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The French Revolution In Four Volumes.
by MAC FARLANE, Charles:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Charles Knight & Co., 1844. Four Volumes, Hardback, 7.25 x 5 inches. Halfbound in red polished morocco leather fine binding by “Morrell.” Marbled paper to board with gilt line edging. Raised and gilt banding to spines with full gilt decorations and lettering. Marbled endpapers and page edges. In very good condition. Paper on boards rubbed, paper chipped on edge of rear board on vol.1. Leading corners a little bumped and chipped. Some minor light foxing to blank prelims, a couple of minor handling marks else pages and plates overall very clean and tight. One plate in vol.1, p35, and vol.2, p59, darkened and moderately foxed, both lack tissue guards (all other plates guarded.) Else a very good clean and tight set. 4 vols: 318, 324, 319, 348pp. Illustrated with many B&W engraved portraits including frontispieces (Napoleon Vol.4) and with many B&W woodcut illustrations throughout text (including full-page.)
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 94404
- Title
- The French Revolution In Four Volumes.
- Author
- MAC FARLANE, Charles:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Charles Knight & Co., 1844
- Keywords
- HISTORY MAC FARLANE, Charles: Macfarlane, The French Revolution, Charles Knight & Co., 1844, Morrell, leather, fine binding, Napoleon
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
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Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- 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...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
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