THE STORY OF PALISSY THE POTTER.
by Anon
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1887. Hardcover. Good. Frontispiece. . Octavo blue decorative cloth (tips worn/edges rubbed and spine a bit darkened) 119pp. Front free endpaper has purple stamp of the Ryecroft Wesleyan Band of Hope with a neat presentation to Fred Byard for Reciting Feb [18]93. Endpapers and first few and last few pages slightly foxed. *Story of famous Huguenot family in France persecuted because of their religion - Palissy died in prison. Pottery and potters were respected artisans right from biblical times and Palissy was an extremely gifted worker in the trade and a devout and moral Protestant leader at a time of great persecution of their faith by French Catholics.
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- Bookseller
- Abbey Antiquarian Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J74954
- Title
- THE STORY OF PALISSY THE POTTER.
- Author
- Anon
- Illustrator
- Frontispiece.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Nelson and Sons
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1887
- Keywords
- Victorian childrens moral story Huguenot
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books and Pop-Ups;
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Blockley, Gloucestershire
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
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- Foxed
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