MEMOIRES SECRETS POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DES LETTERS EN FRANCE, DEPUIS MDCCLXVII JUSQU'A NOS JOURS OU JOURNAL D'UN OBSERVATEUR - VOL. 21 (INCOMPLETE SET)
by Bachaumont
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
-
Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
London: John Adamson, 1784. Full leather. Very good. 4 x 6 1/2 in. Full burled calf with gilt rules, black spine labels and elaborate floral gilt spine decorations. Marbled text edges and matching endpapers. Contemporary binding. Condition is VERY GOOD ; leather supple with no joint cracks, wear to edges and corners, some loss/chips to spine ends. Binding tight and text quite bright, unmarked. Text in French. Rare. RGR.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43722
- Title
- MEMOIRES SECRETS POUR SERVIR A L'HISTOIRE DE LA REPUBLIQUE DES LETTERS EN FRANCE, DEPUIS MDCCLXVII JUSQU'A NOS JOURS OU JOURNAL D'UN OBSERVATEUR - VOL. 21 (INCOMPLETE SET)
- Author
- Bachaumont
- Format/Binding
- Full leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Adamson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1784
- Bookseller catalogs
- Text in French;
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Blue Hill, Maine
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.