Froissarts Chronicles
by Jean Froissart
- Used
- very good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1927. Limited, Leather Private Press. leather bound. Very Good. Limited, Leather Private Press. leather bound. 8 Volumes. Jean Froissart. Froissart's Chronicles
limited leather Private Press. Bound in full crushed blue morocco, raised bands, gilt ruled and tooled spine and boards, 14th century Royal Arms Of England inlaid on front boards, top edges gilt, deckle edges, limited & numbered 1/350 copies printed at the famed Shakespeare Head Press on handmade paper, 6 hand colored maps, heraldic backpieces & tail pieces and over 600 hand colored coats-of-arms of English, Scottish & Irish princes and knights drawn by P.Woodroffe. Translated by Sir John Bourchier Lord Berners
Published: Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1927
Handsome Set
H: 9 1/2" L: 7" W: 1 3/4
limited leather Private Press. Bound in full crushed blue morocco, raised bands, gilt ruled and tooled spine and boards, 14th century Royal Arms Of England inlaid on front boards, top edges gilt, deckle edges, limited & numbered 1/350 copies printed at the famed Shakespeare Head Press on handmade paper, 6 hand colored maps, heraldic backpieces & tail pieces and over 600 hand colored coats-of-arms of English, Scottish & Irish princes and knights drawn by P.Woodroffe. Translated by Sir John Bourchier Lord Berners
Published: Oxford: Basil Blackwell 1927
Handsome Set
H: 9 1/2" L: 7" W: 1 3/4
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Details
- Bookseller
- Imperial Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2890
- Title
- Froissarts Chronicles
- Author
- Jean Froissart
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited, Leather Private Press
- Publisher
- Basil Blackwell
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 1927
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- Illustrated Books; Fine Bindings and Sets; History;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Imperial Fine Books
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New York, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...