La Gravure En France Au Xviiie Siecle (3 Volume Set) Volume 1: La Gravure De Genre Et De Moeurs. Volume 2: La Gravure D'Illustration. Volume 3: La Gravure De Portraits Et De Paysages.
by Dacier, Emile & Louis Reau & Mlle. Jeanne Duportal
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Seller
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North Tonawanda, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris & Bruxelles: G. Van Oest, Editeur. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1925-1928. First Edition. Hardcover. Olive cloth covered boards with bumped spine ends and corners. Gilt titles to fronts and spines (the latter somewhat dulled). Spines a little darkened. Mild edgewear. Some corners with board showing a little. Binding sound, text clean. Mild, scattered foxing to interiors. Text in French. Previous owner bookplates to front pastedown of each vol. Gilt topped text blocks. Trace soil to text block bottom edges. Heavily illustrated with gorgeous b/w and sepia reproduced engravings. Rare as a set. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Old Editions Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6859
- Title
- La Gravure En France Au Xviiie Siecle (3 Volume Set) Volume 1: La Gravure De Genre Et De Moeurs. Volume 2: La Gravure D'Illustration. Volume 3: La Gravure De Portraits Et De Paysages.
- Author
- Dacier, Emile & Louis Reau & Mlle. Jeanne Duportal
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. Van Oest, Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris & Bruxelles
- Date Published
- 1925-1928
- Keywords
- French, France, Engraving, Art History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art / Regional;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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