Catalogue des Livres Manuscrits et Imprimés composant la Bibliothèque de M. Horace de Landau
by Francesco Roediger (Horace de Landau)
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Sitges (BCN), Barcelona, Spain
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About This Item
Florence: privately printed by Imprimerie de l'Arte della Stampa, 1885-1890. Two volumes, complete. A WONDERFUL SET OF THE RARE PRIVATELY-PRINTED CATALOGUE OF ONE OF THE GREAT PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS. 590; 8, 616 pp. Extensively indexed. Beautifully printed on fine wove paper, with ample margins. Horace de Landau (1824-1903) was the extremely successful representative of the House of Rothschild in Constantinople, Turin, and Florence, and amassed a library of about 90,000 volumes. This catalogue describes, thoroughly and with great precision, thousands of the most important. 4to. Beautifully bound in contemporary half morocco and marbled boards (volume I) and recent quarter vellum and marbled boards (volume II). ENTIRELY UNCUT. Light wear to extremities of volume I, else FINE AND BRIGHT. A rare and beautiful catalogue.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Cole & Contreras (ES)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 39034
- Title
- Catalogue des Livres Manuscrits et Imprimés composant la Bibliothèque de M. Horace de Landau
- Author
- Francesco Roediger (Horace de Landau)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- privately printed by Imprimerie de l'Arte della Stampa
- Place of Publication
- Florence
- Date Published
- 1885-1890
- Keywords
- colebiblio breslauer landau italian books dante boccaccio french books
- Bookseller catalogs
- Bibliography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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All books returnable within 30 days for full refund.
About the Seller
Cole & Contreras
Biblio member since 2004
Sitges (BCN), Barcelona
About Cole & Contreras
We are located in sunny Sitges, on the Mediterranean Coast, half an hour from Barcelona. We have been dealing in rare books since 1991.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...