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Heures Nouvelles: Gros Caractères Ornées de Gravurea
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About This Item
Paris: Janet, 1816. 24mo. (xi), 402pp. First edition, deluxe issue. Illustrated with five stippled engravings of Christ and various saints, colored and heightened in gold. Title page in gold, with red flourishes. An elegant printed book of hours, with sections for saints' days, daily prayers, readings for communion, confession, and a variety of spiritual and mortal events, plus an index at rear. Rare: this title is not recorded in any institutional holding. Bound, as befitting its deluxe status, in green silk with gold embellishments to covers, spine, head, and tail. Green silk endpapers, green, white, and pink endbands, and an intact green ribbon bookmark. Housed in a green morocco slipcase with similar, but not matching, gilt styling. Fading only to exposed edge of book and spine of slipcase, minor bumps to corners, else fine. Bookplate of the library of "L'Ambassadeur de France et de La Vicomtesse de Fontenay," that is, Joseph de Fontenay, the French Ambassador to Madrid (1923-24) and the Holy See in Rome (1928-32) and Marie Rosalie Pichon. A.e.g.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bromer Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30563
- Title
- Heures Nouvelles: Gros Caractères Ornées de Gravurea
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Janet
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1816
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Illustrated Books;
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Bromer Booksellers
All books are guaranteed as described and may be returned, with prior notice, within ten days. All bills are payable within thirty days from the date of the invoice. Shipping and insurance are additional. Overseas shipments will be sent by air mail unless otherwise instructed.
About the Seller
Bromer Booksellers
Biblio member since 2008
Boston, Massachusetts
About Bromer Booksellers
Bromer Booksellers specializes in rare and beautiful books. Owned and operated by Anne Bromer, who has been in the business of fine books for over fifty years, our shop carries a range of important private press books, designer bookbindings, illustrated books, children's books, and miniature books.
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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....
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Bumps
- Indicates that the affected part of the book has been impacted in such a way so as to cause a flattening, indention, or light...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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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