Art Treasures of the Louvre
by Huyghe, Rene (Ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Poor dust jacket
- Seller
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harry N. Abrams. Very Good in Poor dust jacket. 1951. Book Club Edition. First Edition. Hard Cover. Quarter green cloth over decorated beige endpapers, gilt lettering on spine. Illustrated with full-color photographs and illustrations. . Head and heel of spine are very slightly rubbed, faint age-toning to the edges, else unmarked, tight, square and clean. Unclipped dust jacket is tattered at the edges and tanned on the spine. VERY GOOD/ POOR. . Book Club Edition. Color Illustrations. 4to 11" - 13" tall. (ix), 178 pp .
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- Seller
- Round Table Books, LLC
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 17938
- Title
- Art Treasures of the Louvre
- Author
- Huyghe, Rene (Ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Poor dust jacket
- Edition
- Book Club Edition. First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1951
- Keywords
- Louvre, Art;, Art History, French Art
- Bookseller catalogs
- Reference;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Round Table Books, LLC
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Palatine, Illinois
About Round Table Books, LLC
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- Gilt
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- Poor
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