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Les Contes Remois
by Chevigne, Louis Comte De
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Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Michel Levy Freres, Libraires-Editeurs, 1858. Octavo. Third edition, portrait frontispiece 239pp., illustrated with vignette head pieces by Jean Louis Ernest MeissonierTales set to poerty.This work was so populr it ran into several editions including many limited editions. Bound by R[omain] Raparlier in 3/4 green morocco over marbled paper covered boards, raised bands, compartments lettered and fully decorated in a floral gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, slight scattered foxing throughout but more so on the title page. A very good copy in very nice morocco binding.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015764
- Title
- Les Contes Remois
- Author
- Chevigne, Louis Comte De
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Michel Levy Freres, Libraires-Editeurs
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- Illustrated French the E. Meissonier
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About the Seller
Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
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Scottsdale, Arizona
About Alcuin Books, ABAA-ILAB
Alcuin Books located in Old Town Scottsdale is a store with 15,000 serious books for the collector or scholar. We have ample parking in front of the store for those who wish to browse our holdings.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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...
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