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Le Roy Soleil
by Toudouze, Gustave
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Ancienne Librairie Furne, Combet & Cie., 1904. 1st Edition. Decorated Cloth. Very Good. Leloir, Maurice. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. 92 pp. Lavishly illustrated, luscious, folio sized (14.75 by 11.75 inches) children's and/or young adult biography, part of series of such covering monarchs and towering figures of French history, this being of Louis XIV, the "Sun King". Virtually every other page has bright color illustrations, some illustrations cover two pages, and some are underlay to the print as the norm of the genre. Also lovely header decoration. Some soilage to the boards and wear in corners and spine tips. Page with age toning. Minor chips on FFEP and half title page. Text and plates are clean and bright. Overall comfortably very good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001026
- Title
- Le Roy Soleil
- Author
- Toudouze, Gustave
- Illustrator
- Leloir, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Ancienne Librairie Furne, Combet & Cie.
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1904
- Keywords
- Children's, history, Louis XIV, illustrated plate book, French history
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
Biblio member since 2010
New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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,...
- 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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