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Traité de la sphère et du Calendrier; Par Rivard
by Puissant, M
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Surprise, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Bachelier, 1837. Half-Leather. Very Good. Octavo. Eighth edition, 253pp., 1 folding chart, 3 folding plates, several textural charts; bound in contemporary half straight-grained morocco over marbled paper covered baords, red morocco spine label gilt, spine ruled in gilt; light brown endpapers, all edges marbled. Small loss at spine head, neat owner's inscription in French to front free endpaper dated 1849. Plates are clean and bright; text with just a trace of foxing on a few leaves. A very good copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4000
- Title
- Traité de la sphère et du Calendrier; Par Rivard
- Author
- Puissant, M
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bachelier
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1837
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
Biblio member since 2006
Surprise, Arizona
About Charles Parkhurst Rare Books, Inc.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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 Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
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