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[Title in Greek] ... Palaephati De Incredibilibus
by (Elzevier Imprint) Tollius, Cornelius; editor
- Used
- Condition
- Full dark blue straight grained morocco by Simier, covers and spine tooled in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, gilt edges
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Amsterdam: Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1649. Text in Greek and Latin. Title printed in red and black. [36], 253, [9], [2, blank] pp. Errata on verso of penultimate leaf (preceding the integral blank). Ruled in red throughout. 12mo. Full dark blue straight grained morocco by Simier, covers and spine tooled in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, gilt edges. Text in Greek and Latin. Title printed in red and black. [36], 253, [9], [2, blank] pp. Errata on verso of penultimate leaf (preceding the integral blank). Ruled in red throughout. 12mo. Bound by Simier. Willems 1089; Rahir 1101. Provenance: Title page with early ink ownership inscription in Latin of the Jesuit Maison Professe in Paris; early inscription in French relating to Louis Coulon; Edwin Wolf II (inked monogram)
Details
- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 322551
- Title
- [Title in Greek] ... Palaephati De Incredibilibus
- Author
- (Elzevier Imprint) Tollius, Cornelius; editor
- Format/Binding
- Text in Greek and Latin. Title printed in red and black. [36], 253, [9], [2, blank] pp. Errata on verso of penultimate leaf (pre
- Book Condition
- Used - Full dark blue straight grained morocco by Simier, covers and spine tooled in gilt and blind, marbled endpapers, gilt edges
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium
- Place of Publication
- Amsterdam
- Date Published
- 1649
- Keywords
- Books about Books | French
- Bookseller catalogs
- Sets & Fine Bindings; Art, Architecture & Design;
Terms of Sale
James Cummins Bookseller
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About the Seller
James Cummins Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
New York, New York
About James Cummins Bookseller
Founded in 1978 by James Cummins, the firm has grown to include two New Jersey locations as well as the main store at 699 Madison Avenue (between 62nd and 63rd Streets) in New York City.Hours: Monday - Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. (During July & August, until 4:00 p.m. on Fridays.)The Madison Avenue store is a seventh-floor oasis for book-lovers, a quiet and pleasantly furnished book room with a carefully chosen, expertly catalogued and broad-based selection of fine and rare books, autographs, manuscripts, and works of art. We have built notable private collections for American and international clients. Our stock is always changing, and our steady input from private buying and public auctions assures our clients of new surprises (and temptations!) at each visit. Our stock covers a wide range of collecting interests, with particular emphasis in the following fields: British and American Literature, Sporting Books, Private Press and Illustrated Books, 19th-Century Color Plate Books, Americana, Travel, Sets and Fine Bindings, History, and Authors' Manuscripts and Letters. Our catalogued inventory exceeds 50,000 titles, much of which can be searched on the internet. In addition, our New Jersey warehouse contains over 400,000 books in all subject areas. We might have the books you're looking for.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
- 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...
- 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
- 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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