SECOND VOYAGE DANS L'INTERIEUR DE L'AFRIQUE PAR LE CAP DE BONNE-ESPERANCE Dans Les Annees 1783, 84 Et 85
by Levallant, F. (Francois)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez H. Jansen Et Comp. Very Good. 1794. Hardcover. Volume 1 of three volumes. Clean brown leather decorated with gilt. Spine with five raised bands and title label. All edges gilt. Text tight, clean & intact. Marbled endpapers. Five engraved illustrations, including fold outs.. Pages, xliv, 304. Text in french. Spine ends are starting to crack, however covers are firmly attached. Lower spine label with volume number is missing. Nautical; B/W Engravings; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 304 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11913
- Title
- SECOND VOYAGE DANS L'INTERIEUR DE L'AFRIQUE PAR LE CAP DE BONNE-ESPERANCE Dans Les Annees 1783, 84 Et 85
- Author
- Levallant, F. (Francois)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Chez H. Jansen Et Comp
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1794
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- 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....
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