Le Thresor des Prieres et Oraisons
by Jean du Ferrier
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Only
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Rouen: Francois Vaultier, 1676. Vellum. Good Only. 4.5" by 2.5". None. A very scarce French 'treasure' of prayers, a mid-seventeenth century edition. A very scarce work.In French.A collection of prayers and orations, titled as 'The Treasure of Prayers'. Including several holy meditations and expositions, extracted from the Holy Scriptures.By Jean du Ferrier, who was Cure at the Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs in Paris.Register runs as: A-Vv8, Xx4.Collated, complete. In a full contemporary vellum binding. Externally, a little discoloured and marked, as is usual to see with a vellum binding. Light rubbing and loss to the extremities. Rear hinge has failed. Wear to the front endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are age-toned with the occasional scattered spot and handling mark. Small patch of worming to leaves Y2 to the end of text. Good Only
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 900P39
- Title
- Le Thresor des Prieres et Oraisons
- Author
- Jean du Ferrier
- Illustrator
- None
- Format/Binding
- Vellum
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Only
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Francois Vaultier
- Place of Publication
- Rouen
- Date Published
- 1676
- Size
- 4.5" by 2.5"
- Keywords
- Le Thresor des Prieres et Oraisons prayers french religion prayers
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
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- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...