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Lettre sur le Robinier, connu sous le nom impropre de faux acacia; avec plusieurs pieces relatives a la culture et aux usages de cet arbre; par N. Francois (de Neufchateau), membre du Senat Conservateur et de l'Institut National.
by Francois de Neufchateau, Nicolas Louis, comte (1750-1828)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good- condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Meurant, 1803. Book. Very good- condition. Hardcover. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. [iv], 314 pages, [i] page of erratum. Hardcover binding is modern (circa 1930); maroon cloth spine; gilt-lettered binder's title; marbled paper-covered boards. Illustrated with an engraved frontis. Complete with half title page, engraving and errata leaf. Bookplate neatly on front paste-down endpaper; another bookplate on half-title states "Ex libris P. de Riencourt Histoire Naturelle No. 1135." Nice large margins; meaures 18 cm (height) or just over 7 inches. Text is in French. Moderate age-toning to page, minor foxing scattered throughout text, and damp-stain at top corner of text is not alwasy visible..
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- Bookseller
- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008796
- Title
- Lettre sur le Robinier, connu sous le nom impropre de faux acacia; avec plusieurs pieces relatives a la culture et aux usages de cet arbre; par N. Francois (de Neufchateau), membre du Senat Conservateur et de l'Institut National.
- Author
- Francois de Neufchateau, Nicolas Louis, comte (1750-1828)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good- condition
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Meurant
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1803
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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- 12mo
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- Title Page
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