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OEUVRES COMPLÈTES DE BUFFON, AVEC LES SUPPLÉMENS AUGMENTÉES DE LA CLASSIFICATION DE G. CUVIER
by Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte De (1707-1778)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Paris: La Societe Bibliophile. Very Good+. 1850. Hardcover. Handsome 9 volume set bound with brown calf spines over marbled boards. 5 spine bands with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers & speckled page edges. No date: ca 1850. Internal hinges & text are tight & intact. Illustrated with 79 full-page color plates. Vol 1: [2, 504pp]. Engraved b/w frontis-portrait of Buffon. Vol 2; [4, 477pp, 1]. Vol 3: [4, 480pp]. Vol 4: [4, 394pp, 1]. Vol 5: [4, 386pp, 5]. Vol 6: [4, 425pp, 5]. Vol 7: [4, 427pp]. Vol 8: [4, 459pp]. Vol 9: [4, 427pp]. Half-title & title page precedes each volume. Would be rated near fine if not for light scattered foxing that is mostly at the beginning & end of each volume & a bumped upper front corner on vol 1. Small number label inside each front cover. DE L'HOMME, MINÉRAUX, OISSEAUX, QUADRUPÈDES, THÉORIE DE LA TERRE. Science. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 3979 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17623
- Title
- OEUVRES COMPLÈTES DE BUFFON, AVEC LES SUPPLÉMENS AUGMENTÉES DE LA CLASSIFICATION DE G. CUVIER
- Author
- Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc Comte De (1707-1778)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Publisher
- La Societe Bibliophile
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1850
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Marbled boards
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