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De re Vestiaria, Vascularia & Nauali: Ex Baysio. In adolescentulorum, bonarum literarum studiosorum, grattam
by BAIF, Lazare de, (Edited by Charles Estienne)
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- Hardcover
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Lutetiae (Paris). Carolum Stephanum. 1553. Hardcover. 16mo. (In 8's), 15.5cm, 189,[22]pp., title page vignette, 8 text figures (naval), index (in Latin, Greek & French), rebound in perhaps 20th century panelled goat, gilt spine titles and device decorations, new coloured wallpaper endpapers, internally damp staining and some corresponding wrinkling throughout, good. (Ho1.1). ~ Text in Latin. "About clothing, vases and naval". An abridgement, edited by Charles Estienne, of a work by first published in 1537 by Lazare de Baif (1496 1547), a French scholar and diplomat. One of the earliest adaptations for children.
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- Bookseller
- Patrick McGahern Books, Inc. (ABAC)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32679
- Title
- De re Vestiaria, Vascularia & Nauali: Ex Baysio. In adolescentulorum, bonarum literarum studiosorum, grattam
- Author
- BAIF, Lazare de, (Edited by Charles Estienne)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Lutetiae (Paris). Carolum Stephanum. 1553
- Keywords
- SIXTEENTH CENTURY LITERATURE LATIN CLOTHING METAL WORKING NAVAL JUVENILE TEXT CHILDRENS
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