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Galeria histórica de las Mugeres célebres en todas épocas y paises
by Dumas, Alexandre; d'Araquy; et al. Staal, Gustave, illus
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Forecorners worn, joint split at head and tail of spine, contents toned and foxed, but overall clean and very good.
- Seller
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East Jewett, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Libreria de Rosa y Bouret, 1858. First Spanish Language edition. Publisher's black cloth, paneled in blind, heavily decorated in gilt, violet, green, and red; all edges gilt. Forecorners worn, joint split at head and tail of spine, contents toned and foxed, but overall clean and very good.. 351 pp., [1] index. Illus. with 18 engraved portraits with tissue guards. 4to. "...escrita por los señores d'Araquy, Dufayl, Alejandro Dumas, de Genrupt, Arsenio Houssaye, Miss Clarke; retratos dibujados por G. Staal grabados en acero por los primeros artistas ingleses." Includes: Laure de Noves; Mademoiselle de la Vallière;Isabelle de Castille; Cléopatra, reine d'Egypte; Catherine II; Juana de Arc; St Cécile;Marguerite d'Anjou (d'Araquy); Aspasie; Héloise; Lucrèce; Marie-Thérese d'Autriche; Jeanne Gray; Valentine de Milan; Sapho; Pocohontas; Miss Nightingale. Quite popular.Issued in French by Garnier Frères the same year. Reprinted in 1862, and 1870. OCLC locates only three copies of this first edition; BN France, BN Mexico, and BN Spain. Palau 96699.
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- Bookseller
- Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 44553
- Title
- Galeria histórica de las Mugeres célebres en todas épocas y paises
- Author
- Dumas, Alexandre; d'Araquy; et al. Staal, Gustave, illus
- Format/Binding
- Publisher's black cloth, paneled in blind, heavily decorated in gilt, violet, green, and red; all edges gilt
- Book Condition
- Used - Forecorners worn, joint split at head and tail of spine, contents toned and foxed, but overall clean and very good.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Spanish Language edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Libreria de Rosa y Bouret
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- Women, , Women, Book
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Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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East Jewett, New York
About Kaaterskill Books, ABAA/ILAB
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- Gilt
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- Tail
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- Foxed
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