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L' AVEUGLE DE LA MONTAGNE ENTRETIENS PHILOSOPHIQUES
by Nelis, Corneille Francois de
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- Condition
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New Castle, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
[Parma: Bodoni, 1796. marbled paper wrapper, flat back, uncut along edges. Bodoni. quarto (9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches). marbled paper wrapper, flat back, uncut along edges. 30, (2) pages. What was supposed to be the first Quarto Edition, but it was later abadoned (Brooks 640). Text in French. This copy is Will Ransom's copy (acquisition no. 1661), with his bookplate on the inside rear cover, with his notes loosely inserted on a single sheet of lined paper. Marbled paper covers separated along the spine but are present, and chipped along the edges with some minor loss to the bottom corners. Internally a fine copy. A wide-margined copy printed on handmade white laid paper.
Ransom states that "I have read somewhere that this is one of about 40 copies of an experiment towards a quarto edition of Montaigne's essays - which was, however, abandoned..." The first Bodoni edition was an octavo format printed in 1795 (Brooks 609).
Ransom states that "I have read somewhere that this is one of about 40 copies of an experiment towards a quarto edition of Montaigne's essays - which was, however, abandoned..." The first Bodoni edition was an octavo format printed in 1795 (Brooks 609).
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Details
- Bookseller
- Oak Knoll Books/Oak Knoll Press
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 139953
- Title
- L' AVEUGLE DE LA MONTAGNE ENTRETIENS PHILOSOPHIQUES
- Author
- Nelis, Corneille Francois de
- Illustrator
- Bodoni
- Format/Binding
- Marbled paper wrapper, flat back, uncut along edges
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Bodoni
- Place of Publication
- [Parma
- Date Published
- 1796
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