Notices Generales des Graveurs Divises par Nations, et des Peintres Ranges par Ecoles, Precedees de L'Histoire de la Gravure et de la Peinture Depuis L'Origine de Ces Arts Jusqu'a Nos Jours, et Suivies d'un Catalogue Raisonne d'une Collection Choisie d'Estampes
by M. (Michel) Huber
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Newmarket, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Dresde et Leipzig: J. G. I. Breitkopf, 1787. Early printing. Hardcover. Good +. Two original volumes bound as one--complete. Octavo, 8" tall. xlviii + 710 pages, in period three-quarter leather over leather binding with gilt spine label and decorations. A good sturdy hardcover overall; interior very good, with binding solid, paper clean and moderately yellowed with minor scattered foxing, hinges secure but weakening; exterior boards shelf worn and lightly soiled, gilt titles on spine fairly bright, leather worn through at edges and fore-corner tips, fore-edges colored green.
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- Bookseller
- Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3925
- Title
- Notices Generales des Graveurs Divises par Nations, et des Peintres Ranges par Ecoles, Precedees de L'Histoire de la Gravure et de la Peinture Depuis L'Origine de Ces Arts Jusqu'a Nos Jours, et Suivies d'un Catalogue Raisonne d'une Collection Choisie d'Estampes
- Author
- M. (Michel) Huber
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early printing
- Publisher
- J. G. I. Breitkopf
- Place of Publication
- Dresde et Leipzig
- Date Published
- 1787
- Keywords
- Europe; Art History; Engravers; Painters; Catalog
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art;
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About Avenue Victor Hugo Books LLC
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Avenue Victor Hugo Books specialize in first editions of the best in fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and essay. Our catalogue features careful, considered assessments of all of our stock. We are not flippers selling books by the pound. Instead, we try to limit our stock to books in a condition we'd be proud to place on our personal bookshelves.
For nearly 30 years, Avenue Victor Hugo Books was a fixture of Newbury Street in Boston's Back Bay, at one time holding over a quarter-million magazines and 150,000 used books. Awarded "Best Used Bookstore" multiple times by Boston Magazine, the store was a favorite of Boston-area authors and college students alike.
Since relocating to New Hampshire our shop has been featured on WBGH Boston News, WVCB's "Boston Chronicle," NHPR, and WMUR's "New Hampshire Chronicle." Avenue Victor Hugo has also recently been featured in "New Hampshire magazine," "The Boston Globe," UNH's "The New Hampshire," "The New Hampshire Union Leader," and "Foster's Daily Democrat."
Our store is open Fridays & Saturdays from 10am to 6pm in Lee, New Hampshire, less than 10 minutes from the University of New Hampshire.
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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