Abrege Latin de Philosophie, avec une Introduction et des Notes Francoises. In Two Parts
by L'Abbe Hauchecorn
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
Item Price
$750.00$600.00
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About This Item
Paris: The Author, 1784. RARE, WorldCat shows only eight institutional holdings. Portrait of René Descartes engraved on copper frontispiece Vol. I. Very Good, quarter calf over paper covered boards, expertly rebacked early 19th c., with gilt lettering and rules, decorative end papers. Boards bumped and rubbed at edges. Vol. II with six fold-out plates engraved on copper at the end of the volume, representing geometric figures, diagrams (of astronomy), a terrestrial globe, instruments of physics and the 12 astrological signs. Introduction and author's notes in French, text in Latin and in French. Internally quite clean and lovely, with no toning. . . First Edition. Quarter Calf. Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008015
- Title
- Abrege Latin de Philosophie, avec une Introduction et des Notes Francoises. In Two Parts
- Author
- L'Abbe Hauchecorn
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The Author
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1784
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Eighteenth Century;
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About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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Bloomington, Indiana
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- 12mo
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- First Edition
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- Jacket
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- Calf
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