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LE BIBLIOPHILE FRANCAIS. Gazette illustrée des Amateurs de Livres, d'Estampes et de haute curiosité.
by Various
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Sastamala, Finland
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About This Item
Paris, 1868. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good. First Editions, 7 volumes published between 1868 and 1873. A complete set of what must have been one of the most impressive bibliographical publications of 19th Century France - indeed Europe. Copiously illustrated with facsimiles and colour reproductions, (many of which are fold-out and impressively large) of remarkable manuscripts and bindings throughout history. In contemporary 1/4 calf with raised bands and blue labels at one stage this set must have been particularly eye-catching but sadly time has taken its toll somewhat. In various states of condition ranging from Good/VG to Fair only. Most with substantial off-setting in places, many tissue-guards missing from the plates. Some occasional spotting and damp-staining to odd volumes but not terribly so. The bindings are overall in Fair condition with several split (and one entirely loose) backstrips and corners. This has been a working set and as well as bearing the bookplate of their original owner at the front pastedown, a small library label for an old book-auction house can also be found there (each volume). Please contact us for further descriptive information as required including pictures.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Northern Lights Rare Books
(FI)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11102109
- Title
- LE BIBLIOPHILE FRANCAIS. Gazette illustrée des Amateurs de Livres, d'Estampes et de haute curiosité.
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1868
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERATURE, BOOKS OF THE WORLD, ILLUSTRATED BOOKS, CALLIGRAPHY, PRINTING, HISTORY GERMAN BRITISH LIBRARY, MUSEUM, BOOK-COLLECTING, RARE BOOKBINDINGS, FRENCH WRITERS, 19TH CENTURY WRITERS,BOOK VALUES,THE CARE LIBRARIANS, LIBRARIANSHIP, CATALOGUING, BOOKMAN
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Northern Lights Rare Books
Any item may be retuned in the unlikely event that description does not match.
About the Seller
Northern Lights Rare Books
Biblio member since 2020
Sastamala
About Northern Lights Rare Books
Fine and rare books with an emphasis on signed books and autograph material. Special interests and expertise include the works of Tove Jansson and we are active buyers of her works - feel free to contact us if you have material to sell.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
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