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LETTRES À EMILIE SUR LA MYTHOLOGIE
by Demoustier, Charles-Albert
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard. Very Good. 1817. First Edition. Hardcover. 6 parts bound into three books, each part with an original engraved fronticepiece by Coiny (from drawings by M. Regnauld). Red leather spine & corners over red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spines. Texts tight & intact. Bindings solid. Early owner's bookplate In vol 1. A collection of "letters" on mythology, written in prose and verse from the narrator to a young student. Books 1-2: 131pp; [4], 101pp, [3]. Book 3-4: 90pp; 93pp. Books 5-6: 101pp; [1], 134pp. Light rubbing to edges & corners. Scattered light foxing & age toning. Fiction; 24mo 5" - 6" tall .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17836
- Title
- LETTRES À EMILIE SUR LA MYTHOLOGIE
- Author
- Demoustier, Charles-Albert
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Chez Antoine-Augustin Renouard
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1817
- Keywords
- Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
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- 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...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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