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BIBLIOTHEQUE UNIVERSELLE (1816, VOL.1: NO.1 - 12) Agriculture
by Maurice, Frédéric-Guillaume, editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Geneve: Bibliotheque Universelle. Very Good+. 1816. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean marbled boards over brown leather spine with & gilt lettering & decoration. Text & hinges tight, clean & intact. Pages bright without foxing. Fold out illustration. Pages 139-152 have a small lower corners stain. Created in 1776 as the "Bibliothèque Britannique", it was intended to provide the scholars and men of letters of Europe with French excerpts of scientific and literary publications from the British Isles. In 1816, after the fall of Napoleon, the periodical became the "Bibliothèque Universelle" & added a specialty journal focused on Anglo-French connections in agriculture. French text. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 323 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 8251
- Title
- BIBLIOTHEQUE UNIVERSELLE (1816, VOL.1: NO.1 - 12) Agriculture
- Author
- Maurice, Frédéric-Guillaume, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Bibliotheque Universelle
- Place of Publication
- Geneve
- Date Published
- 1816
- Keywords
- Agriculture
- Bookseller catalogs
- Agriculture;
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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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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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