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Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset
by Musset, Alfred de (1810-1857)
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Elizabethtown, New York, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: Charpentier, 1879. A large, heavy volume in a fine binding. The works of Musset, French dramatist, poet and novelist. Frontispiece portrait and engraved plates throughout. 735 pp., + 55 pp., of posthumous works and letters. Text is in French and printed in double columns. Quarto, 11.5 by 8.25 inches. Morocco leather (spine and corners) and decorative marbled boards. Gilt lettering and spine decoration. Gilt page edges. Silk moire endpapers. About VG with moderate external wear and rubbing. Sound joints and inner hinges. Moderate foxing of the text pages. Provenance: 1929 ownership signature on the half-title of author and educator Leon Verriest (1886-1953.) He was born in Belgium, held as a prisoner in Germany during World War I, and later taught French literature at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Lux Libri
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 047908
- Title
- Oeuvres de Alfred de Musset
- Author
- Musset, Alfred de (1810-1857)
- Format/Binding
- Fine Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Charpentier
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1879
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine binding; Leather Bindings; Foreign Language;
Terms of Sale
Lux Libri
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About the Seller
Lux Libri
Biblio member since 2006
Elizabethtown, New York
About Lux Libri
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Marbled boards
- ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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....
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- VG
- Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
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