La Societe Galante et Litteraire au XVIII Siecle
by Bonhomme, Honore
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Three quarter taupe morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Teg. Fine
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Edouard Rouveyre, 1880. First edition. leather_bound. Three quarter taupe morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Teg. Fine. Malval. 178 pages. 22 x 13 cm. Etchings in sepia and black and white by Malval. Limited edition, copy 70 of 100 on Whatman paper. Lovely binding by R.W. Smith, raised bands, gilt spine panel florets and lettering.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15614
- Title
- La Societe Galante et Litteraire au XVIII Siecle
- Author
- Bonhomme, Honore
- Illustrator
- Malval
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Three quarter taupe morocco and marbled boards with matching endpapers. Teg. Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Edouard Rouveyre
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1880
- Keywords
- Book Arts
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women; Social Life; Binding;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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Glossary
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack 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....
- 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...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...