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Histoire Abregée de St. Vincent de Paul, avec un Grand Nombre d'Anecdotes Importantes
by Collet, Pierre
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Avignon, France: Antoine-Ignace Fez, 1762. Hardcover. Very Good -. xii, [4], 622, [2] p.; 17 cm. Signatures: [pi]8 A-2C12 (12mo). Contemporary full calf with six spine compartments between raised bands. Gilt-tooled title "Vie de S. Vinc. de Paul" on red morocco label in second compartment. Gilt-decoration in remaining compartments. All page edges red. Error in signing: Qv signed Qvi. Printed paper label on front fixed endpaper for bookseller Louis-Guillaume Labottiere, Bordeaux. In an old hand on title page: "ex libris Congregationis Missionis domus Burdigalensis Catalogo inscriptus." Short inscription on front fixed endpaper. The author, Pierre Collet (1693-1770), wrote this biography following the beatification in 1729 and canonization in 1737 of St. Vincent de Paul (1581-1660). It was first published anonymously in 1748; in this somewhat abridged version it became very popular. In Very Good- Condition: leather rubbed with minor loss at tail of spine; corners heavily rubbed; lower corners bumped; some loss of gilt on spine; faint dampstain at upper page corners; otherwise clean and tight.
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- Bookseller
- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 002919
- Title
- Histoire Abregée de St. Vincent de Paul, avec un Grand Nombre d'Anecdotes Importantes
- Author
- Collet, Pierre
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Antoine-Ignace Fez
- Place of Publication
- Avignon, France
- Date Published
- 1762
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography & Autobiography; Religion & Philosophy;
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Glossary
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
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