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Histoire De Suisse Depuis Les Temps Les Plus Recules Jusqu'En 1860
by Demierre, Louis
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- first
- Condition
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About This Item
Paris: Lucien Marpon, Libraire-Editeur, 1860. 505 pages + (1) errata; title page with hand-colored Swiss shield & cross symbol (red coloring has bled through slightly to following leaf); French text throughout, giving the history of Switzerland to this point in the mid-19th century; bound in the original polished marbled-paper covered boards, leather spine with gilt titling, marbled endpapers; some edge, tips wear and rubbing to binding, still very presentable; text with a few marginal pencil-marks; in good condition. . First Edition. Leather. Good.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21133
- Title
- Histoire De Suisse Depuis Les Temps Les Plus Recules Jusqu'En 1860
- Author
- Demierre, Louis
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Lucien Marpon, Libraire-Editeur
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1860
- Keywords
- Antiquarian Switzlerland Swiss Suisse History Politics Revolution Helvetique Helvetica Napoleonic Era Napoleon Act of Mediation Histoire De Suisse Depuis Les Temps Les Plus Recules Jusqu'En 1860 Louis Demierre
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Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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