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DICTIONNAIRE TYPOGRAPHIQUE, HISTORIQUE ET CRITIQUE DES LIVRES RARES..
by Osmont, J. B. L
- Used
- Condition
- Some worming in Vol. I, not affecting text, else contents quite clean. A few minor restorations to the leather, spine gilt moder
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Lacombe, Libraire, Quai de Conti, 1768. Some worming in Vol. I, not affecting text, else contents quite clean. A few minor restorations to the leather, spine gilt moderately chipped, sound and presentable none-the-less. Two volumes. xii, 515p; (iv), 456p (iii). Bound in contemporary mottled calf with marbled endpapers, text block edges stained red, the spines with leather title labels gilt and gilt panel ornaments. With the bookplate and his small shelf number tag of he eminent bookseller Georges Heilbrun.
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- Bookseller
- First Folio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23906
- Title
- DICTIONNAIRE TYPOGRAPHIQUE, HISTORIQUE ET CRITIQUE DES LIVRES RARES..
- Author
- Osmont, J. B. L
- Book Condition
- Used - Some worming in Vol. I, not affecting text, else contents quite clean. A few minor restorations to the leather, spine gilt moder
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lacombe, Libraire, Quai de Conti
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1768
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Paris, Tennessee
About First Folio
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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....
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