Repertoire de Reliefs Grecs et Romains - 3 vols. by Reinach, Salomon - 0

Paris/Avignon: Belin-Mandar et Devaux/Amedee Chambeau Fils, 1829. Hardcover. Good. Nouvelle Edition stated, four volume set; 12mo, set bound in later half-leather, marbled boards; French text only; good (leather scratched and worn; covers very rubbed and worn; owner put a number on the spine of each volume; spine ends worn and chipped; eps toned; hinges cracked; chip to front and rear joints of vII, reveals board and spine; tear to front joint of vIV).

Lyon/Paris: Librairie Catholique de Perisse Freres, 1857. Hardcover. Good. Seconde Edition stated; 3 vols, French text only; 12mo, half-leather, marbled boards and eps, speckled edges, gilt thistle devices on spines; good (marbled boards worn, rubbed, and chipped; shelfworn; leather on spines worn and rubbed; owner wrote numbers on spines; spine ends worn; corners worn to boards; side edges of vIII's boards heavily worn and chipped to boards; waterstains and discoloration to side edges of front and rear eps and first and last pages in vIII).

Madrid, Spain: Tipografia de la Revista de Archivos, 1927. Soft cover. Very Good-. Four Volume Set, Spanish text only. 8vos, brown wraps; overall vg- (edges and spine extremities bumped and worn with chips and tears; covers, spines, and pages toned; spines and covers creased; 'Printed in Spain' stamped on front covers of all; erased owner's name in red pencil on ffep and rear cover soiled of vI). An excellent collection of the best Latin American poets known at the time; begins with a large selection from Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Please be aware that shipping this item will require extra charges above our standard rate.

London: H. Virtue. Hardcover. Good+. Complete set of this major and beautifully illustrated work, 6 sm. folio volumes in green cloth. The set looks quite good though there are many small flaws. Spines are darkened somewhat, and spine ends crimped. The engraved plates (photos and art) are foxed, usually the frontispieces most heavily. All have a bookseller's sticker from William Potter, Liverpool, on the front pastedown. Vol. 1, Division 1; has date of 1901 on title page (the rest have no date). Vol. 1 Div. 2 has the front hinge starting, and a red stain near the bottom of the rear board. Vol. 2 Div. 1 has the front hinge starting. Vol. 2 Div. 2 has the front hinge broken, and the title page loose. Vol. 3 Div. 1 has a scar in the cloth of the front cover, front hinge starting and rear hinge weak. Vol. 3 Div. 2 is the worst shaken, with the front hinge broken so that the ffep, frontis and title page have come loose together; also a loose plate ('Sceptre') at p. 700. Good plus overall.

London: John & Paul Knapton. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. First English Editions, by an unknown translator; the originals were in French. Volumes 6 and 7 by Rollin, published in 1742; Volume 10 by Crevier, published in 1745. Fair overall, though v10 is poor. The paper and printing was excellent, though some maps are misfolded; foxing to pastedowns of v6 and 7, light foxing to interior of v7. Modern bookplate to each volume on front pastedown. Full-leather bindings quite damaged, the spines are heavily chipped, worn and cracked with the title-pieces chipped off except for a portion of v7; leather rubbed and worn, corners worn to boards; broken throughout due to spine cracks. Volume 6 came apart completely and was repaired with a new front hinge, new rear joint and hinge, and partially replaced spine (Japanese paper was used for half of spine and front joint), the book is still quite fragile; blindstamp on ffep and a name stamped twice on the blank page following the ffep. Volume 7 has… Read More

Paris/Avignon: Belin-Mandar et Devaux/Amedee Chambeau Fils, 1829. Hardcover. Good. Nouvelle Edition stated, four volume set; 12mo, set bound in later half-leather, marbled boards; French text only; good (leather scratched and worn; covers very rubbed and worn; owner put a number on the spine of each volume; spine ends worn and chipped; eps toned; hinges cracked; chip to front and rear joints of vII, reveals board and spine; tear to front joint of vIV).

Madrid, Spain: Tipografia de la Revista de Archivos, 1927. Soft cover. Very Good-. Four Volume Set, Spanish text only. 8vos, brown wraps; overall vg- (edges and spine extremities bumped and worn with chips and tears; covers, spines, and pages toned; spines and covers creased; 'Printed in Spain' stamped on front covers of all; erased owner's name in red pencil on ffep and rear cover soiled of vI). An excellent collection of the best Latin American poets known at the time; begins with a large selection from Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz. Please be aware that shipping this item will require extra charges above our standard rate.

London: H. Virtue. Hardcover. Good+. Complete set of this major and beautifully illustrated work, 6 sm. folio volumes in green cloth. The set looks quite good though there are many small flaws. Spines are darkened somewhat, and spine ends crimped. The engraved plates (photos and art) are foxed, usually the frontispieces most heavily. All have a bookseller's sticker from William Potter, Liverpool, on the front pastedown. Vol. 1, Division 1; has date of 1901 on title page (the rest have no date). Vol. 1 Div. 2 has the front hinge starting, and a red stain near the bottom of the rear board. Vol. 2 Div. 1 has the front hinge starting. Vol. 2 Div. 2 has the front hinge broken, and the title page loose. Vol. 3 Div. 1 has a scar in the cloth of the front cover, front hinge starting and rear hinge weak. Vol. 3 Div. 2 is the worst shaken, with the front hinge broken so that the ffep, frontis and title page have come loose together; also a loose plate ('Sceptre') at p. 700. Good plus overall.

London: John & Paul Knapton. First Edition . Hardcover. Fair. First English Editions, by an unknown translator; the originals were in French. Volumes 6 and 7 by Rollin, published in 1742; Volume 10 by Crevier, published in 1745. Fair overall, though v10 is poor. The paper and printing was excellent, though some maps are misfolded; foxing to pastedowns of v6 and 7, light foxing to interior of v7. Modern bookplate to each volume on front pastedown. Full-leather bindings quite damaged, the spines are heavily chipped, worn and cracked with the title-pieces chipped off except for a portion of v7; leather rubbed and worn, corners worn to boards; broken throughout due to spine cracks. Volume 6 came apart completely and was repaired with a new front hinge, new rear joint and hinge, and partially replaced spine (Japanese paper was used for half of spine and front joint), the book is still quite fragile; blindstamp on ffep and a name stamped twice on the blank page following the ffep. Volume 7 has… Read More

Spring, Tex.: Beowulf Fine Art Ltd.. Hardcover. Very Good+. The 1st 3 years of this guide, all in 4to bindings of navy cloth. Vol. 1 is a Revised Edition, 1993; the others are 1sts, 1993 and 1994 respectively. All are vg+ with minor rubbing to the covers and some light bumping to spine ends and corners.