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DES MACHINES ET APPAREILS DESTINES A L'ELEVATION DES EAUX
by Arthur Morin
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie, 1863. Hardcover. Good +. 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. 323 pgs. Half brown morocco with marbled paper boards. 5 raised bands on spine with gilt lettering. Rear of text contains 9 fold-out engraved illus. Condition is GOOD+ ; ex library: paper label on lower spine, printed sheet on front pastedown, oval stamps on title page, some text pgs, side of text block, and many of the fold-outs. Date sheet on rfep and pocket on rear pastedown. Corners and edges have wear, as does the spine, where the raised bands are rubbed. Binding is tight and boards are clean. Text is free of notes. Fold-outs are good with no tears. Text in French. Stax.
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- Seller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 10547
- Title
- DES MACHINES ET APPAREILS DESTINES A L'ELEVATION DES EAUX
- Author
- Arthur Morin
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Paris: Librairie de L. Hachette et Cie
- Date Published
- 1863
- Bookseller catalogs
- Text in French;
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Andre Strong Bookseller
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- RFEP
- The portion of the endpaper which is left loose after binding. The first loose page upon opening a book from the rear. It may be...
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