Traite de l'Arpentage et du Toise
by Ozanam, M
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Hastings-on-Hudson, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris, 1803. Hardcover. Good. 554pp. plus 12 fold-out plates, 7"x4", gilt leather binding shaken, corner worn, plate edges soiled, otherwise fine, a full treatment of land surveying published just after the reforms of the French Revolution, including a 43 page suplement on the "New Measures." Signed inscription by the 1809 owner, Jean Foucault.
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- Bookseller
- Tesseract (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 129
- Title
- Traite de l'Arpentage et du Toise
- Author
- Ozanam, M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1803
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Hastings-on-Hudson, New York
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...