Oraisons Funebres De Bossuet, Precedees De L'Essai Sur L'Oraison Funebre, Par M. Villemain, D'Une Notice et Jugements Sur Bossuet et Accompagnees De Notes et Variantes, Suivies D'Un Choix D'Oraisons Funebres De Flechier et De Mascaron
by Bossuet, Villemain, M
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
- Seller
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By Dunblane, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Paris: Librairie De Firmin Didot Freres, 1843. Half-Leather. Fair. Bound with leather spine, gilt titling and decoration. In fair condition. Front board and front end papers are missing. Wear and some loss to spine ends, rubbing and marking to back cover. A few small chips at the edges of the first few pages, no loss of text. Foxing to first and last few pages, a few spots of foxing and minor markings elsewhere internally, generally clean. Binding is very good, despite loss of front board. 525 pages plus 64 page essay preceding the main text. An acceptable reading copy. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall
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- Bookseller
- Bensons Antiquarian Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012831
- Title
- Oraisons Funebres De Bossuet, Precedees De L'Essai Sur L'Oraison Funebre, Par M. Villemain, D'Une Notice et Jugements Sur Bossuet et Accompagnees De Notes et Variantes, Suivies D'Un Choix D'Oraisons Funebres De Flechier et De Mascaron
- Author
- Bossuet, Villemain, M
- Format/Binding
- Half-Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Librairie De Firmin Didot Freres
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1843
- Keywords
- FRENCH HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Foreign Language Books;
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Bensons Antiquarian Books
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By Dunblane
About Bensons Antiquarian Books
We specialise in history, roman and greek classics, books dating from the 17th and 18th century, fine bindings and general second-hand stock.
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- 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...
- Reading Copy
- Indicates a book that is perfectly serviceable for reading. It may have a defect or damage. As such, reading copy is not a...
- 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....
- Acceptable
- A non-traditional book condition description that generally refers to a book in readable condition, although no standard exists...
- Fair
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- 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...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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