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CONTES et NOUVELLES EN VERS -- Tome Premier et Tome Second
by Voltaire; Vergier; Sénecé; Perrault; Moncrif et le P. Ducerceau; Grécourt; Saint-Lambert; Champfort; Piron; Dorat; La Monnoye ; François de Neufchateau
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Editions Leclere. Very Good. 1862. Limited Numbered Edition. Hardcover. (iv), 208, (vi); (vi), 207, (v) pages; Contents of both volumes clean and secure in contemporary bindings of handsome black half-leather with 5 raised bands at spines, marbled boards and marbled endpapers. Some scattered foxing to initial leaves and concluding leaves; some crazing at spine, rubbed a bit at extremities. An attractive set. Gilt titles in second compartments and volume number in third compartments. Title pages printed in Red & Black. Set Number 199 of a Limited Edition of only 200 copies; both books numbered 199. Silk place ribbons. Tome I with vignette medallion portrait of Voltaire, Tome II vignette of Grecourt. Each author's contribution has a title page and an egraved in-text illustration; first volume has 21 illustrations and second volume has 25 illustrations. Voltaire's pieces begin with: L'Education d'un Prince. Grecourt's begin with Le Cuisinier Scrupuleux. Tome Premier (iv), 208, (vi); Tome Second (vi), 207, (v). .
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- Bookseller
- Antiquarian Book Shop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44665
- Title
- CONTES et NOUVELLES EN VERS -- Tome Premier et Tome Second
- Author
- Voltaire; Vergier; Sénecé; Perrault; Moncrif et le P. Ducerceau; Grécourt; Saint-Lambert; Champfort; Piron; Dorat; La Monnoye ; François de Neufchateau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Limited Numbered Edition
- Publisher
- Editions Leclere
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1862
- Size
- 12mo.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 19th Century Engraved illustrations, French LiteratureL, Leather bindings
- Bookseller catalogs
- Illustrated Books;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Antiquarian Book Shop
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About the Seller
Antiquarian Book Shop
Biblio member since 2017
Washington, District of Columbia
About Antiquarian Book Shop
At The Antiquarian Book Shop, located in Georgetown - an historic neighborhood of Washington, D.C. we have been buying, selling & appraising rare, interesting and scholarly books in Georgetown for more than 30 years. Over those many years we have taken great pleasure from satisfying our customers' eclectic literary requirements in the shop and hope to continue in that tradition now that we have moved our operation on-line.Currently, our catalogued inventory includes about 4,000 books from the sixteenth century through the twentieth century in a variety of subject areas. Our stock comprises antiquarian books, collectible books and scholarly books, as well as a selection of antique prints and ephemera.The books listed here represent only a small portion of our total inventory. We are in the process of cataloguing the extensive holdings in our warehouse (15,000+ books) and hope to flesh out these pages over the months to come. Our new format allows us to expand & update our listings frequently. We have included images of many items listed to better convey their quality and condition.
Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
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