Costumes anciens et modernes = Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo. Precedes d'un essai sur la gravure sur bois par M. Amb. Firmin Didot
by Vecellio, Cesare
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Typographie de Firmin Didot Fils & Cie, 1860. 4th Edition . Cloth. Good. 8vo. Two volumes (1859, 1860). In Italian and French. Foreword, plates 1-234, 235-513, Indexes. Both volumes have slight lean to spine, chipping at crown and heel with some loss at crown, covers soiled and unevenly faded, corners of boards bumped, hinges tender or starting, previous owner name on front free endpaper, otherwise unmarked; Vol. I has more notable loss at crown and about 2" of backstrip missing at heel, front hinge cracked. 4th ed.
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- Bookseller
- Crane's Bill Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012064
- Title
- Costumes anciens et modernes = Habiti antichi et moderni di tutto il mondo. Precedes d'un essai sur la gravure sur bois par M. Amb. Firmin Didot
- Author
- Vecellio, Cesare
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Typographie de Firmin Didot Fils & Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1860
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Costume
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Crane's Bill Books
Returnable if not as described.
About the Seller
Crane's Bill Books
Biblio member since 2005
Albuquerque, New Mexico
About Crane's Bill Books
An online source for out-of-print, unusual and hard-to-find books on a wide range of subjects. Owned and operated by Jeffrey Lee, a longtime bookseller in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
- 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,...
- 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....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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