Camera Obscura
by Van Hildebrand (Nicolaas Beets)
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/no dust jacket
- Seller
-
Bluff City, Tennessee, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
A Dutch literary classic originally written in 1839. Camera Obscura is a collection of stories and reflections written by Hildebrand, pseudonym of Nicolaas Beets. He wrote most pieces as a student of theology in Leiden. Camera Obscura ' gives an image of the 19th-century Netherlands by trekschuit and Stagecoach.
This is the 23rd Edition of the book printed in The Netherlands in 1904. It is written in the original Dutch. The spine has been broken and is half detached inside of the front cover but still intact and in decent condition. Some of the pages are partially detached, but they are all still there and intact. Cover has normal shelfwear. It has also been signed inside of the front cover by a previous owner. Overall it is in fair, readable condition. (If you can read Dutch).
This is the 23rd Edition of the book printed in The Netherlands in 1904. It is written in the original Dutch. The spine has been broken and is half detached inside of the front cover but still intact and in decent condition. Some of the pages are partially detached, but they are all still there and intact. Cover has normal shelfwear. It has also been signed inside of the front cover by a previous owner. Overall it is in fair, readable condition. (If you can read Dutch).
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Purple Chair Antiques and Curios (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- pc025
- Title
- Camera Obscura
- Author
- Van Hildebrand (Nicolaas Beets)
- Format/Binding
- Dark brown cloth with black border and trim, and gold gilt print and cover picture. Spine is in decent condition.
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- no dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 23rd
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Haarlem, De Erven F. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- The Netherlands
- Date Published
- 1904
- Weight
- 0.75 lbs
- Keywords
- Dutch, rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian and Rare; Countries and Cultures; Travel and Exploration;
- Size
- 360 pages
Terms of Sale
The Purple Chair Antiques and Curios
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
The Purple Chair Antiques and Curios
Biblio member since 2018
Bluff City, Tennessee
About The Purple Chair Antiques and Curios
We are The Purple Chair Antiques and Curios, located in Elizabethton, Tennessee, USA. We specialize in antiques and depression glass, but we occasionally come by a unique or special book.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.