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HISTOIRE DE CHARLES XII, ROI DE SUEDE
by Voltaire
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Garnier Freres, 1866. Hardcover. Good. 388 pgs. 4 x 7 1/4 in. Text in French. Quarter dark blue calf with marbled paper boards. Marbled endpapers. Gilt lettering on spine, with 5 raised bands. Condition of book is GOOD; spine is dry and worn, ends worn. Covers are worn and lightly scuffed. Corners worn. Binding sound. Edges of text block stained, darkened.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3550
- Title
- HISTOIRE DE CHARLES XII, ROI DE SUEDE
- Author
- Voltaire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Garnier Freres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1866
- Bookseller catalogs
- Text in French;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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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