Le Gemme Antiche di Michel Angelo Causeus de la Chausse Paragino Consagrate all' Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Principe il Signor Cardinale Cesare Destrees.
by La Chausse, Michel Ange De
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About This Item
In Roma: Giacomo Komarek Beomo alla Fontana de Trevi, 1700.. Hardcover. Good. Quarto. [xviii], 82, [2]pp. Additional engraved title-page. First edition. Illustrated catalogue of the figurally carved gems in the collection of Cardinal Cesar d'Estrees. Twentieth-century three-quarter blue morocco over cloth. Spine ruled and lettered in gilt. Top edge gilt. Extremities rubbed. Title-page vignette and 200 engraved plates of carved gems.
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- Sam Gatteno Books (US)
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- Title
- Le Gemme Antiche di Michel Angelo Causeus de la Chausse Paragino Consagrate all' Eminentissimo e Reverendissimo Principe il Signor Cardinale Cesare Destrees.
- Author
- La Chausse, Michel Ange De
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
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- In Roma: Giacomo Komarek Beomo alla Fontana de Trevi, 1700.
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- 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....
- First Edition
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- Quarto
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- Morocco
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- Cloth
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- Top Edge Gilt
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- Gilt
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