Raccolta d'osservazioni curiose sopra la maniera di vivere, i costumi, gli usi, il carattere, le differenti lingue, il governo o sia Storia generale, civile, naturale, politica, e religiosa di tutti i popoli del mondo Tomo secondo
by Lambert, Claude Françoise, Abbé
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Venetia (Venice), Italy: for Sebastiano Coleti, 1752. [First edition]. Full Calf. Very Good+. [First edition]. Full Calf. Translation to English: Collection of curious observations on the way of life, customs, habits, character, different languages, government or both. General, civil, natural, political and religious history of all the peoples of the world. First and second volumes bound. Claude François Lambert, from Dôle, former parish priest of Saineau, Diocese of Rouen, died on April 14 1765. Authored about twenty works: novels, sermons, geography, history, editions, translations, physics and natural history. Tight, bright, and unmarred. Full calf, gilt titling, spine label, red edging, 8vo, xvi, 248pp.+ fold out maps. In Italian. With three copper-engraved and folded geographical maps ft (Hungary, European Turkey and Scandinavia). (originally 15 volumes).
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- Title
- Raccolta d'osservazioni curiose sopra la maniera di vivere, i costumi, gli usi, il carattere, le differenti lingue, il governo o sia Storia generale, civile, naturale, politica, e religiosa di tutti i popoli del mondo Tomo secondo
- Author
- Lambert, Claude Françoise, Abbé
- Format/Binding
- Full Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- [First edition]
- Publisher
- for Sebastiano Coleti
- Place of Publication
- Venetia (Venice), Italy
- Date Published
- 1752
- Keywords
- History & Historiography
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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 Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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