Le Noble Jeu de l'Oie en France, de 1640 a 1950. Quarante-Huit Tableaux et Notices. La Vie Quotidienne a Paris de 1820 a 1824 d'Apres les Lithographies de Marlet et de Carle Vernet. Ouvrage Comprenant Quarante-huit Gravures Hors Texte Dont Neuf en Couleurs et Cent Dix Illustraions dans le Texte (Dessins de Jean Kerhor)
by d'Allemagne, Henry-Rene; Janneau, Guillaume (preface)
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- Hardcover
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Paris: Librairie Grund, 1950. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+. Full-color illustrated paper over boards; folio; pp. 237, [4], with b/w illustrations in text, plus a frontispiece, 16 double-page colored plates, and 32 double-page plates in b/w. Number 57 from a limited edition of 100 copies for collaborators, family, and friends (total edition of 700 copies). Boards lightly rubbed and soiled; spine tips lightly rubbed; corners bumped. Endpapers a bit foxed, otherwise text block is bright and clean -- some pages still unopened. A massive and lavishly produced history of the French "Game of the Goose," and its many variations. Includes a bibliography.
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- Title
- Le Noble Jeu de l'Oie en France, de 1640 a 1950. Quarante-Huit Tableaux et Notices. La Vie Quotidienne a Paris de 1820 a 1824 d'Apres les Lithographies de Marlet et de Carle Vernet. Ouvrage Comprenant Quarante-huit Gravures Hors Texte Dont Neuf en Couleurs et Cent Dix Illustraions dans le Texte (Dessins de Jean Kerhor)
- Author
- d'Allemagne, Henry-Rene; Janneau, Guillaume (preface)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Librairie Grund
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1950
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- Spine
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- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Foxed
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- Unopened
- A state in which all or some of the pages of a book have not been separated from the adjacent pages, caused by a traditional...
- Good+
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