Les caractères de Théophraste, avec Les Caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle. Nouvelle édition
by La Bruyère, (Jean) de
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Londres (Paris), (Cazin), (Cazin), 1784. 3 vols. 12mo (12,5x8 cm). Contemporary half calf; spines gilt, with morocco title-labels; small leather cornerpieces (bumped and some sl. damaged); covers with marbled paper. 1) (iv),283,(ii: blank) pp., including subtitle: p.71-72 at the beginning of "Moeurs de ce siècle". With engraved frontispiece by Delvaux. 2) (iv),287,(i: blank) pp. (minuscule hole in page 81-82). 3) (iv), 278 pp. incl. subtitle p.155-156 at the beginning of "Discours prononcé dans l'Académie Françoise". - Each volume with "Table des Châpitres" at the end. - Good, spotless set, part of the "Collection parisienne de petits formats à figures" edited at Paris by Hubert Cazin. - Satirical portraits of his contemporaries of the 17th century.
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- Les caractères de Théophraste, avec Les Caractères ou les moeurs de ce siècle. Nouvelle édition
- Author
- La Bruyère, (Jean) de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Londres (Paris), (Cazin), (Cazin), 1784
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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...
- SL.
- slight
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- 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...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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