Emblemes d'Amour en Quatre Langue. Emblemata Amatoria.
by Vianen, Jan van, illustrator. Philip Ayres, engraver
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Londe (London): "Chez l'Amoureux". Vellum. Very Good. 14.5 by 10 cm. With 45 copper engraved plates, including title plate. Text rendered in French, Latin, Dutch and Italian on facing pages to plates. Title written in ink on spine. A bit of grime on the spine's vellum, and less so on the boards. Moderate age toning to the leaves' perimeters. Vellum edges exposed on inside of boards. Soiling to the page edges. Some finger smudges in margins. Inscription dated 1882 on FFEP.
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- Bookseller
- White Fox Rare Books and Antiques (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005712
- Title
- Emblemes d'Amour en Quatre Langue. Emblemata Amatoria.
- Author
- Vianen, Jan van, illustrator. Philip Ayres, engraver
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- "Chez l'Amoureux"
- Place of Publication
- Londe (London)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About the Seller
White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
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New York, New York
About White Fox Rare Books and Antiques
By appointment. Antiquarian and rare books with strengths in illustrated plate books, the decorative arts, costume, sporting, foreign language literature (in the original language), with growing emphasis on early printing.
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 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. ...