Tractatus De Jure et Justitia, De Contractibus in Genere, et De Usitatioribus in Specie
by Dens, Petrum [Peter Dens]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Chico, California, United States
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About This Item
Utrecht: Typis & Sumptibus Jacobi Lekens, 1778. The most famous work of the Roman Catholic theologian Peter Dens ( 1690-1775), text in Latin. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the first edition, a posthumous issue. Two volumes bound as one. Full leather binding of polished calf. waving rule to covers; five raised bands; stamped titling on the spine, with gilt decorations. The ends of the covers have gilt decoration. Clean text; 492 pages, with a seven-page index. Marbled endpapers Light wear; a slight splay. A rather lovely volume that presents very well indeed.. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good (Plus)/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Quercus Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005448
- Title
- Tractatus De Jure et Justitia, De Contractibus in Genere, et De Usitatioribus in Specie
- Author
- Dens, Petrum [Peter Dens]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good (Plus)
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Typis & Sumptibus Jacobi Lekens
- Place of Publication
- Utrecht
- Date Published
- 1778
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Bookseller catalogs
- Religion;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Quercus Rare Books
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About the Seller
Quercus Rare Books
Biblio member since 2006
Chico, California
About Quercus Rare Books
Quercus Books seeks out and provides to the discriminating Reader or Collector noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our particular focus is on Modern Literature (roughly from the Second World War to the present) and Irish Authors. We also retain a small stock of non-fiction titles, mostly in the fields of American Western History, American Indians, and the American Civil War. Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- 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...
- 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...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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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