Les commentaires de César.
by [César, Jules]; [Perrot d'Ablancourt, Nicolas] (trad.)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Zurich, Switzerland
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About This Item
The first translation of the 'Commentarii' into French.
Description: Contemporary vellum, spine lettered in ink. Quarto: 25 × 20 cm; [18] ll., 623, [1], 64, [36] pp. Engraved frontispice.
Condition: Binding somewhat soiled and stained, title on spine somewhat faded. Occasional paper repairs to endpapers and cracked at head and tail. Pages slightly toned, light dampstaining to first few leaves. Some pencil notes and comments. Missing plate 'Pont de César'.
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- Bookseller
- Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints (CH)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000203
- Title
- Les commentaires de César.
- Author
- [César, Jules]; [Perrot d'Ablancourt, Nicolas] (trad.)
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Vve Jean Camusat / Pierre Le Petit
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1650
- Weight
- 3.02 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literature;
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Georg Schneebeli :: Rare Books & Prints
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Zurich
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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....
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- 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...
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
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