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Le Dessin des Animaux en Grece d'Apres les Vases Peints (Feodor Rojankovsky's Copy)
by Morin-Jean
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
-
Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie Renouard -- Henri Laurens, Editeur, 1911. 1/2 Vellum. Near Fine. A lovely copy of the 1911 1st edition, bound in a sumptuous 1/2 vellum over marbled boards. Crisp, clean and Near Fine, with just a touch of very light spotting toward the front panel's bottom-edge and along the spine. (The original wrappers, crisp and well-preserved with very minor soiling, have been bound-in). Quarto, fascinating study of animal representation in Classical Greek vase paintings. THIS COPY BELONGED TO A CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATOR OF THE FIRST-RANK, FEODOR ROJANKOVSKY, whose wonderful bookplate adorns the front pastedown.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16789
- Title
- Le Dessin des Animaux en Grece d'Apres les Vases Peints (Feodor Rojankovsky's Copy)
- Author
- Morin-Jean
- Format/Binding
- 1/2 Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie Renouard -- Henri Laurens, Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- rare Classical Studies, children's illustrator Feodor Rojankovsky, rare Feodor Rojankovsky
- Bookseller catalogs
- Classical Studies;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Waccabuc, New York
About Appledore Books, ABAA
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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