In French/En Français. Limited edition, no. 414 of 850 on Rives paper. Full color illustrations by Pierre Rousseau. Off-white, course-grain cloth over boards with black leather spine panel, gilt letters between double fillets; untrimmed fore and tail text block edges; sewn on tapes. Clean covers and spine; unevenly sunned/aged on covers; faint foxing-like marks on spine; spine label has small chips at edges and small closed tear; tightly bound; partial crack at front fly sheets hinge, binding tapes still firm; bright, clean interior. Illustrations at every chapter head as well as numerous partial and full page watercolors; Colored initial letters at chapter heads. Watermarked ('Henri Cyral') Rives vellum paper. 8vo, 490 pp.

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Bookseller: Madden Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 14001
Title: Le Nabab: Moeurs Parisiennes (1887)
Author: Alphonse Daudet (Pierre Rousseau, illust)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: Paris: Henri Cyral, Editeur/Collection Francaise
Date Published: 1931
Keywords: AQUARELLES, WATERCOLORS, ROUSSEAU, RIVES, PAPER, FINE PRESS, FRANCE, FRENCH, PARIS
Bookseller catalogs: Art, Fiction, Literature;

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Spine Label: The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
Hinge: The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
Vellum: Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
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...
Tail: The heel of the spine.
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....
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...
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....