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MOEURS, USAGES ET COSTUMES AU MOYEN AGE ET A L'EPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE; Moeurs, Usages et Costumes au Moyen Age et a L'Epoque de La Renaissance
by Lacroix, Paul
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good Plus
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot., 1871. Leather-bound. Good Plus. In French.
Three-Quarter dark green and black morocco , ruled in gilt, Five raised bands to gilt-decorated spine with bright gilt lettering.Top edge gold. Deckled fore-edge and untrimmed bottom. Rubbing to extremities. Worn corners, Broken bottom headband, but all holding quite well; book is VERY usable. Lovely swirly marbled endpapers. Produced with all the elan and elegance of the finest French arts and letters, Occasional marginal foxing and browning. Wonderful chromolithographs, far better than the English editions, if that is possible. Exceptionally sharp wood engravings. Extraordinary illustrations depicting all aspects of French Renaissance culture and history. Note: Very Heavy Book.
Three-Quarter dark green and black morocco , ruled in gilt, Five raised bands to gilt-decorated spine with bright gilt lettering.Top edge gold. Deckled fore-edge and untrimmed bottom. Rubbing to extremities. Worn corners, Broken bottom headband, but all holding quite well; book is VERY usable. Lovely swirly marbled endpapers. Produced with all the elan and elegance of the finest French arts and letters, Occasional marginal foxing and browning. Wonderful chromolithographs, far better than the English editions, if that is possible. Exceptionally sharp wood engravings. Extraordinary illustrations depicting all aspects of French Renaissance culture and history. Note: Very Heavy Book.
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- Bookseller
- Aardvark Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 82142
- Title
- MOEURS, USAGES ET COSTUMES AU MOYEN AGE ET A L'EPOQUE DE LA RENAISSANCE; Moeurs, Usages et Costumes au Moyen Age et a L'Epoque de La Renaissance
- Author
- Lacroix, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Plus
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie de Firmin Didot.
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1871
- Keywords
- Chromolithographs
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- 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....
- 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...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
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