RECUEIL // DE SIEGES // Anciens et Modernes // par J. VERCHERE // THEZARD, EDITEUR // A DOURDAN Seine & Oise // 1876 Imp. J. DEJEY & CIET18, Rue de la Perle - J. VERCHERE DEL
by Verchère, J.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- A fine example, text and plates are clean and crisp.
- Seller
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Paris, c. 1876. . A fine example, text and plates are clean and crisp. . Binding: Contemporary quarter green marbled boards, expertly rebacked in matching green calf. Spine with five raised bands, gilt title on two and gilt floral motif. , Size: Oblong small folio (330x2, Illustration: Illustrated title and 186 numbered hand-coloured plates of chairs by J. Verchere., Pages: Illustrated title, blind, list of plates (5), blind, 101 unpaginated leaves with 186 engraved plates. , Category: Book Plate Books Colour;
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- Bookseller
- Alexandre Antique Prints, Maps & Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B5646
- Title
- RECUEIL // DE SIEGES // Anciens et Modernes // par J. VERCHERE // THEZARD, EDITEUR // A DOURDAN Seine & Oise // 1876 Imp. J. DEJEY & CIET18, Rue de la Perle - J. VERCHERE DEL
- Author
- Verchère, J.:
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine example, text and plates are clean and crisp.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- c. 1876.
- Keywords
- Book Plate Books Colour;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
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