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Louis XVI peint par lui-même ou Correspondance et autres écrits de ce monarque, précédé d'une notice sur la vie de ce Prince, avec des notes historiques sur sa correspondance et ses autres écrits
by BABIÉ DE BERCENAY; IMBERT DE LA PLATIERE; Louis XVI
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Gide Fils, 1817. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition, 1817. 8vo, 468pp. Rebound ca. 1920 in quarter speckled calf with French paper boards. Edges lightly speckled to match binding. In about very good condition with rubbing wear to corners and edges. With gilt flowers and decoration to spine, orange spine label. Occasional pencil underlining or marginalia. With the bookplate of Baron Julius Hope Szilassy (1870-1935), an Austro-Hungarian diplomat serving as envoy to Greece during World War I.
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- Title
- Louis XVI peint par lui-même ou Correspondance et autres écrits de ce monarque, précédé d'une notice sur la vie de ce Prince, avec des notes historiques sur sa correspondance et ses autres écrits
- Author
- BABIÉ DE BERCENAY; IMBERT DE LA PLATIERE; Louis XVI
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First printing
- Publisher
- Chez Gide Fils
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1817
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- Spine
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- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Spine Label
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- Bookplate
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- Rebound
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- Rubbing
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- First Edition
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- Marginalia
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- Calf
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