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Le Buffon illustré a l'usage de la Jeunesse. Contenant une description très-complète des Mammifères, Oiseaux, Poissons, Reptiles, Insectes et Coquilles [vignette]
by [BUFFON].- A. DE BEAUCHAINAIS
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- Hardcover
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- Seller
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Schilde, Belgium
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About This Item
Paris,: Théodore Lefèvre,, (n.d.,ca. 1875).. [iv], 384 pp. Large 8vo (17 x 25 cm.). Bound in half green morocco, spine with 4 raised bands, gilt decorated with compartments & rullers , buckram boards, edges gilt (the original publisger's binding, partly slightly rubbed). Title printed in red and black. With about 350 text illustrations and 16 plates, all wood-engravings. Apart from some slight scattered foxing, a very good copy of a very charmingly illustrated Buffon for children.
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- Bookseller
- Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2005
- Title
- Le Buffon illustré a l'usage de la Jeunesse. Contenant une description très-complète des Mammifères, Oiseaux, Poissons, Reptiles, Insectes et Coquilles [vignette]
- Author
- [BUFFON].- A. DE BEAUCHAINAIS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Théodore Lefèvre,
- Place of Publication
- Paris,
- Date Published
- (n.d.,ca. 1875).
- Keywords
- natural history zooology buffon entomology ornithology fishes mammals reptiles mallacology snails herpetology ichteology
- Bookseller catalogs
- natural history;
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Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books
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Schilde
About Sylco bvba livres anciens - antiquarian books
Fine and rare books in the fields of science, medicine, technology and the applied arts. Old fashioned printed catalogues and lists available on request.A note on binding conservation. All our ancient leather bindings are carefully cleaned with Brecknell's leather soap, and when needed, treated with hydroxypropylcellulose (in the case of dry leather). Finally we protect the leather with \"Cire 213\", the ultimate binding conservation wax developed by the BNF (Bibliothque nationale de France).
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- 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...
- 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....
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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