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Histoire de Theodose Le Grand Pour Monseigneur Le Dauphin [Jemima Duchess of Kent 1712 armorial bookplate]
by FLECHIER, Esprit
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Seattle, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Grégoire duPuis, 1699. Third Edition Thus. Hardcover. Good+. 16mo. Pp. [4], 614 [22 index]. French language. Re-cased and rebacked with a faux-leather backstrip, gilt rules and lettering. Original boards: paneled calf, sprinkled edges. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown. Boards rubbed, top edge soiled, leaves crisp and bright. The life and reign of Roman Emperor Theodosius I the Great by the Bishop of Nîmes, renowned orator and tutor to the Dauphin. With the bookplate of the first Duchess of Kent, Jemima Crew (1675 - 1728). She was married to Henry Gray, an unpopular court figure known as "Bug" -- a sobriquet earned for rich body odor -- who later bought the dukedom.
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- Bookseller
- Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4880
- Title
- Histoire de Theodose Le Grand Pour Monseigneur Le Dauphin [Jemima Duchess of Kent 1712 armorial bookplate]
- Author
- FLECHIER, Esprit
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Grégoire duPuis
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1699
- Keywords
- Dutchess of Kent
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Seattle, Washington
About Long Brothers Fine and Rare Books, ABAA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Crisp
- A term often used to indicate a book's new-like condition. Indicates that the hinges are not loosened. A book described as crisp...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- 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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