PANEGYRIQUE DE TRAIAN [De la Traduction de Monsieur L'Abbe Esprit]
by Pline Second [Pliny the Younger]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
-
Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Pierre Le Petit, 1677. Leather_bound. Good Plus. 241 pages. Title page vignette, vignette to dedication and preface. Full calf leather, 12mo [approximately 6 1/2 by 4 inches] Corners bumped, small chip to head and tail of spine, five raised bands to spine, cracking to spine and title faint. A few small spots to rear board, some scratches and discoloration to cover, textblock square, binding tight. Interior clean with uniform light toning. French translation of Pliny the Younger's Pangeric to the Emperor Trajan.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 76196
- Title
- PANEGYRIQUE DE TRAIAN [De la Traduction de Monsieur L'Abbe Esprit]
- Author
- Pline Second [Pliny the Younger]
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pierre Le Petit
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1677
- Keywords
- Trajan, Pliny the Younger, Neva, Domitian, Praetorian Guards
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. 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....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...