Cahier d'écriture, ou Recueil d'alphabets pour les amateurs de calligraphie.
by SLAES, LOUIS
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Lavardin, France
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About This Item
Bruxelles, chez l'auteur, rue des Boiteux Son 5, No. 17, et chez les principaux libraires et mds d'estampes du royaume, (1844). Oblong folio (size c. 28 x 40,5 cm). Title plus 14 plates, all coloured. The plates are protected by pale pink guards. Full dark aubergine coloured morocco binding signed 'Crabbé', richly decorated in gilt and black and with gilt dedication on the front cover: 'A son Altesse Royale, le Duc de Brabant'. Inner dentelles gilt and cream 'moirée' endpapers. All edges gilt. (binding very lightly rubbed and top and bottom of spine very slightly damaged, some very light discolouration of the binding; some light foxing and some offsetting on endpapers from the inner dentelles). A lovely copy.
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- Bookseller
- Knuf Rare Books (FR)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 102577
- Title
- Cahier d'écriture, ou Recueil d'alphabets pour les amateurs de calligraphie.
- Author
- SLAES, LOUIS
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- chez l'auteur
- Place of Publication
- Bruxelles
- Date Published
- 1844
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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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...
- 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...
- 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....
- 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...
- Folio
- A folio usually indicates a large book size of 15" in height or larger when used in the context of a book description. Further,...