VIE DE MOLIÈRE, AVEC DES JUGEMENS SUR SES OUVRAGES
by Voltaire
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Prault Fils. Very Good. 1739. First Edition. Hardcover. A scarce work in a fine binding of dark red morocco with gilt cover decorations & wide dentelles: a black leather label with gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt & a red silk bookmark. Hinges & text are tight & intact. Decorative head & tailpieces. Printer's device on title page. [4,120pp]. Binding isnear fine. Text is VG: small chip at top margin of half-title page, professional repair to upper corner tear on title page, top margins trimmed without loss of text & margins of last leaf age toned. French text. Biography. France. ; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 120 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17662
- Title
- VIE DE MOLIÈRE, AVEC DES JUGEMENS SUR SES OUVRAGES
- Author
- Voltaire
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chez Prault Fils
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1739
- Keywords
- France, Biography
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.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- 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 Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
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