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Quae Exstant Opera
by Taciti, C. Cornelii (Tacitus, Cornelius) Lallemand, J.N. (Ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Parisiis (Paris): J. Barbou, 1760. Three volumes complete - Volume One - xxiv, 444pp; Volume Two - [4], 480pp and Volume Three - [4], 456pp, [2]. Contemporary full mottled calf, smooth back divided into six panels , morocco author label to second panel, volume label to third, remaining panels with central flower device and smaller flower corner pieces, covers with triple fillet border, gilt roll to edges and inner edges, all edges gilt, french curl marbled endpapers. Author label to volume one faded, spines slightly faded, slightly rubbed to extremities, head of volume one chipped with small amount of loss. Internally bright and clean, previous owners' book label and shelf mark labels to front pastedown. Engraved frontispieces to each volume. Dibdin II:455, Moss II:645, Brunet V:636, 'bon texte'. Reprint. Full Calf. Good+. 12mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000626
- Title
- Quae Exstant Opera
- Author
- Taciti, C. Cornelii (Tacitus, Cornelius) Lallemand, J.N. (Ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- J. Barbou
- Place of Publication
- Parisiis (Paris)
- Date Published
- 1760
- Keywords
- Noisbn, Barbou, Tacitus, History
- Size
- 12mo
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Temple Rare Books
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
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Oxford, Oxfordshire
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Glossary
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- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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