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The XVIIIth Century its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes: France 1700 – 1789
by Lacroix, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Skipton, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: Bickers and Son,. Hardback. With 21 colour chromolithographs and 351 wood engravings. Quarter bound in leather with elaborately decorated cloth to boards. Large format: 275 by 185mm (10¾ by 7¼ inches). Some rubbing to edges. Head of spine is a little ragged. Boards are a little darkened to edges. Gilt is bright. Some slight tanning and dustiness to very edges of page margins. Colour plates with tissue guards are clean and bright. Slight foxing to prelims. A neat, tight copy. Good+, sound copy . Hardback. 1876.
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Details
- Bookseller
- C L Hawley
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23172
- Title
- The XVIIIth Century its Institutions, Customs, and Costumes: France 1700 – 1789
- Author
- Lacroix, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bickers and Son,
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1876
- Keywords
- Eighteenth Century History,Costume,Fashion,Social history,Antiquarian,, Paul Lacroix
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
C L Hawley
Biblio member since 2005
Skipton, North Yorkshire
About C L Hawley
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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