Abrege de L'Essay de Monsieur Locke, sur L'Entendement Humain, Tranduit de l'Anglois
by Locke, John; Translated by Mr. Bosset
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- Condition
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About This Item
Londres / London: Chez Jean Nourse, 1741. Hardcover. Fair. 12mo. xvi, 376, [3] pages. Hardcover bound in full leather. The binding shows heavy wear, and the boards are bowed outwards at the edges. The leather is cracked and chipped, especially at the spine ends. The front hinge is cracking, but the text block is sound. Marbled endpapers are worn and chipped. The title page is soiled, and the text block is mostly clean but has some stains. All edges red. A rough translation of the title into English is, "Abridged from Mr. Locke's Essay on Human Understanding, Translated from English.
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- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047767
- Title
- Abrege de L'Essay de Monsieur Locke, sur L'Entendement Humain, Tranduit de l'Anglois
- Author
- Locke, John; Translated by Mr. Bosset
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Chez Jean Nourse
- Place of Publication
- Londres / London
- Date Published
- 1741
- Keywords
- 1741; John Locke; Mr. Bosset; L'Essay; L'Entendement Humain; Human Understanding; Leather Binding; French; 18th Century; Philosophy.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings; Philosophy;
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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Fair
- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....
- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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