Histoire Du Consulat et De L'Empire - En 5 Volumes - Vol 1 : Histoire Du Consulat & Tomes 1 - 4 : Histoire De L'Empire.
by Thiers, M. A
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good-
- Seller
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie Furne. Very Good-. 1883. 1/4 leather. 4to 11" - 13" tall; 1883 Librairie Furne, Paris. Five volumes, complete, as published. First volume - "Histoire Du Consulat" and Histire De l'Empire in 4 volumes. 602; 737, 683, 723, 726 pp. Each illustrated with 70 half page woodcut engravings. Uniformly bound in quarter grained red leather and red pebbled cloth sides. Text printed in two columns. Table of plates appended at rear of each volume. Leather sucffed and rubbed over spine ends and joints; light fray to cloth at corner tips and superficial silverfish scaling at board edges. Endpages a little toned. An old book store sticker top corner rear endpage each volume. All edges gilt; contents bright and neat. Still attractive shelf presence. Prior ownership of Stephen Lewis Courtauld with his copperplate engraved bookplate from a design by Stephen Gooden mounted to front pastedown each volume. VG- ... Oversize book will require additional charges for most shipping methods. .
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- Bookseller
- DogStar Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49870
- Title
- Histoire Du Consulat et De L'Empire - En 5 Volumes - Vol 1 : Histoire Du Consulat & Tomes 1 - 4 : Histoire De L'Empire.
- Author
- Thiers, M. A
- Format/Binding
- 1/4 leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good-
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie Furne
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1883
- Bookseller catalogs
- Decorative bindings;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
DogStar Books
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
About DogStar Books
DogStar Books is an open-shop used and rare book store located in historic Lancaster PA. We have been buying and selling scholarly, antiquarian and better books, images, and paper since 1991. We maintain a large general collection of over 40,000 titles on premises to serve our local book loving clientele. Out of town visitors and buyers are always welcome. Our online inventory at Biblio began in 2020 and we will be increasing our inventory here on a regular basis.
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