Oeuvres de Maitre Francois Rabelais, avec des Remarques Historiques et Critiques
by Rabelais, Francois
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Amsterdam: Jean Frederic Bernard, 1741. Hardcover. Very Good+. Contemporary polished calf, rebacked, gilt-stamped lettering in red and brown leather spine labels, gilt-stamped ornament direct in spine compartments (5 raised bands), gilt-stamped lion and dove decorations at board corners; complete set of 3 volumes, 4to (240x192mm); pp. [2], 6, xxxvi, 526; [4], xxxiv, 383; [xiv], 218, 150, [35]; with half-title pages, extra engraved titles in volumes 1 and 3, engraved allegorical frontispiece portrait in volume 2, folding map and 16 additional engraved plates (3 folding), engraved titles and chapter titles by Picart, Tanjge and Bernaerts. Bindings lightly worn, with a few small scuff marks and professional restorations to boards; spines a little dry, with some thin cracks along joints. Intermittent but generally light spotting and soiling; a few leaves with short marginal tears, including professionally repaired fore-edge margins of final 4 leaves in Volume 1. Presents nicely, despite flaws.
Provenance: unidentified contemporary owner signature to titles; École Royale Militaire (stamps); Bibliotecque de Monsieur Riston (engraved bookplate); Ross Ambler Curran (bookplates).
Provenance: unidentified contemporary owner signature to titles; École Royale Militaire (stamps); Bibliotecque de Monsieur Riston (engraved bookplate); Ross Ambler Curran (bookplates).
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- Bookseller
- Sanctuary Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- LD14063
- Title
- Oeuvres de Maitre Francois Rabelais, avec des Remarques Historiques et Critiques
- Author
- Rabelais, Francois
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Jean Frederic Bernard
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1741
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- 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...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.