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Poésies Diverses
by Montagne (Pierre de la)
- Used
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- Seller
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Sidney, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Knapen, 1789. First edition.. 8vo. Full calf, spine gilt, spine lettered in gilt on a red panel: "Poesie / De La / Montai". Engraved title page. Wear to edges, front hinge cracked but still partly intact, generally very good otherwise. Rear fly leaves have been supplied, and are slightly smaller than adjacent leaves. 164pp. This copy lacking the final 6 leaves (L3 - L8) which print the Table des Matieres and publisher's ads; leaves L1 & L2 are present, which contain the two letters from Voltaire to Montagne. A scarce book.
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- Bookseller
- William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 56687
- Title
- Poésies Diverses
- Author
- Montagne (Pierre de la)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Paris: Chez Knapen, 1789. First edition.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Antiquarian;
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William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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About the Seller
William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
Biblio member since 2004
Sidney, British Columbia
About William Matthews, Bookseller / The Haunted Bookshop
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- 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...
- 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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
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