La Vigne Voyage autour des Vins de France, etude physiologique, anecdotique, historique, humoristique et meme scientifique
by Bertall
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About This Item
Published by E. Plon, Paris, 1878, 1st edition. Original red leather spine with red cloth boards. Four raised bands to spine, gilt lettering to compartment two, gilt decoration to other compartments. Aeg. 11ins x 8.25ins, marbled endpapers, [iv], 659pp including frontis and 94pp plates. Hundreds more line drawn illustrations within the text. Previous owners bookplate to front pastedown. Corners rubbed else VG. Heavy book (2.2kg pre-packing) overseas customers should request postal quote.
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- Bookplate
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- VG
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- Spine
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- Cloth
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- 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...
- Raised Band(s)
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