
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Jupiter , Florida
About Liberty Book Store ABAA FABA IOBA
Liberty Book Store, ABAA, FABA, IOBA, with offices in Jupiter Florida, is an online (and by appointment) antiquarian bookstore that BUYS and SELLS RARE and INTERESTING BOOKS. Our primary interests are the American Antebellum period, Association Copies, Automotive, Books With A Story, Floridiana, Maritime History, RR Donnelley bindings, and books of exceptional beauty or scarcity.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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....
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
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