La Forét, ou L'Abbaye de Saint-Clair. Par Anne [sic] Radcliffe. Traduit de l'anglais sur la seconde édition. Avec figures
by Radcliffe, Anne
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- first
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Los Angeles, California, United States
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About This Item
A Paris: Chez maradan, Libraire… An VI, 1798 The very scarce first edition in French of Ann Radcliffe's Romance of the Forest, a novel of mystery, suspense, and terror, in which a kidnapped convent girl is imprisoned by a depraved marquis and finally rescued by a handsome cavalier. Contemporary calf, gilt, red and black morocco spine labels, edges stained green. Marbled edges, old French book label in each volume. . Two volumes, twelvemo. Four engraved plates. Some small pieces of calf missing from each board, small wormhole through first ten leaves of Volume I, touching a few letters. Overall a good, clean set.
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- Bookseller
- Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 7804
- Title
- La Forét, ou L'Abbaye de Saint-Clair. Par Anne [sic] Radcliffe. Traduit de l'anglais sur la seconde édition. Avec figures
- Author
- Radcliffe, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary calf, gilt, red and black morocco spine labels, edges stained green. Marbled edges, old French book label in each v
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- The very scarce first edition in French of Ann Radcliffe's Roman
- Publisher
- Chez maradan, Libraire…
- Place of Publication
- A Paris:
- Date Published
- An VI, 1798
- Pages
- [4], 371; [4], 311 pp
- Size
- Two volumes, twelvemo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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Michael R. Thompson, Booksellers, ABAA/ILAB
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Glossary
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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...
- 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....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- 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...