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Idleness and Industry. An instructive example for young children translated from the German of Victor Adam
by Adam, Victor
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
Guben [Germany] F.Fechner, [n.d., ca. 1840] First edition. Idleness and Industry tells the story of Felix, a lazy and disobedient boy who falls into poverty after the death of his father and must be pulled back from the brink of suicide by his kind, hardworking, and pious friend Robert. Original printed cloth-covered boards with decorative border in blue and gilt on both boards, title on upper board, and an image of a man on lower board. . Small octavo. With 16 color-printed plates. Some rubbing to corners and a bit of toning to edges of boards. Neatly rebacked with blue cloth, endpapers replaced, and inner gutters restored. Plate facing page six is loose and laid in at original position. Still a very good, very bright and clean copy of an uncommon item. Painter and lithographer Jean Victor Adam (1801 – 1867) trained at the École des Beaux-Arts and under the direction of Charles Meynier and Jean-Baptiste Regnault. Adam was commissioned by the Museum at Versailles to paint several pieces, including The Battle of Castiglione (1836), three of which were painted in collaboration with Jean Alaux (1786 – 1864).
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17141
- Title
- Idleness and Industry. An instructive example for young children translated from the German of Victor Adam
- Author
- Adam, Victor
- Format/Binding
- Original printed cloth-covered boards with decorative border in blue and gilt on both boards, title on upper board, and an image
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Idleness and Industry tells the story of Felix, a
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- F.Fechner,
- Place of Publication
- Guben [Germany]
- Date Published
- [n.d., ca. 1840]
- Pages
- 16 pp
- Size
- Small octavo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2006
Los Angeles, California
About Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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