Vie de Alexandre le Grand
by LAMARTINE, Alphonse de
- Used
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie, 1859. First Edition. Two volumes; octavo (21.5cm.); contemporary red morocco-backed marbled boards, gilt spines in five compartments, all edges speckled brown, marbled endpapers; [4],vi,[2],386; [4],391pp. Boards quite heavily rubbed with exposure to corners, textblock uniformly foxed throughout. About Very Good only. The French author and politician's history of the ancient Greek leader Alexander the Great.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 34474
- Title
- Vie de Alexandre le Grand
- Author
- LAMARTINE, Alphonse de
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Librairie de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Cie
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1859
- Bookseller catalogs
- France;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Winchester, Virginia
About Lorne Bair Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- 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...
- 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...