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TRAITE DE FORTIFICATION SOUTERRAINE, OU DES MINES OFFENSIVES ET DEFENSIVES COMPRENANT LA THEORIE ET LA PRATIQUE DES MINES, LA GUERRE SOUTERRAINE, LES DEMOLITIONS . LA DESCRIPTIONS DE L'ATTAQUE DES SYSTEMES.
by Gillot, C.L
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Magimel, Levrault, Schoell, Strasbourg , F. G. Levrault. Very Good+. 1805. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarter leather over clean marble boards. Gilt decorated spine title and panels. Yellow endpaper. (ii) -(xvi) 321pp (ii) + 16 clean fold out plates with 164 illustrations. Includes Errata, (Table of Contents). First two pages very lightly foxed. Bottom front corners lightly rubbed. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Military, Strategies of attack & defense, underground fortification, early dissertation on mines and explosives ; Engraved plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 321 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16653
- Title
- TRAITE DE FORTIFICATION SOUTERRAINE, OU DES MINES OFFENSIVES ET DEFENSIVES COMPRENANT LA THEORIE ET LA PRATIQUE DES MINES, LA GUERRE SOUTERRAINE, LES DEMOLITIONS . LA DESCRIPTIONS DE L'ATTAQUE DES SYSTEMES.
- Author
- Gillot, C.L
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chez Magimel, Levrault, Schoell, Strasbourg , F. G. Levrault
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1805
- Keywords
- Military
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
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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...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 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....
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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