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Bibliographie Instructive ou Traité de la Connoissance des Livres Rares et Singuliers - Volume De Theologie
by De Bure, Guillaume-Francois (le jeune)
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Guillaume-François de Bure le Jeune, 1763. presumed original calf binding, lower third of spine and label missing, hinges cracked but binding cords still holding all together, library stamps of Dublin religious institution library on title page and a couple of other early pages, discolouring from old damp affecting margins near lower spine, not into text, otherwise clean and sound, text block generally tight and sound, 603 pages. A pioneering work, first of several volumes, it was the first to identify and describe the Gutenberg Bible. Text is in French.. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Glenbower Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 28212
- Title
- Bibliographie Instructive ou Traité de la Connoissance des Livres Rares et Singuliers - Volume De Theologie
- Author
- De Bure, Guillaume-Francois (le jeune)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chez Guillaume-François de Bure le Jeune
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1763
- Keywords
- French Language, Rare Books, Bibliography, Theology,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Collectable; Classics & Foreign Language;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Terms of Sale
Glenbower Books
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About the Seller
Glenbower Books
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Dublin, Dublin
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Glossary
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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,...
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