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LA GNOMONIQUE, OU L' ART DE FAIRE DES CADRANS
by Rivard, (Dominique Francois)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Jean Desaint & Charles Saillant. Good+. 1757. Third Edition. Hardcover. X-Library (Harvard College). Original full leather, raised bands with gilt decorated panels. Speckled page edges and original marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 12 fold out plates. Decorative head and tail pieces. (vx) ,324pp +53pp. A leaf, with computations and tables, bound in between page 24 & 25. Sun Dials, Scientific Instruments, Horology, Astronomy. Prior owners armorial plate and ink stamp. Cracked hinges with covers firmly attached. Front corners rubbed. Technical, Science; Fold out illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16704
- Title
- LA GNOMONIQUE, OU L' ART DE FAIRE DES CADRANS
- Author
- Rivard, (Dominique Francois)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Publisher
- Chez Jean Desaint & Charles Saillant
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1757
- Keywords
- Technical, Science
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- X-Library
- A former library book, generally containing library acquisition and ownership stamped markings, and other typical indications of...
- 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...
- 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...
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