MADAME DE SEVIGNE AND HER CONTEMPORARIES
by Sevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de, (1626-96)
- Used
- Condition
- Some light toning to a few plates. Lovely bindings with slight rubs
- Seller
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Paris, Tennessee, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry Colburn, 1842. Some light toning to a few plates. Lovely bindings with slight rubs. Two volumes. 8vo. (vi),352p; vii (ii), 384p. Extra-Illustrated with 50 engraved plates. Bound by Charles E. Lauriat, Boston in full black morocco, the spine richly gilt with title and roses and fines in the panels, the covers with ornamental borders also featuring roses and vines as cornerpieces. Bookplates of Samuel Clap Endicott and Katrin Vietor.
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- Bookseller
- First Folio (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23775
- Title
- MADAME DE SEVIGNE AND HER CONTEMPORARIES
- Author
- Sevigne, Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise de, (1626-96)
- Book Condition
- Used - Some light toning to a few plates. Lovely bindings with slight rubs
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry Colburn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1842
- Bookseller catalogs
- FINE BINDINGS;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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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...
- 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....
- 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...