Bibliothêque des Merveilles: Les Phares (Library of Marvels: Lighthouses)
by Renard, Léon
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Hachette, 1881. Book. Very Good. Half-Leather. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Léon Renard, Bibliothêque des Merveilles: Les Phares (Library of Marvels: Lighthouses). In French. Paris: Hachette, 1881. Stated third edition. Hardcover bottom, half-leather. 7" 1/4 x 4" 3/4. 260 pp., 49 engravings. An interesting and graphic-intensive book on lighthouses, including chapters on: The Origin of Lighthouses, The Science of Lighthouses, English Lighthouses (Eddystone, Smalls, Bell-Rock, Skerryvore, Wolf-Rock, North-Unst, Sunderland), French Lighthouses (Corduan, Lighthouses of la Hève, Héaux de Bréhat, Les Triagoz), Iron Lighthouses, Light Ships and other signaling devices, The International Association of Lighthouses of the World, Life at the Lighthouses, Shipwrecked People. Very light foxing present, hand-written inscription on presentation page: "Paris 3.XI.1902 and hand signature unreadable. Very good condition in solid binding..
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019556
- Title
- Bibliothêque des Merveilles: Les Phares (Library of Marvels: Lighthouses)
- Author
- Renard, Léon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- Hachette
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1881
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- LIGHTHOUSES LES PHARES Origin of Lighthouses, The Science of Lighthouses, English Lighthouses (Eddystone, Smalls, Bell-Rock, Skerryvore, Wolf-Rock, North-Unst, Sunderland), French Lighthouses (Corduan, Lighthouses of la Hève, Héaux de Br&eac
- Bookseller catalogs
- British History; Sailing and Maritime Affairs;
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
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- 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...