Histoire Militaire des Eléphants, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à l'introduction des armes à feu
by Armandi, Chev. P. (Le Chevalier P.)
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Paris: Librarie d'Amyot. Brown calf spine with gilt and red stamping, and corners are rubbed, with a 1" chip to leather at spine foot. Hinges tender, marbled boards rubbed at edges. Foxing throughout, inked name on ffep, else unmarked. A frontispiece illustration shows the various medals containing elephants that are cited in the book. "Avec des observations critiques sur quelques-uns plus celebres faits d'armes de l'antiquite". . Very Good -. 3/4 Leather. 1st Edition. 1843.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 887
- Title
- Histoire Militaire des Eléphants, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à l'introduction des armes à feu
- Author
- Armandi, Chev. P. (Le Chevalier P.)
- Format/Binding
- 3/4 Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librarie d'Amyot
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1843
- Pages
- 570
- Keywords
- MILITARY HISTORY ELEPHANTS
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- 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....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Marbled boards
- ...
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