Fables De Florian
by Jean-Pierre-Claris De Florian Foreword - Charles Nodier)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG+/N/a
- Seller
-
Lutterworth, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Houdaille Beautifully illustrated Fables of Florian, text in French. Quarter leather with marbled boards, four raised bands with gilt titling and spine decoration, 288pp inc index. ND, but looks 1860s. Silk bookmark, marbled endpapers. Covers have very modest wear at extrems. Some foxing throughout, dusty page edges, neat sticker/coat-of-arms on front pastedown. Otherwise internally very solid and VG for its age. Heavy book may require extra postage. Ref:103900.. Quarter Leather. VG+/N/a. Illus. by Victor Adam. 15x24cm.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Church Street Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003900
- Title
- Fables De Florian
- Author
- Jean-Pierre-Claris De Florian Foreword - Charles Nodier)
- Illustrator
- Victor Adam
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+
- Jacket Condition
- N/a
- Publisher
- Houdaille
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Size
- 15x24cm
Terms of Sale
Church Street Books
payment with order. Refund if description inaccurate
About the Seller
Church Street Books
Biblio member since 2007
Lutterworth, Leicestershire
About Church Street Books
Second-hand book dealer (formerly in a Diss Shop), with a stock of around 2000 books from modern quality literature to reference, aviation, classics and antiquarian
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- 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....
- Marbled boards
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- ND
- no publisher's date given