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The Napoleon Museum: The History of France Illustrated
by John Sainsbury (ed.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket
- Seller
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Katoomba, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Not Stated, London, 1845. First Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. From Louis XIV to the end of the reign and death of the Emperor, comprising marbles bronzes carvings gems decorations medallions drawings miniatures portraits pictures prints vignettes state-papers and manuscripts coins medals books etc. Rebound in grey cloth with pale yellow endpapers. Book weighs nearly six kilograms. Size: Large Book - between A4 and A3 (38 x 28 cm). Text is in French. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Heavy foxing front/rear pages, body of book lightly foxed. Previous owner's signature in ink. Marbled edges in good condition. Old water stain to first four pages, and large section at rear of volume has water stains to pages, being the plates at rear (the Facsimile signatures etc).. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Over 3 kilos. Category: Antiquarian & Rare; France; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; French Language; History. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 18676. . This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.
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- Bookseller
- Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18676
- Title
- The Napoleon Museum: The History of France Illustrated
- Author
- John Sainsbury (ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (rebound in cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- No Dust Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Not Stated
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1845
- Keywords
- BZDB1 Antiquarian & Rare; France; Renaissance 16thc to 17thc; French Language; History. John Sainsbury (ed.) The Napoleon Museum: The History of France Illustrated
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Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
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About the Seller
Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Biblio member since 2004
Katoomba, New South Wales
About Mr Pickwick's Fine Old Books
Mr Pickwick's occupies a large, 3-storey former Bank building in the heart of the Blue Mountains west of Sydney, Australia. We carry over 60,000 books in store, and cater to both the specialist collector trade as well as the general book trade in this region. Mr Pickwick's is one of the most comprehensive bookshops in Australia, and also operates an extensive Bookfinder service for its several thousand database clients.
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