L'Ancienne France. Le Livre et Les Arts Qui S'y Rattachent Depuis Les Origines Jusqu'A La Fin Du XVIIIe Siecle, Par M. P. Louisy. Illustration De 221 Gravures et D'Une Planche En Couleur. Tiree Des Ouvrages De M. Paul Lacroix.
by M. P. Louisy
- Used
- very good
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Blackpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie De Firmin-Didot et Cie, 1886. First Edition . Quarter Morocco. Very Good. 1886 First edition. Size octavo, 270 pages. Black quarter morocco over marbled boards with four raised bands and gilt titles to the spine, marbled end-papers. Condition very good, ex-library, the Bibliotheque Guille-Alles in Guernsey with their labels to the spine and front paste-down and stamps to half-title and front end-paper, no other markings. Corners edges and hinges rubbed, a few spots to first and last 14 pages, pages a little toned else contents very clean. Text is in French. The History of The Book and Printing, with 221 engravings - both full-page and in-text - reproductions of illustrations/titles/frontispiece etc in early books. Including beautiful full page full colour frontispiece reproduction of an illuminated manuscript page of George Chastelain offering a book to Charles the Duc de Bourgogne Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Seller
- Lazarus Books Limited
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 015859
- Title
- L'Ancienne France. Le Livre et Les Arts Qui S'y Rattachent Depuis Les Origines Jusqu'A La Fin Du XVIIIe Siecle, Par M. P. Louisy. Illustration De 221 Gravures et D'Une Planche En Couleur. Tiree Des Ouvrages De M. Paul Lacroix.
- Author
- M. P. Louisy
- Format/Binding
- Quarter Morocco
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Librairie De Firmin-Didot et Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1886
- Keywords
- NON FICTION HISTORY BOOKS PRINTING MANUSCRIPTS LIBRARIES BIBLIOTHEQUE LIVRES LIBRARY LIBRAIRES
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About the Seller
Lazarus Books Limited
Biblio member since 2007
Blackpool, Lancashire
About Lazarus Books Limited
We are a small family business located in Blackpool, England. We stock a varied range of Antiquarian and Collectable Books; Antiquarian Holy Bibles, Fine Bindings, Literature, Poetry, Military, Travel, First Editions, Illustrated, Childrens', Signed Books and more.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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...
- 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....
- Marbled boards
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- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- 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...
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