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[FURNITURE]. Dictionnaire de l'ameublement et de la décoration depuis le XIIIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours par Henry Havard. Ouvrage illustré de 256 planches hors texte et de plus de 2,500 gravures dans le texte.
by HAVARD, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Maison Quantin, [c.1890].. 4 vols. Folio (32 x 22.5 cm). Contemporary half green morocco over marbled boards, spines with raised bands and lettered in gilt, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt, original cloth covers bound in at rear. Text in two columns. 256 full-page plates including 65 chromolithographs (many of which heightened with gold); profusely illustrated with engravings in the letterpress. Spines evenly faded to brown, minor shelfwear, light toning and occasional light spotting, generally a handsome set.
Details
- Bookseller
- Robert Frew Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 57925
- Title
- [FURNITURE]. Dictionnaire de l'ameublement et de la décoration depuis le XIIIe siècle jusqu'à nos jours par Henry Havard. Ouvrage illustré de 256 planches hors texte et de plus de 2,500 gravures dans le texte.
- Author
- HAVARD, Henry
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Paris: Maison Quantin, [c.1890].
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Robert Frew Ltd
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About Robert Frew Ltd
Robert Frew has been trading in antiquarian books since 1975, starting out from an open market in Camden Lock, followed by shops in Primrose Hill, in Great Russell Street by the British Museum, Maddox Street Mayfair and now on the borders of South Kensington and Knightsbridge. Not to mention stints in Portobello Road and Safe Store Battersea.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, of which Robert Frew is a past president.We Exhibit at most of the major international ILAB fairs in America, often in Europe and sometimes in the Middle and Far East. We are also members of the PBFA, exhibiting in London and occasionally in the provinces.
Glossary
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- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- 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...
- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
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