Le Gemme Antiche di Michel Angelo Causeus de la Chausse Paragino Consagrate all' Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Principe il Signor Cardinale Cesare Destrees.
by La Chausse, Michel Ange De
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About This Item
In Roma: Giacomo Komarek Beomo alla Fontana de Trevi, 1700.. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. [xviii], 82, [2]pp. Additional engraved title-page. First edition. Illustrated catalogue of the figurally carved gems in the collection of Cardinal Cesar d'Estrees. Twentieth-century three-quarter blue morocco over cloth. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Extremities rubbed. Title-page vignette and 200 engraved plates of carved gems.
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- Sam Gatteno Books
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- 2239
- Title
- Le Gemme Antiche di Michel Angelo Causeus de la Chausse Paragino Consagrate all' Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Principe il Signor Cardinale Cesare Destrees.
- Author
- La Chausse, Michel Ange De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- 1
- Publisher
- In Roma: Giacomo Komarek Beomo alla Fontana de Trevi, 1700.
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- Seventeenth Century Books;
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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...
- Spine
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- Vignette
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Cloth
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- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
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