Scenes De La Vie Privée Et Publique Des Animaux
by Balzac; Baude; de la Redollierre; Bernard; Janin; Lemoine; Nodier; Sand
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Paris: J. Hetzel et Paulin, 1842. First Edition. Hardcover (Quarter Leather). Very Good Condition. Grandville. Two volumes in contempoary leather backed boards, wear at edges, old repairs at corners, some rubbing in spots, very sound overall. Scattered mostly minor foxing throughout, including to the plates, a few minor stains and tears, endpapers stained and with a neat pencil illustration of a boat on the front endpaper; a very good set overall with 201 full page plates and vignette illustrations throughout. 386pp; 390pp, table. One of Grandville's most likable creations. Size: Quarto (4to). 2-volume set (complete). Illustrator: Grandville. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 kilos. Category: Literature & Literary; Inventory No: 045839.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045839
- Title
- Scenes De La Vie Privée Et Publique Des Animaux
- Author
- Balzac; Baude; de la Redollierre; Bernard; Janin; Lemoine; Nodier; Sand
- Illustrator
- Grandville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Quarter Leather)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J. Hetzel et Paulin
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1842
- Keywords
- Literature & Literary; NOISBN
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
Glossary
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- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- 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...