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Histoire des Revolutions de Suede Ou l'on voit les changements qui font arrivez dans ce Royaume au ijuet de la Religion and du Gouvernement (2 Volumes in One)
by De Vertot, M. L'Abbe
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
La Haye: Henri Scheurleer, 1729. 5th or later Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 12mo. 477, (26) pages. Two volumes in one. Hardcover in full leather. Binding is rubbed, has moderate wear. This includes a blemish on the front cover, a 2.5 inch cracking of the hinge where the front cover meets the spine. Chipping at headcap. Leather at fore-edge of front board is lifting up. A bookplate for the library of Hampden Sydney College is on the front pastedown. "Louis St. Lewis" is written in black ink at the top of the front flyleaf. Half the rear flyleaf has been torn out. Text is toned, foxed. An 18th century history of the revolutions in Sweden. Text is in French.
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- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 045216
- Title
- Histoire des Revolutions de Suede Ou l'on voit les changements qui font arrivez dans ce Royaume au ijuet de la Religion and du Gouvernement (2 Volumes in One)
- Author
- De Vertot, M. L'Abbe
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 5th or later Edition
- Publisher
- Henri Scheurleer
- Place of Publication
- La Haye
- Date Published
- 1729
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1729; M. L'Abbe De Vertot; French language; Revolutions; Political Upheaval; 18th Century; Rare; Collectible; Suede; Sweden.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings; Europe;
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About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
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Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
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