LA DUCHESSE DE BERRY ET LA COUR DE LOUIS XVIII.
by De Saint-Amand, Imbert
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- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good
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Cadyville, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Dentu & Cie., Editeurs, 1887., 1887.. Good. - Octavo, marbled boards backed with red calf & titled in gilt between raised bands & decorations in gilt on the spine. Marbled endpapers & green silk bookmark. The boards are rubbed with tiny pieces out of the marbled paper at the corners. The spine is slightly darkened, Half-title, title & 328 pages. There is scattered foxing & the endpapers are darkened. Good. <p>From the library of Alice Maud Livingston, signed by her in Paris in 1888 on the flyleaf.
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- Bookseller
- Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 37639
- Title
- LA DUCHESSE DE BERRY ET LA COUR DE LOUIS XVIII.
- Author
- De Saint-Amand, Imbert
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris: Dentu & Cie., Editeurs, 1887.
- Date Published
- 1887.
- Keywords
- HISTORY; FRANCE; IMBERT DE SAINT-AMAND; LA DUCHESSE DE BERRY ET LA COUR DE LOUIS XVIII; ALICE MAUD LIVINGSTON'S COPY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY.
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Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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About Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
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- Gilt
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- Raised Band(s)
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