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Alpes Pittoresques. Description De La Suisse. (Volume I Only: Introduction, Geneve, Fribourg, Valais, Neuchatel, Soleure, Berne)
by De Forestier, M. Le Vicomte Alcide, Editor; Introduction De Philippe Busoni; Textes Du Marquis De Chateauvieux, Dubochet, Franscini, Ruttimann, Monnard, Meyer De Knonan, Schnell, Straumeier, Tseharner, Zschokke, Etc
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Pasadena, California, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Delloye, 1837. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Color And B/W Lithographic Plates, Maps. Lvi, 208, (Ii) Pp. With Errata At End. Quarter Calf, Gilt, Marbled Boards, Speckled Edges.First Edition. Complete. Two Stamps In Russian On Title Page,Two Detached Partial Labels In Russian, Two Small Pieces Of Paper Attached To Front Pastedown,, With Partial But Illegible Text In Russian. Binding Solid. Small And Very Faint Dampstain In Lower Tip Of Some Pages, Well Outside Printed Area, Plates Clean Except A Couple Of Color Plates On Poor Quality Paper Have Browned.
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- Arroyo Seco Books
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- 042238
- Title
- Alpes Pittoresques. Description De La Suisse. (Volume I Only: Introduction, Geneve, Fribourg, Valais, Neuchatel, Soleure, Berne)
- Author
- De Forestier, M. Le Vicomte Alcide, Editor; Introduction De Philippe Busoni; Textes Du Marquis De Chateauvieux, Dubochet, Franscini, Ruttimann, Monnard, Meyer De Knonan, Schnell, Straumeier, Tseharner, Zschokke, Etc
- Illustrator
- Color And B/W Lithographic Plates, Maps
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Delloye
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1837
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- Antiquarian Books and Leather-Bound Books;
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Arroyo Seco Books
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Pasadena, California
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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...
- Marbled boards
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- Poor
- A book with significant wear and faults. A poor condition book is still a reading copy with the full text still readable. Any...
- 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...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
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