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Bibliothèque de la Reine Marie-Antoinette at Petit Trianon D'apres L'Inventaire Original Dressé par Ordre de la Convention. Catalogue avex des Notes Inédites du Marquis de Paulmy
by LACROIX, PAUL, COMPILER
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Upper joint starting, but sound; fine copy.
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Jules Gay, Editeur, 1863, 1863. First edition, number 75 of 300 numbered copies on Holland paper (of a total of 317 copies). Upper joint starting, but sound; fine copy.. 12mo, contemporary green half morocco by V. Champs, marbled paper boards, spine gilt-decorated in five compartments, gilt lettering, t.e.g., others untrimmed. An interesting compilation by Paul Lacroix (1806-84), French antiquary, bibliographer, editor and author, of the library of Marie Antoinette that was housed at her estate, Petit Trianon. The 736 entries are arranged by sciences and arts, belles lettres (the majority of the works) and histoire. Along with the usual suspects are imaginary voyages and a number of memoirs of amorous characters that shocked the general reader when the catalogue was first published. Lacroix, who often wrote under the pseudonym "Bibliophile Jacob," compiled this when he was librarian of the Arsenal Library, Paris. Bookplate of F. T. Kunkelmann on the front paste-down.
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- The Brick Row Book Shop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28463
- Title
- Bibliothèque de la Reine Marie-Antoinette at Petit Trianon D'apres L'Inventaire Original Dressé par Ordre de la Convention. Catalogue avex des Notes Inédites du Marquis de Paulmy
- Author
- LACROIX, PAUL, COMPILER
- Book Condition
- Used - Upper joint starting, but sound; fine copy.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition, number 75 of 300 numbered copies on Holland paper
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris: Jules Gay, Editeur, 1863
- Date Published
- 1863
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Fine
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- Spine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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