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The Romance of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Translated from the French. The Works of Dr. Francis Rabelais MDCLIII - MDCXCIII [1653-1693]
by Rabelais, Francis. Translated By Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, Knight
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- good
- Hardcover
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- Condition
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About This Item
Edinburgh, Scotland: Thomas G. Stevenson. Printed to Range with the Publications of the Maitland Club, 1838. One of 100 copies printed, 1838. Attractively bound in a signed Zaehnsdorft binding, three quarter black morocco leather over black pebbled cloth, raised spine bands with gilt lettering and gilt decorated compartments, all edges gilt, marbled endpapers, frontis engraving plus two additional engravings, book about 10.5 inches tall, xxx, 501p plus colophon. covers rubbed, mainly at the extremities, old internal hinge repairs made with marbled paper similar to the existing endpapers, text block sound, some offsetting of frontis engraving onto title page, some lower edgewear to first few pages, pages lightly age-toned but clean with a few light fingerprints to a handful of outer margins, almost no foxing, no names or other markings.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 044791
- Title
- The Romance of Gargantua and Pantagruel, Translated from the French. The Works of Dr. Francis Rabelais MDCLIII - MDCXCIII [1653-1693]
- Author
- Rabelais, Francis. Translated By Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty, Knight
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Thomas G. Stevenson. Printed to Range with the Publications of the Maitland Club
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Date Published
- 1838
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾" - 12&
- Keywords
- SATIRE COMEDY FRENCH
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction, Literature, Poetry, Literary History; Fine Bindings, Distinctive Press, Early Printing;
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- Pebbled
- Pebbled cloth or leather describes the covering of a hardcover book with a decorative texture of repeated small raised bumps,...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Colophon
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- 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...
- 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...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Cloth
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- Spine
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