VOYAGE PITTORESQUE ET ROMANTIQUE SUR LA CHEMINEE.
by BRES. M. (JEAN PIERRE)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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About This Item
Louis Janet. Paris. ND. 1828. FIRST EDITION. 6mo. (5.1 x 3.2 inches). 166pp.
8 finely hand coloured plates, each with tissue guard. Two previous owner bookplates on front blank endpapers.
Fine early binding of full tan calf. Both boards with blind stamped decorative design within a gilt ruled line border. Spine with decorative gilt bands, the compartments blind decorated and lettered in gilt. Board edges with gilt decorative roll design. Marbled endpapers. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Some rubbing and minor bumping to the corners but overall a very good and attractive copy of this charming and unusual little book, a fantasy voyage through the perspective of household objects.
The book is undated, but the Bibliotheque Nationale de France catalogue gives the publication date as 1828.
8 finely hand coloured plates, each with tissue guard. Two previous owner bookplates on front blank endpapers.
Fine early binding of full tan calf. Both boards with blind stamped decorative design within a gilt ruled line border. Spine with decorative gilt bands, the compartments blind decorated and lettered in gilt. Board edges with gilt decorative roll design. Marbled endpapers. Gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. Some rubbing and minor bumping to the corners but overall a very good and attractive copy of this charming and unusual little book, a fantasy voyage through the perspective of household objects.
The book is undated, but the Bibliotheque Nationale de France catalogue gives the publication date as 1828.
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- Bookseller
- Paul Foster Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10532
- Title
- VOYAGE PITTORESQUE ET ROMANTIQUE SUR LA CHEMINEE.
- Author
- BRES. M. (JEAN PIERRE)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Louis Janet. Paris. ND. 1828
- Date Published
- 1828
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine bindings; Children's and Illustrated books;
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- 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...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat 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...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- ND
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- 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.
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