THE WORKS OF FRANCIS RABELAIS. Translated from the French by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Motteux; With Explanatory Notes by Duchat, Ozell, and Others. A New Edition. Two Volumes.
by Rabelais, Francis
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- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Henry G. Bohn, London: 1864., 1864 Two Volumes. Engraved portrait of Rabelais in first volume. Engraved portrait of Sir Thomas Urquhart in second volume. Faint ownership of Latimer (York, PA) on title pages. Frontis portraits and title pages foxed. Partially unopened. 190mm. Original stamped publisher's cloth bindings, embossed and decorated in blind. Loss at head and tail of spines. Insect damage on outer hinge of volume one. Bohn's Extra Volumes. Hardbound. Very good. FREN/ENG BX 4. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! Language: eng. Full Cloth. Hardcover.. Good.
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- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 366VE1
- Title
- THE WORKS OF FRANCIS RABELAIS. Translated from the French by Sir Thomas Urquhart and Motteux; With Explanatory Notes by Duchat, Ozell, and Others. A New Edition. Two Volumes.
- Author
- Rabelais, Francis
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn, London: 1864.
- Date Published
- 1864
- Keywords
- LITERATURE; VERSE; FRANCIS RABELAIS; BIOGRAPHY; FRENCH ENGLISH TRANSLATION; SIR THOMAS URQUHART; TWO VOLUMES; LATIMER
- Bookseller catalogs
- HUMOR; FRENCH / FRANCE;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Unopened
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- Tail
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- Cloth
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