PARIS DEPUIS SES ORIGINES JUSQU'EN L'AN 3000
by Claretie, Léo; Robida, Albert
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
In 1987, when one wishes to visit Buenos Aires, one simply summons flying bird-boats: propeller-tailed "cygnes, ces canards gigantesques, ces aigles monumentaux, ces grues obeliscales, ces pyramidales autruches" (illustrated in-text). In 1987, live theater is dead, for every home possesses a certain televisual apparatus which displays on a screen whatever a family wishes to watch. After such heights of civilization, the city must fall to ruin; by the fourth millennium; lizards will bask on the altars of Notre Dame, and only the archaeologists remember Paris-that was.
A appealingly labyrinthine work with speculative fiction from Belle Époque Paris. 11'' x 7.5''. Contemporary in three-quarter red goatskin with red marbled boards and gilt-lettered spine, raised bands (signed "P.L."). Top edge gilt, marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 200 drawings in-text by P. Kauffman and 11 plates by F. Calmettes, L. Glaize, E. Grasset, Kammerer Leloir Père, Rejchan, and Robida. 364, [2] pages. Minor wear to extremities. Slight chipping and small closed tear to front free endpaper, slightly shaken. Clean.
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- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50355
- Title
- PARIS DEPUIS SES ORIGINES JUSQU'EN L'AN 3000
- Author
- Claretie, Léo; Robida, Albert
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charavay Frères et Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- Science Fiction,European,19th century,France,Gift Idea
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Goatskin
- Goatskin, leather made from goat, is durable and easy to dye. The original and finest examples of Morocco binding are goatskin....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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....