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MOTIFS HISTORIQUES D'ARCHITECTURE ET DE SCULPTURE D'ORNEMENT DU COMMENCEMENT DE LA RENAISSANCE A LA FIN DE LOUIS XVI (VOL 1 ONLY - INCOMPLETE SET)
by Cesar Daly
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good +
- Seller
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Blue Hill, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Washington DC: The Reprint Co., c. 1920. First edition thus. Hardcover. Good +. 10 1/2 x 13 1/3 in. unpaginated, approx 125 pgs. Quarter green buckram with red cloth boards, black leather label with gilt lettering on spine. Each pg contains a full-pg B&W scale drawing illustration. Text captions on plates in French. Condition is GOOD+ ; corners and ends of spine bumped and worn, covers and spine have whitish chipping from age (?) and front green buckram has darker stain. Binding is tight, text/illus very clean with some very mild foxing to blank backs of pgs, and a few pgs have faint water stain at top. Overall a very good copy of this scarce historical item. Everything you need to know about the architecture and ornament of the period in France. Art. RGR.
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- Bookseller
- Andre Strong Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6453
- Title
- MOTIFS HISTORIQUES D'ARCHITECTURE ET DE SCULPTURE D'ORNEMENT DU COMMENCEMENT DE LA RENAISSANCE A LA FIN DE LOUIS XVI (VOL 1 ONLY - INCOMPLETE SET)
- Author
- Cesar Daly
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition thus
- Publisher
- The Reprint Co.
- Place of Publication
- Washington DC
- Date Published
- c. 1920
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Andre Strong Bookseller
Biblio member since 2008
Blue Hill, Maine
About Andre Strong Bookseller
Andre Strong Bookseller is located in Blue Hill, on the coast of Maine. We offer 22,000 books for sale online, and work from an office and rare book room, with a warehouse adjacent. We carry a wide selection of fine books on every subject, with specialization in art, architecture, photography, nautical, Maine and fiction. We do not have an open shop - if you'd like to visit, please arrange an appointment.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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....
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Reprint
- Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
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