Etat General Des Postes, Aux Chevaux et Aux Lettres De La Republique Francaise
by Livre De Poste
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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East Granby, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Favre, L'Imprimerie De B. Duchesne, 1800. In French. Undated, ca. 1800, with almanac style calendars for 1800-01 at the front. Includes large folding map of France that measures approximately 19 inches by 23 inches and is in very good condition with uniform foxing and two very short closed tears (less than an inch long) where connected to the book, no paper loss. Full sheep leather with in a sponged pattern, gilt lettered light brown spine label, gilt spine decoration, all edges tinted red, marbled endpapers, li, [2], 6-35, [1], 129 pages. Covers rubbed with chipping to the corners and overall scuffing, some separation to the top ends of the joints but covers secure, text block sound, name on title page and at top of the first calendar page, pages uniformly light foxed but clean.. Hard Cover. Fair. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Resource Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028678
- Title
- Etat General Des Postes, Aux Chevaux et Aux Lettres De La Republique Francaise
- Author
- Livre De Poste
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Publisher
- Chez Favre, L'Imprimerie De B. Duchesne
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1800
- Size
- 16mo - over 5¾" - 6&
- Keywords
- FRENCH POSTAL DELIVERY FRENCH MAP PARIS
- Bookseller catalogs
- World History, World Wars and Militaria;
Terms of Sale
Resource Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Resource Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2004
East Granby, Connecticut
About Resource Books, LLC
Resource Books, LLC deals in antiquarian and out-of-print books in a wide variety of subject matter, mainly non-fiction.
Glossary
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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 Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
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