LE ROMAN DE THÈBES, publié d'après tous les manuscrits
by Constans, Leopold, editor
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Société des Anciens Textes Français/Librairie de Firmin Didot et Cie., 1890. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Paris: Societe des Anciens Textes Francais, 1890. First edition. Two volumes, complete. Brick cloth binding, gold decoration and titles. A reprint of the medieval French tale of the Greek Oedipus story published by the Société des Anciens Textes Français/Librairie de Firmin Didot et Cie. This particular edition has a complete scholarly introduction comparing the language and version of extant manuscripts, appendices, and index. Finely printed on exquisite paper, deckled edges. Fine head and tail decorations. Boards scuffed, some very light silverfishing. Foxing to frontispiece reproduction of manuscript leaf. Near fine condition..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003867
- Title
- LE ROMAN DE THÈBES, publié d'après tous les manuscrits
- Author
- Constans, Leopold, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Société des Anciens Textes Français/Librairie de Firmin Didot et Cie.
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Literature and Fiction; Medieval Studies;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
Rose's Books is an Internet-only rare and used book service, located on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We publish and distribute scholarly imprints by Clock & Rose Press.
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- Tail
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