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L' Ornement Polychrome. Cent planches en couleurs or et argent... Art ancient et asiatique moyen age, renaissance, XVII et XVIII siecles. Recueil historique et pratique
by RACINET, M.A
- Used
- Condition
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- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Firmin-Didot. Third. hardcover. The superb series of plates were printed by chromolithography by Firmin Didot, each plate accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text. Fore edges of the first few pages are rough, the plates are fine and clean. Thick folio, publisher's ornately gilt red pebbled cloth, with gold lettering, a.e.g., extremities of spine rubbed. Paris: Firmim Didot, ca. 1887. Very good (+). Third Edition.<br/> <br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 268327
- Title
- L' Ornement Polychrome. Cent planches en couleurs or et argent... Art ancient et asiatique moyen age, renaissance, XVII et XVIII siecles. Recueil historique et pratique
- Author
- RACINET, M.A
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third
- Publisher
- Firmin-Didot
- Place of Publication
- Paris
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- Cloth
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- Fine
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- Edges
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Pebbled
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- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Folio
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