Ma Soeur Henriette
by Ernest Renan
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Calmann Levy, 1896. Leather. Very Good. 8" by 5.5". Henri Scheffer; Ary Renan. A charming work from Ernest Renan with illustrations, in the original French language. French language. Illustrated with seven plates. Collated complete. A charming work following the life of a sister, from a childhood of poetry and sweet sadness into adulthood. Written by Ernest Renan, a French Orientalist and Semitic scholar. Illustrated by Henri Scheffer, a Dutch painter in the Romantic school, and Ary Renan, a French Symbolist painter and social activist. Bound in quarter crushed morocco with patterned boards. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and minor chipping to the board. Light fading to the spine. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd spot. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good
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Details
- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 863T44
- Title
- Ma Soeur Henriette
- Author
- Ernest Renan
- Illustrator
- Henri Scheffer; Ary Renan
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Calmann Levy
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1896
- Size
- 8" by 5.5"
- Keywords
- Soeur Henriette Renan Scheffer Henriette
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Rooke Books
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BATH, Somerset
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- 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...
- 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....
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.