La Cour et La Ville de Madrid Vers La Fin du XVII Siecle--Relation du Voyage D'Espagne
by La Comtesse D'Aulnoy
- Used
- Very Good
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Waccabuc, New York, United States
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About This Item
Paris: E. Plon, 1874. Full calf. Very Good. A handsome copy of the 1874 "edition nouvelle, revue et annotee par Mme B. Carey". Bound in full calf, with bright gilt-ornament at the panels. 5 raised bands, bright gilt-lettering to the leather spine label. Mild darkening along the spine, mild offsetting and spotting to the panels. Internally, very clean, with just the lightest trace of foxing to the preliminaries. Thick octavo, beautiful marbled endpapers and marbled edges.
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- Bookseller
- Appledore Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11729
- Title
- La Cour et La Ville de Madrid Vers La Fin du XVII Siecle--Relation du Voyage D'Espagne
- Author
- La Comtesse D'Aulnoy
- Format/Binding
- Full calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- E. Plon
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1874
- Keywords
- rare European history, rare Spanish history
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
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About the Seller
Appledore Books, ABAA
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Waccabuc, New York
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- 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...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...