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LES AMOURS DE PSYCHÉ ET DE CUPIDON
by La Fontaine, Jean de; Delvaux, Rémi
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Near fine.
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Paris: Pierre Didot l'Aîné et de Firmin Didot, 1803. Near fine.. First Didot stereotype edition of the classical love story of Psyche and Cupid, retold by master of fables La Fontaine - strikingly bound, with delicate engraved illustrations. An attractive copy in glowing tree sheep - perfectly palm-sized for comfortable reading - and with exquisite and hypnotically detailed engraved plates. Its elegance is undeniable. 5'' x 3.25''. Contemporary tree sheep boards with red spine label and gilt monogram to front and back, "AMB". Blue pastepaper endpapers. Pink silk ribbon marker to headband. Illustrated with engraved portrait and frontispiece, with seven engraved plates. 204 pages, collated complete, with publisher's ad to front. Binding with mild edgewear. Leaves with occasional faint foxing. Tight and clean.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Type Punch Matrix
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 49053
- Title
- LES AMOURS DE PSYCHÉ ET DE CUPIDON
- Author
- La Fontaine, Jean de; Delvaux, Rémi
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Pierre Didot l'Aîné et de Firmin Didot
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1803
- Keywords
- 19th century,Fine Binding,France,Ancient Greece and Rome,Mythology & Folklore,Gift Beaut Binding
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About the Seller
Type Punch Matrix
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Silver Spring, Maryland
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Headband
- A strip of colored material attached to the text block at the top of the spine of a hard cover book. The same treatment applied...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- 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...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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