Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
by LESAGE, [Alain-René]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Lewes, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Didot Jeune, L'An Troisieme [1794-95].. Four volumes, 8vo. 100 plates, bookplates of Horace Noble Pym. Contemporary full calf with gilt and blind decoration, rebacked retaining all but a small part of the original rather worn backstrips. Slight cracking to the upper hinge in volumes I and IV, but overall sound.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bow Windows Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43774
- Title
- Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane
- Author
- LESAGE, [Alain-René]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Paris: Didot Jeune
- Date Published
- L'An Troisieme [1794-95].
- Keywords
- Literature
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Bow Windows Bookshop
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About the Seller
Bow Windows Bookshop
Biblio member since 2006
Lewes, East Sussex
About Bow Windows Bookshop
Bow Windows Bookshop has a large general stock of old and fine books and maps. Owned in partnership by Ric Latham and Jonathan Menezes, we buy and sell all manner of titles from early leatherbound volumes to modern first editions. We exhibit at bookfairs in the UK and North America and issue regular printed catalogues. Located in the beautiful county town of Lewes in the south-east of England, we are open six days a week. All our books are described as accurately as possible and we abide by the Code of Good Practice of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- 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...