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FAITS MEMORABLES des EMPEREURS de la CHINE.
by HELMAN (Isidore Stanislas Henri).:
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris, chez l'auteur ..... et chez M.Ponce, 1788.. HAND COLOURED COPY 1788. 4to approximately 260 x 195 mm, 10¼ x 7½ inches, engraved title plus 24 hand coloured plates each with descriptive leaf of text in FRENCH, all printed on 1 side, manuscript captions in Russian below each plate, lacking Dedication, bound in full red morocco, gilt decoration to spine and covers, gilt dentelles, (turn ins), silk pastedowns, (small bookplate on last blank leaf, W. Klotschkoff, St Petersbourg). Binding rubbed with small repairs to head of spine, title page dusty and soiled at lower corner, silk pastedowns and endpapers soiled, text block leaning, 1 tiny hole affects the image of the first 8 plates, very neatly repaired on verso and hardly noticeable, also affecting outer margins of remaining plates and text, also neatly repaired, pale browning to most outer margins and pale soiling to lower corners, small nicks to lower edges of 4 leaves, 1 plate has small ink splash in the sky and another has a small pale spot to top border, not affecting image, the other plates are clean. A fair copy only of a scarce hand coloured edition. See: John Lust, Western Books on China, page 266, No. 1133: "The memorable acts of the emperors of China"; The Catalogue of the Lowendahl-von der Burg collection, Volume 2, page 25, No. 654. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47682
- Title
- FAITS MEMORABLES des EMPEREURS de la CHINE.
- Author
- HELMAN (Isidore Stanislas Henri).:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Paris, chez l'auteur ..... et chez M.Ponce, 1788.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- La Chine China oriental books asia far east chinese hand coloured books chinese empereurs
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
Glossary
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- 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....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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