Histoire Du Commerce Et De La Navigation Des Anciens
by Huet, Pierre Daniel
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary calf backed boards, tan leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good
- Seller
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About This Item
Paris & Brussels: Antoine-Urbain Coustelier & Jean Leonard, 1716. Second edition. leather_bound. Contemporary calf backed boards, tan leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good. 446, (50) Index. 16 x 10.5. [a8-b4,A-Hh8]. Churchman, scholar, a tutor to the Dauphin in 1670, elected to the Academie francais in 1674, Huet owed his reputation the immense number of his writings. This work, a survey of the maritime history of the ancient Mediterranean, the shipping routes taken, also adumbrates the commercial negotiations between the trade partners. Includes material related to the Americas. ALDEN & LANDIS 716/70. KRESS 299. Firm, tight, clean copy; library stamp paste-down front endpaper and title page, raised bands, backstrip head chipped. Blue bookstamp of Katedral Skolans Bibliotek Lund.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18250
- Title
- Histoire Du Commerce Et De La Navigation Des Anciens
- Author
- Huet, Pierre Daniel
- Format/Binding
- Leather_bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary calf backed boards, tan leather spine label printed in gilt. Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- Antoine-Urbain Coustelier & Jean Leonard
- Place of Publication
- Paris & Brussels
- Date Published
- 1716
- Keywords
- Exploration
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel; Classics; Economics; Maritime;
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- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Paste-down
- The paste-down is the portion of the endpaper that is glued to the inner boards of a hardback book. The paste-down forms an...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- 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...
- 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...