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Les Grandes Scenes de la Nature d'apres les descriptions de voyageurs et d'ecrivains celebres
by Lanoye, Ferdinand de
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Cardiff, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Very well preserved full leather binding of this edition with gilt motif to front board in Latin of the Glasgow Academy. Gilt titles to spine with five raised bands. Very minor rubbing only to leather and overall externally in near fine condition. Marbled edges to text block and marbled end papers. School Prize label to front paste down dated 1877. Some foxing heavy in places (see photo of Mont Blanc) but the vast majority of the engravings remain unaffected. Overall an extremely good attractive edition of this work. Illustrated with forty engavings. Nouvelle edition. Text in French
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- Bookseller
- Andrew James Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5552
- Title
- Les Grandes Scenes de la Nature d'apres les descriptions de voyageurs et d'ecrivains celebres
- Author
- Lanoye, Ferdinand de
- Format/Binding
- Full Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie de L Hachette
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1867
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Fine
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- 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...
- Rubbing
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- Text Block
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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...
- 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
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
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