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De La Nature Des Choses, Traduction Nouvelle, Avec Des Notes (Two Volumes)
by (Titus Lucretius Carus ) Lucrece
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued
- Seller
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Bloomington, Indiana, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Chez Bleuet, 1768. Contemporary full marbled calf, backs ornately gilt, brown leather labels, marbled end pages, all edges marbled. Engraved title page by Gravelot engraved by Binet. Text in both Latin and French. Very Good, leather chipped front cover Vol. I along spine, small rubs to leather Vol. II. Contemporary prior owner names to end pages. The text quite clean and with NO foxing or toning. A handsome set, and an uncommon edition. . First Thus. Marbled Calf . Very Good/No Jacket, As Issued. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007697
- Title
- De La Nature Des Choses, Traduction Nouvelle, Avec Des Notes (Two Volumes)
- Author
- (Titus Lucretius Carus ) Lucrece
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket, As Issued
- Edition
- First Thus
- Publisher
- Chez Bleuet
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1768
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Philosophy; Eighteenth Century;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Any book is returnable for any reason within 10 days for a complete refund, as long as it is returned in the same condition as when received. Please notify in advance of return. I accept checks, money orders, Mastercard, Visa, and bank wire transfer.
About the Seller
Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Bloomington, Indiana
About Dale Steffey Books, ABAA
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- 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....
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
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