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Huit Jours Chez M. Renan
by Barres, Maurice
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Didier Perrin, 1890. [7], viii-ix, [4], 14-58pp, [2]. Slightly later full morocco by Charles Meunier. Raised bands, spine in six panels, author and title lettered directly to second panel, upper cover with inlaid flowers in tan, brown, and green morocco and tooled in gilt, gilt roll to edges and inner edges, blue silk moire doublures and fly leaves, and gold veined marbled fly leaves, a.e.g., original wrappers bound in, signed to foot of upper turn in 'Ch. Meunier 97'. Slightly rubbed to extremities, especially to upper joint, but generally quite bright and clean. Signed and inscribed by the author to the Comtesse de Lagnes to the half title. For Charles Meunier (1866-1948), bookbinder, see Flety, pages 128-129. Signed by Author. Second Edition. Hardback. Good+. 16mo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Temple Rare Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001538
- Title
- Huit Jours Chez M. Renan
- Author
- Barres, Maurice
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Publisher
- Didier Perrin
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1890
- Size
- 16mo
- Keywords
- Meunier, Charles Meunier Binding, Fine Binding, French Bookbinding
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Temple Rare Books
Biblio member since 2012
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Temple Rare Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 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...
- Wrappers
- The paper covering on the outside of a paperback. Also see the entry for pictorial wraps, color illustrated coverings for...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
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