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Les Métamorphoses du Jour. Accompagnées d'un Texte par Albéric Second, Louis Lurine, Clément Caraguel, Taxile Delord, H. de Beaulieu, Louis Huart, Charles Monselet, Julien Lemer. Précédées d'une notice sur Grandville par Charles Blanc.
by GRANDVILLE. (Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gerard)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Garnier Frères, 1869. Hardcover. Very Good. 4to, lxiii + pp480 plus 70 color engraved plates and many b/w illustrations throughout. Hardcover no dust jacket. Binding of red shagreen leather with 5 raised bands and gilt titles and designs to spine in good condition with a little rubbing to boards and edges with some old staining to front board. Inside with moire silk end papers all pages with full edge gilt in very good condition with some foxing throughout , thankfully mostly to text not plates. A nice copy of this fantastic work.
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- Bookseller
- Nikki Green Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000747
- Title
- Les Métamorphoses du Jour. Accompagnées d'un Texte par Albéric Second, Louis Lurine, Clément Caraguel, Taxile Delord, H. de Beaulieu, Louis Huart, Charles Monselet, Julien Lemer. Précédées d'une notice sur Grandville par Charles Blanc.
- Author
- GRANDVILLE. (Jean-Ignace-Isidore Gerard)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Garnier Frères
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1869
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- history1 / art / social commentary / mums
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About the Seller
Nikki Green Books
Biblio member since 2021
Glasgow, Glasgow
About Nikki Green Books
Nikki Green Books is based in Glasgow. We are third generation bookdealers, beginning with Eve Lowell who started The Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton and Sue Lowell Natural History Books, our parent company, based in London. We specialise in natural history along with a wide range of subjects
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
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