The Doctrine of Morality; or, A View of Human Life,...
by De Gomberville, Penelope Aubin, & T. M. Gibbs (Trans. English)
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
London: E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and E. Symon, 1721. ...According to the Stoick Philosophy. Exemplify'd in One Hundred and Three Copper -Plates, done by the Celebrated Monsieur Daret, Engraver to the Late French King. With an Explanation of each Plate: Written...for the Use of the said Prince.; Dual column text in French & English; Fresh 3/4 brown leather & matching marbled paper over boards (by Jon Buller), gilt spine title on black label, raised bands with blind decoration, Frontis engraving, title page engraving, 2 illustrated preliminary title pages (part I & part II), & 103 nearly full page engravings + head & tail pieces; A good solid textblock with uneven foxing & toning to some margines, & a perforated library stamp on the Dedication leaf; In a new binding; 212 pages. . Illus. by Daret. 8.75"X14".
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- Bookseller
- White Raven Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- JMM9718
- Title
- The Doctrine of Morality; or, A View of Human Life,...
- Author
- De Gomberville, Penelope Aubin, & T. M. Gibbs (Trans. English)
- Illustrator
- Daret
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- E. Bell, J. Darby, A. Bettesworth, F. Fayram, J. Pemberton, J. Hooke, C. Rivington, F. Clay, J. Batley, and E. Symon
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1721
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Philosophy;
- Size
- 8.75"X14"
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White Raven Books
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Ypsilanti, Michigan
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