Memorable Paris Houses, with Illustrative Critical and Anecdotal Notices
by Harrison, Wilmot
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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DORCHESTER, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Hardcover. Very Good. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London, 1893, first edition; 8vo, 135 x 195mm; pp ix, 276; green ribbed cloth, spine titled gilt, front cover decorated with with an image of the Panthéon; top edge gilt, others untrimmed; gravure frontispiece, again of the Panthéon, and with over 60 line drawings in the text made specifically for the book by a range of Paris artists; slight rubbing at the extremities of the cover but otherwise in very good condition throughout and with most of the pages remaining uncut. ... ... ... The work is an ambulatory guide to some 375 distinctive Paris houses and follows the modestly self-described Autolycus's earlier and successful similar work on London houses. Planned to be published in French the translation was apparently delayed and the book instead appeared in English for the interest and edification of relevant tourists. There are indexes to streets and to residents.
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- Bookseller
- Chesil Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001014
- Title
- Memorable Paris Houses, with Illustrative Critical and Anecdotal Notices
- Author
- Harrison, Wilmot
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Weight
- 1.12 lbs
- Keywords
- architecture; history; literature General, Historic Preservation, History, Ile-de-France, General
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gravure
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