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L'Esprit Du Chevalier Folard (The Spirit of the Folard Knight) Tire De Ses Commentaires sur L’Histoire De Polybe, Pour L’Usage D’Un Officier. De Main de Maitre. Avec les Plans & les Figures necessaires pour l’intelligence de cet abrege. (Drawn from his comments on the history of Polybius, for the use of an officer. By the Master's Hand. With the Plans & Figures necessary for the intelligence of this abbreviation.)
by FOLARD, Chevalier:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leipsig, 1761. Hardback, 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Quarter bound in speckled calf leather and marbled paper covered boards. Red leather spine label lettered in gilt, with gilt banding to spine. Plain endpapers. In very good condition. Some wear to cover, rubbing to boards, chips to paper on boards and edges, rubbing to ends of spine, chip nr top of spine. Some minor handling marks else pages very clean, bright and tight. Some faint staining to edges of a few plates else plates very clean and bright. 240pp. Illustrated with 18 B&W engraved folding plates.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82155
- Title
- L'Esprit Du Chevalier Folard (The Spirit of the Folard Knight) Tire De Ses Commentaires sur L’Histoire De Polybe, Pour L’Usage D’Un Officier. De Main de Maitre. Avec les Plans & les Figures necessaires pour l’intelligence de cet abrege. (Drawn from his comments on the history of Polybius, for the use of an officer. By the Master's Hand. With the Plans & Figures necessary for the intelligence of this abbreviation.)
- Author
- FOLARD, Chevalier:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Leipsig, 1761
- Keywords
- Military Subjects FOLARD, Chevalier: L'Esprit Du Chevalier Folard, 1761, leather, Illustrated, 18 B&W, engraved, folding plates, plans, military, tactics, sieges, castles, battles, early warfare, civil war, Spirit of the Folard Knight, Polybiu
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About the Seller
The Antique Map & Bookshop
Biblio member since 2016
Dorchester, Dorset
About The Antique Map & Bookshop
The Antique Map & Bookshop was established in 1976 and has been in Puddletown since 1978. PUDDLETOWN is situated just outside DORCHESTER in the county of DORSET, on the A35 to BOURNEMOUTH. The village has a by-pass now which means there is easy access to the village and ample space for parking. Our shop is directly on the main road through the village.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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